Damaging Wind in Florida, September 5, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Florida, September 5, 2001
Start: 2001-09-05T17:10
End: 2001-09-05T17:10
Location: Florida

September 5, 2001 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 5, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
300 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2001

THIS AFTERNOONS MODEL ANALYSIS YIELDED AN INCREASED THREAT OF
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...PRIMARILY FROM
CHARLOTTE HARBOR NORTH ACROSS THE TAMPA METRO AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY.  OUT OF THE MODELS...THE MESO-ETA PAINT THE WETTEST PICTURE.

THE WEAK EAST TO WEST SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL CONTINUE
TO MEANDER ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND
KEEP AN SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH FLOW THROUGH AT THE LEAST THE FIRST 10K OF
THE ATMOSPHERE. THE WEAK MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL
ALSO MEANDER SLOWLY ACROSS THE STATE KEEPING STEERING CURRENTS SLOW
AND ERRATIC.

THUS...HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER LEVELS...SLOW STEERING CURRENTS AND
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE FROM SEA BREEZE AND BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WILL
BE THE KEY PLAYERS TO KEEP RAINFALL AND COVERAGE AREA ABOVE NORMAL
CLIMATIC VALUES THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY NEXT TWO DAYS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCERS.

LOWER PWS EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH RETURN TO CLIMATIC
NORMAL PROBABILITIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TPA 77/90/77/90 5756
FMY 76/91/75/92 4645

.TBW...NONE.

ZALESKI

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 5, 1:08 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
208 PM EDT WED SEP 05 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0645 PM    3 NE DAVENPORT            FL   WIND DAMAGE
09/04/01   POLK                           THE DAVENPORT FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT REPORTED
                                          THAT SEVERAL LARGE
                                          THREE TO SIX FOOT LONG
                                          BRANCHES WERE DOWNED
                                          BETWEEN DAVENPORT AND
                                          LOUGHMAN ALONG U.S.
                                          HIGHWAY 92 IN EXTREME
                                          NORTHEAST POLK CO.
                                          EVENT DURATION 15
                                          MINUTES.

ZALESKI

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hardee

When: September 5, 5:10 PM EST
Where: Hardee County, 2 mi N of Wauchula
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 27.493, -81.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hardee county emergency management reported that thunderstorm winds, estimated at 45 mph, removed an unanchored, large overhang roof of an open-sided shed. Also, a portion of a poorly anchored, lightweight fiberglass roof cover and building facade of a nearby business, was removed by 45 mph wind. Damage occurred at 125 Earnest Road near U.S. Highway 17, two miles north of Wauchula.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, September 2001

Sources

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: 5269746.