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 Jun 4, 1:15 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 215 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 SEA BREEZE MOVING IN FROM COASTAL COUNTIES ATTM. FEW SMALL LTG STORMS DEVELOPING AWAY FROM THE COAST BUT INSTAB NOT GREAT ENUF YET FOR MUCH COVERAGE. SEA BREEZE WILL MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR WITH A LATE COLLISION OVER WRN INTERIOR SECTIONS (LAKE/WRN ORANGE) THIS EVE. WILL KEEP A 40 POP OVER THE INTERIOR AND PLAN ON KEEPING ALL MENTION OUT OF COASTAL SECTIONS WITH STEERING FLOW TO THE NW. TUE...RIDGE AXIS LIFTS A LITTLE FURTHER N BUT REMAINS GENERALY ACROSS THE NORTHERN FCST AREA. DEEPER MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTH. THE AVN INDICATES PW VALUES NEAR 2 INCHES OVER SRN AREAS WHILE THE ETA IS CONSIDERABLY DRIER. SEA BREEZE WILL AGAIN MOVE INLAND EARLY WITH BEST CHC OF PCPN FOR THE COASTAL ZONE DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTN. PCPN CHC SPREAD INLAND DURING THE AFTN. DESPITE THE HIGH ADVERTISED MOISTURE WILL RESTRICT HIGH POPS TO THE INTERIOR. WITH RIDGE AXIS NOT LIFTING THAT FAR N...STILL STAND A CHC TO HAVE BREEZE COLLISION OCCUR IN OUR FCST AREA. WED...MID LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO GET SQUASHED TO THE S AS SHRT WAVE AMPLIFIES TROF OVER THE E COAST. SEA BREEZE MAY BE A BIT SLOWER TO MOVE OFF THE COAST N OF THE CAPE ON WED. THE SFC RIDGE WILL ALSO HEAD S WED NIGHT AND THUR AHEAD OF FRONTAL BNDRY. EXTENDED...THURSDAY CONVECTION WILL BE CLOSER TO THE E COAST WITH THE CURRENT AVN INDICATING STRONG ENUF NEAR SFC GRADIENT WIND HOLDING THE SEA BREEZE OFF AT LEAST N OF THE CAPE. FNTL BNDRY SHOULD WEAKEN ACROSS FCST AREA ON FRI BUT ENUF MID LEVEL VORT ADV/COOLING FOR SOME ORGANIZED CONVECTION. MRF CURRENTLY ADVERTISING A DEEP ENOUGH TROF TO GET A PERIOD OF NE WINDS BEHIND SFC BNDRY AS RIDGE BUILDS TO THE N. WILL NOT MAKE ANY SIG CHGS TO EXTENDED BUT THIS MAY BE OVERDONE AND RIDGE TO THE S MAY JUST BUILD BACK TO THE N MORE IN LINE W/ WHAT THE NOGAPS IS INDICATING. MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS. RIDGE AXIS WILL LIFT A LITTLE FARTHER N TONIGHT AND TUESDAY BEFORE REMIANING STATIONARY OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE WATERS THROUGH WED. DIGGING EAST COAST TROF WILL PUSH SFC RIDGE BACK S WED NIGHT/THUR. SE FLOW WILL NOT HAVE LONG ENOUGH DURATION AND SHADOW FROM THE BAHAMAS WILL KEEP SWELLS INSIGNIFICANT THRU WED. PRELIM... DAB BB 071/088 072/089 072 05132 MCO BB 072/091 072/092 072 05454 MLB BB 073/088 073/089 073 05131 .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...BLOTTMAN AVIATION/FIRE WX...PENDERGRAST
AMZ550-555-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-042115- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1105 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 ...SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS TODAY... ...STRONG STORMS THIS EVENING OVER THE INTERIOR COUNTIES... THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE CAPE BY NOON TIME AND DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON NORTH OF THE CAPE. AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES INLAND SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL FORM. THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. A COLLISION OF THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING OVER THE INTERIOR COUNTIES...PRODUCING STRONG TO POTENTIALLY ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE. DUE TO DRY AIR PRESENT AT MID LEVELS ACROSS THE NORTH AND INTERIOR...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER...AND MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF DARKENING SKIES. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD PREPARE TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR WHEN STORMS APPROACH. WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. THE GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS AVAILABLE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB/HWOFIbLES/HWOMAIN.HTML PB
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
There were numerous public reports of a funnel cloud in the rural area west of Ft. Pierce.
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, June 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: 5250976.