1 tropical storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 14, 7:45 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
845 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001
HAVE ADJUSTED FLOOD WATCHES TO CONFORM TO RADAR AND SATELLITE
TRENDS. HAVE NOTED SOME DRY AIR ENTRAINMENT ON THE NORTH AND WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE STORMS. THINGS ARE CHANGING QUICKLY AND FURTHER
ADJUSTMENTS LIKELY TO BE NECESSARY TODAY. WATCH THE LATEST HURRICANE
LOCAL STATEMENTS FROM THIS OFFICE FOR LOCAL EFFECTS AND STAY LOOSE.
.JAX...
.GA...SCA ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH.
.FL...SCA FERNANDINA BEACH TO SAINT AUGUSTINE.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING SAINT AUGUSTINE SOUTH.
FLOOD WATCH ALACHUA...CLAY...DUVAL...FLAGLER...
MARION...NASSAU...PUTNAM AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES.
INLAND HIGH WIND WARNING MARION AND CLAY
COUNTIES.
SANDRIKFLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-141615- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 559 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001 ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM SAINT AUGUSTINE TO NORTH OF JUPITER INLET... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND PUTNAM COUNTIES... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CAMDEN...CLAY...DUVAL...FLAGLER... GLYNN...NASSAU...PUTNAM AND ST JOHNS COUNTIES... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO ST AUGUSTINE FL... ...RIP CURRENTS LIKELY... NUMEROUS WATCHES AND WARNING HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE. THE STEADY ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES TO BRING LARGE AMOUNTS OF ATLANTIC MOISTURE INTO NORTH FLORIDA AND COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS...WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA. THIS...COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE TO THE SOUTH...WILL AGGRAVATE THE THREAT OF FLOODING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR MARION...PUTNAM...ST JOHNS AND FLAGLER COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PERSISTENT EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 KNOTS AND GREATER OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL RESULT IN HIGH SEAS. IN ADDITION...THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. FOR SAFETY...SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE LIFEGUARDS OR BEACH PATROL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ANY UPDATES OR WARNINGS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. ZAPPE
1 tropical storm. Local standard time, as filed.
TS Gabrielle downed trees and power lines. Several homes were damaged and more than 11,000 businesses and homes were without power.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 2001The 2001 hurricane season
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5263999.