Florida, 2001

Damaging Wind in Florida, June 9, 2001

June 9, 2001 · NWS MLB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 9, 8:00 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 8:00 PM EST, 20 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
900 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 2001

ALTHOUGH ONGOING SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY WIND DOWN LATER
THIS EVENING...RECENT COLLISION OF WELL DEFINED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
ACROSS ORANGE/OSCEOLA/BREVARD COUNTIES HAS PRODUCED SOME INTENSE
CONVECTION IN LEFTOVER HIGH THETAE AIR/MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...WHICH
WILL DELAY COMPLETE DISSIPATION OF CONVECTION BY A FEW HOURS. HENCE
...EXPECT THE EVENING UPDATE TO BE DELAYED A BIT UNTIL THIS OCCURS.

MARINE...INTERIOR CONVECTION WILL BE MOVING OFFSHORE THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING SO WILL NEED TO KEEP MENTION OF STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
LOCAL WIND FLOW WILL REVERT FROPM LOCAL SEA BREEZE CIRCS/OUTFLOWS TO
SYNOPTIC SW FLOW REGIME...PER THE ONGOING FORECAST. WILL TRIM SEAS
DOWN TO 1-2FT.

.MLB...NONE.

PUBLIC/MARINE...BRAGAW
AVIATION/FIRE WX...SPRATT

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard

When
June 9, 8:20 PM EST
Where
Brevard County, Cocoa
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
28.350, -80.733

Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees in the Cocoa and Rockledge area.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 5250977.