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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 3, 2001Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 6:30 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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
Jun 3, 2001, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Orange County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 6:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EOcoee, FLThunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and power lines in the Ocoee area. Two homes were damaged by falling trees.
Jun 3, 7:00 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EWinter Garden, FLThunderstorm winds blew down power lines and numerous trees damaging a mobile in Winter Garden.

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1412 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1412 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KMLB 032231
SVRMLB
FLC095-032315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
630 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY
  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.

* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WINTER GARDEN. THE STORM WAS NEARLY
  STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR APOPKA AT 710 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. MOVE
INDOORS TO A ST&URDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

$$

LAT...LON 2864 8165 2851 8165 2851 8143 2873 8147

BRAGAW

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 1:30 PM EDT, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:30 PM EDT, 5 hours before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
130 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2001

CURRENT...WELL DEFINED EC/WC AND LAKE OKEE BREEZES ON VISIBLE TIME
LAPSE...WITH THE TYPICAL FINE LINE DENOTING THE ECSB ON 88D REF. FEW
CONVECTIVE CELLS POPPING INVOF KFMY-KPGD IN LINE WITH THE FCST
PHILOSOPHY. CU FIELD RATHER INHIBITED OUTSIDE OF AREAS OF BOUNDARY
CONVG. WITH THE WC BOUNDARY ALREADY PUSHING INTO SUMTER CO FASTER
STEERING FLOW AND MINIMAL COVERAGE EXPECTED...WE MAY BE ABLE TO GO
WITH NIL POPS ACROSS THE NORTH INTERIOR TONIGHT. WITH WIDESPREAD
COVERAGE OVER THE WEST FL COUNTIES SOUTH OF KSRQ WILL BUMP UP THE
EVENING POPS TO SCT FOR THE SOUTH INTERIOR/SE COAST AS ACTIVITY WILL
SURELY PUSH ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN CWA.

NEXT H48...LARGE SCALE PATTERN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL
FEATURE RISING H50 HEIGHTS AS A 590-591DM RIDGE BUILDS OVHD...ALONG
WITH A 1-2C TEMPS RISE (TO ABOUT -8C) AS WELL AS A GRADUAL NORTHWARD
MIGRATION OF THE SFC-H85 RIDGE FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO ACROSS NORTH/
CENTRAL FLORIDA BETWEEN 29N-30N. TO THIS END...THE BIG THREE ARE IN
EXCELLENT AGREEMENT. WIND BACK TO DEEP LAYER SOUTHERLY IN THE SFC TO
H50 LAYER...MEANING 1) THIS WILL ALLOW THE MOISTURE THAT HAD BEEN
SUPPRESSED ACROSS SOUTH FL TO WORK ITS WAY SUCCESSIVELY NORTHWARD
2) REGIME WILL TREND TOWARD FAVORING INTERIOR COS FOR HIGHER POPS
DAY 1 AND INTERIOR/WEST FL DAY 2 (EVENTUALLY FOCUS WILL BE ACROSS
THE WESTERN THIRD TO HALF OF THE STATE BEYOND H48). ZFP WILL SHOW
THIS TREND.

EXTENDED...GRADUAL SOUTHWARD RETURN OF THE DLM RIDGE AXIS BEGINS ON
WED AS H50 TROUGH/SURFACE LOW EJECT EASTWARD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY
AND THEN INTENSIFY OFFSHORE THE CAROLINAS. FRONTAL TROUGH WILL SLOW
AS IT DROPS SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE CWA BY FRIDAY...HOWEVER UPSTREAM H50
RIDGE AMPLIFYING PORTENDS THE FEATURE MAKING A DECENT RUN AT THE CWA.
UNCERTAINTY COMES INTO PLAY DAYS 6-7 AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH IT WILL GET
BEFORE WASHING OUT AND WHETHER THIS WILL SIGNAL THE BEGINNING OF
RETURN TO A MORE EASTERLY FLOW REGIME AS HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE
NORTH. 02/12Z ECM AND 03/00Z MRF SEEM TO ARGUE FOR THIS. WILL KEEP
SCATTERED POPS FOR SAT/SUN...BUT WILL INCREASE CLOUDS AND GO A FEW
DEGS COOLER ON TEMPS.

THANKS FOR COORD TBW.

MARINE...STILL NO HIGHLIGHTS. WILL TRANSITION FROM WELL DEFINED SEA
BREEZE CIRC TO ONE OF MORE GENERAL S-SE FLOW. POPS SHOULD BE OUT OF
THE PICTURE COF-JUP LEG TOMORROW AND BOTH LEGS TUE AS REGIME TRENDS
TOWARD DIURNAL CONVECTION STAYING OVER LAND.

PRELIM CCF...
DAB BB 070/090 072/089 072 1323
MCO BB 071/092 072/091 072 1445
MLB BB 072/089 073/089 073 3323    60=

.MLB...NONE.

PUBLIC/MARINE...CRISTALDI
AVIATION/FIRE WX...BLOTTMAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:04 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
604 PM EDT SUN JUN 03 2001

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

528 PM     SEBASTIAN                 FL   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/03/01   INDIAN RIVER                   NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SPOTTERN.

535 PM     1S SEBASTIAN              FL   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/01   INDIAN RIVER                   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY THE PUBLIC.

SPRATT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBIndian River35 min
Jun 3, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Osceola30 min
Jun 3, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange, Seminole49 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.