High Wind, St. Johns
- When
- October 4, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- St. Johns forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
High Wind in Florida, October 4, 1996
Power lines were blown down in and around St. Augustine.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Power lines were blown down in and around St. Augustine.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, October 4, 1996
- Cold in New York, October 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, October 4, 1996
- Cold in Pennsylvania, October 4, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, October 4, 1996
- Ice Storm in Alaska, October 4, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, October 4 to 6, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 4, 1996
- Heavy Rain in New Mexico, October 4, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 4, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, October 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, October 1996
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: 5573144.