1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 11, 8:30 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 930 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001 CURRENT...FROM LOOKING AT THE OVERNIGHT/SURFACE METARS...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WHICH WAS NEAR LAKE OKEE FRIDAY HAS BROADENED/EXPANDED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR CWA. 10Z XMR RAOB AND 915MHZ PROFILERS BEAR THIS OUT WITH A DEARTH OF SFC-900MB FLOW. RAOBS ALSO SHOW PWATS AREAWIDE BETWEEN 1.7 AND 1.9...ALBEIT A FEW HUNDREDTHS SHY AT KTBW...COOL H50 TEMPS OF -8 TO -10C...WBZ HGHTS UNIFORM @12.7KFT .... AND UNMODIFIED SFC BASED LIS -9/-10C. LOOKING ALOFT...TIME LAPSE OF WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVERLAID WITH RUC VORT/STREAMLINE ANALYSES SHOWS THE WRN ATLC RIDGE EXPANDING WWD TWD SOUTH FL AND A BROAD UPPER TROUGH ORIENTED NE-SW FROM THE CAROLINAS ACROSS NORTH FL AND INTO THE NE GOMEX. EMBEDDED VORT CENTERED NOTED OFFSHORE KSGJ/KJAX AND IN THE GOMEX ABOUT 120W KPIE. TODAY...UPPER PATTERN PLACES NORTHERN/CENTRAL CWA IN A SLIGHTLY MORE FAVORABLE SYNOPTIC UVM PROFILE. WEAK TO NIL LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD WILL ALLOW THE ECSB TO FORM AND QUICKLY MOVE INLAND...ESP SOUTH OF THE CAPE....SO INTERIOR FAVORED MUCH MORE SO THAN THE COAST. MEAN 85-H50 WINDS (MY PREFERRED TOOL FOR DETERMINING CELL MOVEMENT) AVGS OUT SW@5KT...A LITTLE WEAKER TO THE SOUTH/STRONGER TO THE NORTH... SO CELL PROPAGATION WILL LIKELY BE DOMINANT AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. FCST...WILL MAKE SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO WINDS..AND MENTION WEST OF I-95 AS LOCATION OF STORMS ALONG THE SE COASTAL COUNTIES. ALSO PLAN TO HIT STRONG/SVR A BIT HARDER IN THE HWO...AND PERHAPS FOLLOW TBWS LEAD ON THROWING THIS INTO THE ZFP AS WELL...THOUGH WBZ A BIT ON THE HIGH SIDE...AND TIMING MAY BE SUCH THAT BOUNDARY COLLISIONS WILL BE NEEDED TO INITIATE VIGOROUS CONVECTION. CWF...LOOKS FINE. NO CHANGES PLANNED. .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...CRISTALDI AVIATION/FIRE WX...VOLKMER
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 112100- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1055 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001 ...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS...SOME STRONG TO SEVERE OVER THE INTERIOR AND NORTH... LATE THIS MORNING...THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FLORIDA. LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL QUICKLY GIVE WAY TO THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AND ALONG THE GULF BREEZE AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE INTERIOR FROM WEST FLORIDA. STORMS ALONG THESE BOUNDARIES ARE EXPECTED TO INTERACT BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. AREAS FROM WESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO METRO ORLANDO...THE ATTRACTIONS AREA... AND ALONG THE KISSIMMEE RIVER WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST STORMS. DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF COLDER THAN NORMAL AIR ALOFT...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER AND HAIL DIME SIZED OR LARGER. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES COULD ALSO OCCUR. THE MAIN THREAT FROM LATE SUMMER STORMS IS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. DONT GET CAUGHT OUTSIDE AS STORMS APPROACH...OR DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVERHEAD. ALSO... MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO SLOW DOWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING HEAVY DOWNPOURS. DONT DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. FOR THE MARINE AREA...ONE OR TWO STORMS THAT FORM OVER THE MAINLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS NEAR THE COAST NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL. THE GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB/HWOFILES/HWOMAIN.HTML CRISTALDI
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:02 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The FAA tower at the Melbourne International Airport reported a funnel cloud in a thunderstorm west of the city.
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, August 2001
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: 5266497.