Florida, 2001Heavy Rain in Florida, October 21, 2001
October 21, 2001 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 21, 1:30 PM EST, 6 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 1:30 PM EST, 6 hours before
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</html>Heavy Rain, Miami-Dade
- When
- October 21, 7:30 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, Miami
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Four to six inches of rain fell across much of metropolitan Miami-Dade County causing localized moderate street flooding.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, October 21, 2001$70,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in Iowa, October 21, 2001$36,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, October 21, 200112 events
- Lightning Strike in New York, October 21, 20011 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, October 21, 200152 kt wind · 7 events
- Hail in Missouri, October 21, 20010.88 in hail · 6 events
- Flooding and Hail in Illinois, October 21, 20012 in hail · 4 events
- Hail in Pennsylvania, October 21, 20011 in hail · 3 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, October 21, 20011 event
- High Wind in Alaska, October 21 to 22, 20011 event
- Hail in New York, October 21, 2001$2,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in New York, October 21, 20011 event
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5270500.