Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2001, 9:45 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2001, 9:45 AM EST (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2001, 10:45 AM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Volusia County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 10:10 AM EST | Hail 0.75 | Pierson, FL | |
| Mar 13, 10:50 AM EST | Tornado F1 | Daytona Beach, FL | An F1 tornado and strong downburst winds touched down in the heart of Daytona Beach just west of the Halifax River Lagoon. At least 100 homes and dozens of vehicles were damaged, many due to fallen trees. Boats on trailers were overturned and the roof of a fu |
| Mar 13, 10:55 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Daytona Beach, FL | Strong microburst winds hit the barrier island in Daytona Beach destroying a large tent and a beach tollbooth. One person was injured. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KMLB 131449 SVRMLB FLC127-131545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 945 AM EST TUE MAR 13 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA * UNTIL 1045 AM EST. * AT 940 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE GEORGE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF PIERSON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BARBERVILLE AND APPROACHING ORMOND BEACH LATER IN THE WARNING PERIOD AROUND 1045 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF THE STORM APPROACHES YOU...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. REPORT LARGE HAIL...DIME SIZE OR LARGER...OR SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE hTO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ DWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 10:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 60 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.