Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- July 30, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Orlando Intl Arpt
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 28.433, -81.317
A wind gust to 63 MPH was reported by sensors at Orlando International Airport.
Damaging Wind in Florida, July 30, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Jul 30, 2:30 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:30 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 330 PM EDT TUE JUL 30 2002 THIS EVENING/TONIGHT...12Z NGN/ETA/AVN RUNS ALL SHOWING HIGHER PRECIP COVERAGE ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EARLY EVENING AS INSTABILITY IS FINALLY RELEASED BY BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS. DRY AIR ACROSS N FL IS NOTED ON VIS SAT IMAGERY WHERE CU ARE BEING SUPPRESSED. 15Z XMR SOUNDING SHOWS SIGNIFICANT DRY AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS WITH -7/-8C AT H5 AND STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW (30-50KTS) ABOVE H5. BEST CHANCE FOR EVE CONVECTION WILL BE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INTERIOR SECTIONS DUE TO BOUNDARY COLLISIONS. ATM APPEARS MORE UNSTABLE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PENINSULA CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW. WED...SFC RIDGE AXIS SLIPS TO SOUTH FL WITH UPPER LOW DRIFTING N ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. LOW FLOW (H9-H8) WILL BE WESTERLY NR 10 KTS ACROSS THE NRN 2/3 OF THE AREA WITH SW FLOW IN THE MID LVLS... STRONGER ACROSS THE NRN CWA. NGM CONTINUES THE DRIEST OF THE SHORT RANGE MODELS WITH PWATS BELOW 1.7 FROM METRO ORLANDO NORTHWARD. ALL MODELS SHOW DEEPEST MOISTURE NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE IN THE 1.8-1.9 RANGE. MAY NEED TO TRIM FAR NRN SECTIONS TO A 30 POP BUT WILL KEEP 40 PCT AREAWIDE FOR NOW. SEA BRZ WILL BE DELAYED NORTH OF THE CAPE BUT SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THU...UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT ONLY SLOWLY EAST TWD NE FL. LOW LVL FLOW WILL AGAIN BE WESTERLY AND MODELS SHOW SOME DRIER AIR ACROSS CNTRL FL WITH PWATS AS LOW AS 1.3 ON NGM 12Z THU MORNING AND CLOSER TO 1.55 ON AVN/ETA ACROSS THE NRN INTERIOR. WILL AGAIN SEE A DELAYED SEA BRZ NORTH OF THE CAPE. WITH MORE DRYING WILL LOWER POPS TO 30 PCT. SHOULD SEE SOME ENHANCEMENT TO LATE AFTN CONVECTION ACROSS FAR NRN ZONES CLOSER TO VORTICITY MAX ASSUMING DEEP ENOUGH MOISTURE PAN OUTS AND SEA BRZ DEVELOPS AS EXPECTED. FRI...AVN SHOWS UPPER LOW BREAKING OFF ACROSS THE WRN GULF WITH CONTINUED SW FLOW. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A USUALLY ABOVE AVERAGE FLOW REGIME FOR PRECIP...THE USUALLY WET AVN IS SHOWING PWATS ONLY FROM 1.4 TO 1.5 FRI AFTN. WILL CONTINUE LOW SCT POP RANGE AROUND 30-40 PCT WITH AFTN SEA BRZ AGAIN DEVELOPING AND MOVING IN FURTHER SOUTH OF THE CAPE. EXTENDED...SAT-SUN...UPPER LOW AND SFC LOW PROGD TO MOVE WEST TWD THE N CNTRL GULF. RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE SE STATES WITH NE FLOW ALOFT BY SUNDAY. PWATS STILL PROGD BELOW NORMAL...SO WILL LEAN TWD LOW SCT RANGE FOR AFTN/EVENING CONVECTION WITH SEA BRZS. MON-TUE... SOUTHERLY LOW LVL FLOW CONTINUES WITH ADEQUATE MOISTURE FOR SCT STORMS EACH AFTN. MARINE...FLOW WILL BE W-NW NEAR 5-10 KNOTS ON WED/THU...WITH WINDS BECOMING ONSHORE NEAR 10 KNOTS EACH AFTN. PRELIM... DAB BB 073/093 074/092 073 15343 MCO BB 073/094 075/093 074 15343 MLB BB 075/092 075/092 074 15243= .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...VOLKMER AVIATION/FIRE WX...KELLY
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:08 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 30, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, July 30, 2002
- Heat in Arkansas, July 30, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 30, 2002
- Hail in Nebraska, July 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 30, 2002
- Lightning Strikes in Tennessee, July 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 30, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 30 to 31, 2002
More
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2002
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: 5311993.