Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 2:44 PM EDT for Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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 14, 2001, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2001, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:56 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Winter Park, FL | |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Oviedo, FL | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in many areas around Oviedo and Seminole County. |
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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 608 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KMLB 141846 SVRMLB FLC095-141945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 244 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA * UNTIL 345 PM EDT. * AT 245 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ORLANDO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR AZALEA PARK AT 250 PM EDT NEAR UNION PARK AT 300 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDINGH AWAY FROM WINDOWS. $$ LAT...LON 2862 8148 2838 8143 2838 8109 2861 8116 JP
1 follow-up statement
381 WUUS52 KMLB 141920 SVRMLB FLC095-097-117-141945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 318 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR... ORANGE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM SEMINOLE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM * AT 305 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED DAMAGING WINDS IN WINDIMERE AND THE DOWNTOWN ORLANDO AREA. RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SEA WORLD AND WEST OF KISSIMMEE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF OVIEDO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WET N WILD WATER PARK... UNIVERSAL STUDIOS...UNION PARK...PLEASURE ISLAND...PINE CASTLE... ORLOVISTA...LAKE MARY JANE...FERN PARK...DOCTOR PHILLIPS...BELLE ISLE AND BAY HILL THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. $$ LAT...LON 2831 8165 2868 8136 2870 8103 2822 8099 DD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole | 68 min |
| Jun 14, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.