2 wildfire, 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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 1:30 AM EST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 230 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2001 UPPER HIGH OVER EASTERN GULF WITH SURFACE HIGH OVER WESTERN ATLANTIC RESULTING IN AN EASTERLY FLOW WITH FEW STRATOCUMULUS OVER AREA. MODELS SHOW UPPER HIGH TO MOVE INTO ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY AS FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. MODELS A LITTLE FASTER WITH FRONTAL MOVEMENT THAN PREVIOUS RUNS BUT STILL LOOKS LIKE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY AS FRONT MOVES ACROSS AREA. RAIN CHANCES NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE AS LIFT AND INSTABILITY REMAIN LOW. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMEST TODAY AND MONDAY WITH RIDGE OVER AREA. WITH MOIST EASTERLY FLOW FOG WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND MONDAY MORNING BUT PROBABLY NOT DENSE AND WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO MENTION IN ZONES. MARINE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS AND SEAS A LITTLE HIGHER SOUTH OF SGJ DUE TO SLIGHTLY TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT THERE. WILL CONTINUE WITH ZONE SPLIT AT SGJ. CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ANY HEADLINES. PRELIM AMG 83/58/84/60 0000 SSI 77/62/77/63 0000 JAX 81/58/82/62 0000 GNV 85/57/85/60 0000 04 .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. MZ
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-212258- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 600 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2001 ...CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON... EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF NEAR 15 MPH WHEN COMBINED WITH EAST SWELLS WILL ALLOW A CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
More than 750 acres burnt, mainly in the muddy lake bed. The fire was along and near the Alachua/Marion countyline.
More than 750 acres burnt, mainly in the muddy lake bed. The fire was along and near the Alachua/Marion countyline.
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, April 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: 5242682, 5242683.