2 flash flood, 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 Jul 21, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 245 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2001 CURRENTLY/TONIGHT...AFTERNOON W/V IMAGES SHOW A SERIES OF UPPER VORTICITY CIRCULATIONS DROPPING SOUTH TWD JAX AND OFF THE SW FL COAST. SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS THE SRN THREE COUNTIES BUT ACTIVITY HAS ALSO BEEN FILLING IN FROM THE WEST AND SEA BRZ IS TRYING TO GET GOING FROM MLB NORTHWARD ALONG THE COAST. WITH UPPER LOW/SHEAR AXIS AND LOW PRES CENTER FCST TO RETROGRADE EVER SO SLOWLY WESTWARD OVERNIGHT...DECENT LOW LVL MOIST SW FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SRN 2/3 WHERE LIKELY POPS WILL BE KEPT AND WILL GO WITH 50 PCT FOR THE FAR NORTH. SUN...LEANING TOWARD AN ETA/AVN COMPROMISE THIS TIME OUT WITH UPPER LOW/SHEAR AXIS POISED TO MOVE WEST JUST NW OF THE CWA. AT THE SFC... ETA/AVN FRONTAL TROUGH POSITION SIMILIAR BUT AVN PROBABLY A MB OR TWO TOO DEEP WITH SFC LOW. IN ANY EVENT...BOTH ETA/AVN SHOW GOOD LOW LVL SW FLOW 20-30 KNOTS ACROSS THE SRN HALF TOMMORROW WHICH WILL TAP GULF MOISTURE ACROSS A LONG STRETCH OF REAL ESTATE WHICH CONTAINS A 2 INCH+ PWAT AIRMASS. THIS AREA WILL ALSO SEE ADDITIONAL LIFT FROM THE UPPER S/W JUST NW OF THE AREA. LOW LVL FLOW WILL BECOME MORE SSW BY LATE AFTN AND HEAVIER RAINFALL MAY BEGIN TO FOCUS INTO CNTRL/NRN SECTIONS BY EVENING. ETA/AVN REALLY FOCUS MAX QPF BAND ACROSS SRN SECTIONS FROM SRN BREVARD AND OSCEOLA SOUTHWARD. NGM FOCUSES A BIT FURTHER NORTH. THINK CNRTL/SRN SECTIONS MOST AT RISK FOR TRAINING CELLS ON SUNDAY BUT WILL ALSO CONTINUE FAR NRN SECTIONS IN FLOOD WATCH AS NGM SOLUTION STILL POSES A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY. NRN ZONES ALSO CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL FRONTAL TROUGH BOUNDARY...WHICH COULD SERVE AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR SOME HEAVY RAINFALL. SUN NGT/MON...STILL LIKE THE COMPROMISE ETA/AVN SOLUTION FOR SUN NGT...NOT LIFTING THE RAIN BAND NORTH OF THE AREA BY 12Z LIKE THE NGM. 50/60 POPS LOOK GOOD SUN NGT. ON MON...WILL TRIM POPS INTO LIKELY RANGE BUT STILL GOOD S/SW LOW LVL FLOW WITH HIGH PWS (ETA 1.9/AVN 2.3). IF AVN IS CORRECT MAY NEED TO EXTEND FLOOD WATCH INTO MONDAY. WILL LET LATER SHIFTS TAKE A LOOK. THE TREND LOOKS TO EVENTUALLY MOVE SOME DRIER AIR TWD S FL AS BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTHWARD AND SHIFT HIGHER POPS INTO THE NRN PENINSULA. MARINE...AVN LOOKS TOO STRONG WITH ITS WIND FIELDS WITH DEEPER SFC LOW. FOR NOW WILL HOLD WINDS TO 15 KNOTS AND GUSTY FOR THE HIGH END ACROSS THE SRN LEG. MAY NEED SCEC THERE EVENTUALLY BUT WILL LET LATER SHIFTS RAMP UP TO THIS LEVEL IF NEEDED. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS ACROSS THE WATERS. EXTENDED...MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN SETTING UP FOR LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WITH A RIDGE BEGINNING TO TAKE CONTROL SFC AND ALOFT. WILL STILL SEE TYPICAL DIURNAL SEA BRZ SHOWER/TSTMS EVEN AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVERHEAD BY THU-FRI. COORD WITH TBW. PRELIM... DAB TT 073/086 073/089 073 15675 MCO TT 073/087 074/088 073 15686 MLB TT 074/087 074/088 074 15686 .MLB...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH SUNDAY. PUBLIC/MARINE...VOLKMER AVIATION/FIRE WX...KELLY
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 221000- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 440 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2001 ...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH SUNDAY... ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH A FRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS AGAIN SUNDAY...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE. OVER THE PAST WEEK...HEAVY RAINS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAVE PRODUCED STANDING WATER IN CULVERTS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY RAISED WATER LEVELS IN RETENTION PONDS. THESE AREAS WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE TO URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF ROADS AND PROPERTIES TO OCCUR...AND POSSIBLY FOR WATER TO ENTER SOME HOMES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE IF RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXCEED 2 INCHES. THE GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB/HWOFILES/HWOMAIN.HTML KELLY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the Tuskawilla area of Winter Springs. Three homes were flooded.
About 5 inches of rain fell in the Winter Park and Maitland areas causing flooding of major roadways throughout the area.
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, July 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: 5259554, 5259553.