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POST STORM REPORT...TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1038 AM EST MON OCT 29 2001...CORRECTED HIGHEST WINDS

A...HIGHEST WINDS

DAYTONA BEACH (DAB)
SUSTAINED 05037KT 14/1052Z
PEAK WIND 05043KT 14/1052Z

VERO BEACH (VRB)
SUSTAINED 20029KT 14/1346Z
PEAK WIND 22037KT 14/1445Z

MELBOURNE (MLB)
SUSTAINED 19025KT 14/1623Z
PEAK WIND 19035KT 14/1442Z

FT PIERCE (FPR)
SUSTAINED 27024KT 15/0244Z
PEAK WIND 22033KT 15/0244Z

ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL (MCO)
SUSTAINED 13031KT 14/1254Z
PEAK WIND 14039KT 14/1408Z

ORLANDO EXECUTIVE (ORL)
SUSTAINED 13027KT 14/1326Z
PEAK WIND 16036KT 14/1423Z

LEESBURG (LEE)
SUSTAINED 02031KT 15/0045Z
PEAK WIND 01039KT 15/0142Z

SANFORD (SFB)
SUSTAINED 15027KT 14/1525Z
PEAK WIND 15033KT 14/1524Z 

PATRICK AFB (COF)
SUSTAINED 39KT  14/1421Z    
PEAK WIND 86KT* 14/1159Z
*TORNADO 

SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY (TTS)
SUSTAINED 30022KT 15/1841Z
PEAK WIND 12036KT 14/1439Z

BUOY 41009 (20 NM E CAPE CANAVERAL)
**SUSTAINED 12033KT 14/1500Z
  PEAK WIND 12044KT 14/0500Z

BUOY 41010 (120 NM E NEW SMYRNA BEACH)
**SUSTAINED 20027KT 15/1600Z 
  PEAK WIND 20035KT 15/1600Z

**8 MINUTE AVERAGE

B...LOWEST PRESSURE
                   
DAYTONA BEACH (DAB)            998.6 MB 14/1647Z                 
VERO BEACH (VRB)               998.9 MB 15/0454Z
MELBOURNE (MLB)                997.9 MB 15/0519Z
FT PIERCE (FPR)                999.6 MB 15/0504Z
ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL (MCO)    994.5 MB 14/1421Z
ORLANDO EXECUTIVE (ORL)        995.2 MB 14/1516Z
LEESBURG (LEE)                 995.6 MB 14/1538Z
SANFORD (SFB)                  995.9 MB 14/1522Z
TITUSVILLE (TIX)               998.3 MB 14/1950Z
PATRICK AFB (COF)              998.0 MB 15/0755Z 
SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY (TTS) 998.0 MB 15/0755Z
BUOY 41009                     997.7 MB 15/0900Z 
BUOY 41010                    1000.7 MB 15/2000Z 

C...RAINFALL

RAINFALL TOTALS INCLUDE SEP 13...ASSOCIATED WITH INDIRECT EFFECTS OF 
GABRIELLE AS STRONG FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS.

                                    13TH    14TH    15TH    TOTAL    
DAYTONA BEACH (DAB)                 3.41    3.02    1.26     7.69
VERO BEACH (VRB)                    0.61    1.48    0.06     2.15
MELBOURNE (MLB)                     1.94    2.04    0.20     4.18
FT PIERCE (FPR)                     0.99    0.96    0.02     1.97
ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL (MCO)         1.48    2.25    0.29     4.02
ORLANDO EXECUTIVE (ORL)             1.38    3.06    0.30     4.74
LEESBURG (LEE)                      0.60    4.70    2.68     7.98
SANFORD (SFB)                       1.60    2.45    0.99     5.04
PATRICK AFB (COF)                   3.58    2.60    0.08     6.26 
SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY (TTS)      2.30    1.89    0.37     4.56
   
*PIERSON (VOLUSIA COUNTY)            4.30   7.20    2.15    13.65 
*UMATILLA (LAKE COUNTY)              2.21   6.98    3.52    12.71 
*OKAHUMPKA (LAKE COUNTY)             0.67   5.74    2.69     9.10 
*TAVARES (LAKE COUNTY)               0.74   4.56    2.96     8.26 
*APOPKA (ORANGE COUNTY)              1.42   3.56    0.55     5.53  
*AVALON (ORANGE COUNTY)              0.67   2.83    0.95     4.45 
*FT. PIERCE (ST. LUCIE COUNTY)       0.55   1.21    0.00     1.76

*DATA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AUTOMATED WEATHER NETWORK

D...STORM TIDE

STORM TIDES REACHED ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE VOLUSIA AND 
BREVARD COUNTY COAST...

E...BEACH EROSION

SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION OCCURRED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BREVARD 
COUNTY WHERE THERE WAS A LARGE LOSS OF SAND.  THE MOST SERIOUS 
EROSION WAS IN THE MELBOURNE SHORES AREA. MINOR BEACH EROSION 
OCCURRED ALONG THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST. 

F...FLOODING

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IMPACTED VOLUSIA COUNTY. ABOUT 25 HOMES WERE 
FLOODED IN THE EDGEWATER AND NEW SMYRNA BEACH AREAS. ABOUT 5 HOMES 
WERE FLOODED ALONG THE TOMOKA RIVER IN DAYTONA BEACH.  

RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG THE ST. JOHNS RIVERS... FLOODING A FEW 
ROADS AROUND LAKE HARNEY IN SEMINOLE COUNTY... RIVER FRONT CAMP 
GROUNDS IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. 

ROADWAY...URBAN...AND LOWLAND FLOODING WAS EXPERIENCED IN THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BREVARD...OSCEOLA...LAKE...AND SEMINOLE. 

G...TORNADOES

F0 - 725 AM NEAR SEBASTIAN INLET (BREVARD/INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LINE). 
PUBLIC REPORT TREES DOWN.

F0 - 750-755 AM INDIAN HARBOR BEACH (BREVARD COUNTY). TREES DOWN AND 
BOATS TOSSED AND A LARGE BOAT DRY STORAGE BOAT BUILDING WAS SEVERELY 
DAMAGED AT A MARINA NEAR EAU GALLIE CAUSEWAY. ADJACENT STRIP MALL 
DAMAGED.

F0 - 759 AM PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE (BREVARD COUNTY).
TOUCHDOWN OBSERVED AT KCOF. MEASURED WIND GUST TO 86KT. 

F1 - 845-848 AM COCOA (BREVARD COUNTY). 
DAMAGE TO 12 HOMES AND 10 BUSINESSES. 

F0 - 520 PM NEW SMYRNA BEACH (VOLUSIA COUNTY).
THE TORNADO PRODUCED SCATTERED DAMAGE FROM NORTH OF PONCE INLET TO 
PORT ORANGE. THREE MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND 12 RECEIVED 
MINOR DAMAGE.  

THE BREVARD COUNTY TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME 
CELL TRACKED BY RADAR.

H...STORM EFFECTS

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