1 flash flood, 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 Sep 14, 8:10 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
910 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001
GABRIELLE NOW MAKING STEADY PROGRESS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. RADAR
SHOWS EYE SOUTH OF TAMPA WITH A MOTION OF 045 AT AROUND 15KT.
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TC TORNADOS/WATERSPOUTS OVER BREVARD COUNTY
ASSOCIATED WITH QUASI-PERSISTENT MESO THAT MOVED RIGHT ALONG THE
COAST AND HAS SINCE HOOKED BACK TO TO THE WEST NEAR COCOA.
DRIER AIR NOW BEING ENTRAINED INTO S AND W QUANDRANTS OF THE STORM
WITH PRIMARY RAINBAND SHIFTING THRU N BREVARD AND INTO VOLUSIA.
OTHER NARROWER BANDS PIVOTING THRU THE SRN CTYS BUT RAINFALL AMTS
SHOULD BE LOWER IN THIS AREA WITH LESS COVERAGE. WILL LOWER POPS IN
THE SOUTH. CURRENT TRACK/RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST WINDS CAN BE KNOCKED
DOWN SOMEWHAT OVER THE SE CTYS AS WELL...BUT WILL KEEP INLAND WIND
WARNING. STILL SOME IMPRESSIVE SPEEDS WITHIN 40NM E OF EYE AND THIS
WILL TRACK THRU THE N HALF OF FCST AREA.
WHILE HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING THREAT MAY LARGELY BE GONE BY SATURDAY
WILL KEEP FLOOD WATCH GOING AND RE-VISIT FOR AFTN PACKAGE.
MARINE...FASTER STORM MOTION WILL REQUIRE RAMPING WINDS UP SOONER
WITH WINDS SHIFTING EARLIER OVER THE SOUTHERN LEG. TS WARNING
CONTINUES ALONG ENTIRE COASTLINE.
.MLB...TROPICAL STORM WARNING VOLUSIA...BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...
ST LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES.
...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT PORT - FLAGLER BEACH TO
JUPITER INLET.
...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THROUGH SATURDAY.
...TORNADO WATCH ALL ZONES UNTIL 11 AM...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR
INLAND VOLUSIA...SEMINOLE...LAKE...ORANGE AND OKEECHOBEE
COUNTIES...
PUBLIC/MARINE...BLOTTMAN
AVIATION/FIRE WX...PENDERGRASTAMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 141050- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 642 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001 FOR DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING WEATHER HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE AND THE EXPECTED IMPACTS TO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT. PRODUCT: MIAHLSMLB KELLY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
848 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
725 AM SEBASTIAN FL TORNADO
09/14/01 INDIAN RIVER PUBLIC REPORT TREES DOWN.
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR
SEBASTIAN INLET.
750 AM MELBOURNE BEACH FL TORNADO
09/14/01 BREVARD WATERSPOUT REPORTED ABOUT
1/2 MILE OFFSHORE BETWEEN
THE EAU GALLIE AND
MELBOURNE CAUSEWAYS
755 AM INDIAN HARBOR BEACH FL TORNADO
09/14/01 BREVARD TREES DOWN AND BOATS
TOSSED AT A MARINA NEAR
THE EAU GALLIE CAUSEWAY.
755 AM INDIAN HARBOR BEACH FL TORNADO
09/14/01 BREVARD TREES DOWN, STRIP MALL
DAMAGED, AND BOATS TOSSED
AT A MARINIA NEAR THE EAU
GALLIE CAUSEWAY.
759 AM PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE FL TORNADO
09/14/01 BREVARD TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
REPORTED BY PATRICK AFB
WEATHER OFFICE.
UNCONFIRMED WIND GUST TO
86 MPH.
845 AM COCOA FL TORNADO
09/14/01 BREVARD SWIRLING DEBRIS REPORTED
IN COCOA VILLAGE
848 AM COCOA FL TORNADO
09/14/01 BREVARD WINDOWS BROKEN IN
BUILDINGS NEAR 520.
NOTE...ABOVE REPORTS ALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME TORNADIC STORM.The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:13 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfall from Tropical Storm Gabrielle flooded about 25 homes and apartments in Edgewater and New Smyrna Beach. About 5 homes were flooded along the Tomoka River in Daytona Beach. Roadway and small stream flooding was reported over much of the county.
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, September 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: 5268116.