1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 31, 1:40 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 240 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001 CURRENTLY...THE WEAK SURFACE WIND FIELD HAVE BEEN DOMINATED BY CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW. PERSISTENT AND SLOW MOVING RAIN AND LOW TOPPED CONVECTIVE SHOWERS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING ALONG LARGER BOUNDARIES... MOST NOTABLY ALONG CAPE CANAVERAL AND EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. THIS RAIN AREA APPEARS TO BE SHIFTING SOUTH WITH TIME. SURFACE HEATING SOUTH OF THE DENSER CLOUD SHIELD IS ALLOWING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF THE SPACE COAST. TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY...A DIFFICULT FORECAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS... THE FRONTAL TROUGH WELL NORTH OF THE AREA SLOWS OVER NORTH FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. REGIONAL MODELS TAKE IT NO FARTHER SOUTH THAN ABOUT ST AUGUSTINE BEFORE STALLING BY WED MORNING. A BELT OF HIGHER PWATS CONTINUES OVER THE CENTRAL PENINSULA ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS FEATURE INTO WEDNESDAY. WILL KEEP POPS IN SCATTERED CATEGORY OVERNIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS FOR ALL AREAS. WEDNESDAY A TRICKY FORECAST AS MOISTURE PLUME MOVING NORTH FROM TROPICS BLENDS WITH DECAYING FRONTAL TROUGH OVER THE NRN PENINSULA. PREFER ETA SOLN WITH DEEPENING MOISTURE OVER SOUTHERN PENINSULA AND WILL HAVE LIKELY POPS OVER SOUTHERN FA TO HANDLE MOISTURE INCREASE. GRADIENT WINDS DO NOT APPEAR TO INCREASE AS MUCH AS WAS ADVERTISED EARLIER IN THE WEEK...SO WILL ALL AREAS BELOW THE BREEZY CATEGORY. THU/FRI...LIKELY POPS OVER ALL AREAS ON THU AS DEEP MOISTURE ENTRENCHED OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH PENINSULA. WIND FIELDS REMAINS DEEPLY ONSHORE...HOWEVER WILL USE WIND BELOW BREEZY CATEGORY. THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. RELIANCE ON GLOBAL MODELS AFTER THU REMAINS A BIG QUESTION MARK AS TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE CARIBBEAN BECOMING MORE COMPLICATED DUE TO A SPLITTING OF FEATURE. VIS AND WV IMAGERY SHOWS PLUME OF MOISTURE AND TUTT MOVING TWD FL PENINSULA FROM BAHAMAS. MAIN CIRCULATION REMAINS SOUTH OF CUBA ON EXTENDED MODELS WHILE MOVING INTO GULF THU-FRI ON AVN-MRF. MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT AS ONSHORE GRADIENT FLOW DEVELOPS...HOWEVER WITH THE FRONTAL TROUGH REMAINING NORTH OF THE WATERS DO NOT SEE NEED FOR HIGHLIGHTS ATTM. TKS FOR COORD TAMPA/JAX PRELIM... DAB TT 074/086 074/085 074 4546 MCO TT 074/088 074/087 074 3546 MLB TT 076/086 076/086 076 3657 44 .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...PENDERGRAST AVIATION/FIRE WX...LASCODY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof collapsed at a flight training center when excessive water collected on the roof due to a clogged drain. Flight simulators valued at over 30 million dollars were damaged. Around 2.5 inches of rain fell in the Orlando area that day.
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: 5259552.