1 tornado, 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 2, 8:30 AM EST, 2 hours earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
930 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2001
BREEZY SOUTHEAST FLOW RESULTING FROM SURFACE HIGH TO THE NORTH AND
LOWERING PRESSURES IN THE SOUTHEAST GULF WAS TRANSPORTING PLENTIFUL
MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. SEVERAL CONVERGENCE LINES NOTED...MOSTLY
OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL SECTIONS/WATERS. THESE BOUNDARIES SHOULD
BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR PERSISTENT RAINS...THOUGH OVERALL STEERING HAS
BEEN LIFTING THE BANDS NORTHWARD. RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS
OVERNIGHT WAS GENERALLY IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE. ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS SIMILAR TO THIS CAN EXPECTED MAINLY DURING THE MORNING...SO
THE THREAT OF SOME FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THE SOUTH. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN LOW IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FLOOD WATCH
AREA...BUT WILL KEEP IT FOR NOW.
LITTLE HEATING WILL OCCUR TODAY...EXCEPT MAYBE A LITTLE IN THE
NORTH...BUT COMBINATION OF SATURATED ATMOSPHERE...WEAK CONVERGENCE
LINES AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT ENTRANCE
REGION OF JET SHOULD PRODUCE A HIGH COVERAGE OF RAINFALL.
DO NOT SEE ANYTHING THAT WARRANTS A ZONE UPDATE.
MARINE...OCEAN QUITE CHURNED UP WITH EAST FLOW AROUND 15 KNOTS AND
SOME BACKGROUND SWELL. CURRENT FORECAST HAS SITUATION COVERED.
.MLB...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR MARTIN...ST LUCIE...OKEECHOBEE...
OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER AND BREVARD COUNTIES.
PUBLIC/MARINE...LASCODY
AVIATION/FIRE WX...WIMMERAMZ550-555-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-022000- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 634 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2001 ...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...OKEECHOBEE... OSCEOLA...MARTIN...AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES TODAY... A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO PULL DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FLORIDA. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL OCCUR TODAY ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. RAIN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM OSCEOLA AND BREVARD COUNTIES SOUTHWARD. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION...BUT UPWARDS OF 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE PROLONGED HEAVY RAINS. ROADS MAY BECOME FLOODED AND WATER COULD ENTER SOME HOMES OR BUSINESSES. BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE...PROPERTY AND LIVESTOCK...ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE IF RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXCEED 2 INCHES. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY MANY OF THE SHOWERS...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER SQUALLS. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AS 15 TO 20 KNOT WINDS WILL PRODUCE 4 TO 6 FOOT SEAS...AND GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL OCCUR IN PASSING SQUALLS. WIND AND OCEAN CONDITIONS ARE PRODUCING A GREATER THAN NORMAL THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. CHECK WITH BEACH PATROL OR LIFEGUARD STATIONS FOR CURRENT OCEAN CONDITIONS. ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD. THE GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB/+HWOFILES/HWOMAIN.HTML KELLY
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:32 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An F0 tornado touched down briefly in a rural area west of Ft. Pierce. The tornado damaged a mobile home, overturned a farm tractor and blew down about 25 citrus trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 2001Warnings 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: 5266493.