Florida, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 30, 2001

August 30, 2001 · NWS JAX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$3,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 30, 1:05 PM EST, 6 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 1:05 PM EST, 6 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
205 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001

CURRENTLY...HIGH PRES RIDGE AT THE SFC AND ALOFT CONTINUES OVER THE
AREA. CU FIELD SLOW TO DEVELOP OVER EXTREME NE FL AND SE GA...DUE TO
SLIGHT SUBSIDENCE ALOFT AND THICKER HI CLOUDS. MEANWHILE...A FEW
SHOWERS BEGINNING TO FIRE IN THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AREA. W COAST
SEABREEZE HAS MADE IT ABOUT 10 MILES INLAND WHILE E COAST BREEZE IS
JUST BEGINNING TO MOVE INLAND.

MODELS...ONLY REAL CHANGE IS THAT RIDGE SINKS A LITTLE FARTHER S AND
WEAKENS SLIGHTLY. THIS ALLOWS A WEAK COLD FRONT TO APPROACH THE AREA
FROM THE N. THIS FRONT SHOULD STALL OVER THE N PORTION OF OUR CWA.
AVN DEVELOPS A FAIRLY STRONG LOW OVER THE MS VALLEY AND MOVE IT
ALONG FRONT EARLY THIS WEEKEND...TENDING TO DRAG FRONT A LITTLE
FARTHER S. THINK THIS IS UNLIKELY DUE TO THE NEARLY ZONAL FLOW AND
LACK OF MUCH POTENT SHORTWAVE ENERGY. IN FACT...WEAK 500MB TROFFING
CONTINUES BACK OVER THE MS VALLEY...AND THIS WOULD FURTHER PREVENT
THE FRONT FROM PUSHING FARTHER S.

PUBLIC...IN THE SHORT TERM...BELIEVE COVERAGE OF PRECIP THIS EVENING
WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY EVENING. COVERAGE MAY BE ENHANCED LATER
BY A WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS GA. FRI PRECIP SHOULD ALSO BE
SIMILAR...ALTHO THERE SHOULD BE MORE OF A W COMPONENT TO WIND FLOW.
AS A RESULT...HIGHER POPS WILL BE SKEWED MORE TOWARD THE E COAST.
SAT...WILL GO ABOVE CLIMO POPS AS FRONT APPROACHES.

EXTENDED...COLD FRONT MAY BACKDOOR DOWN INTO NE FL BEFORE WASHING
OUT...BUT SEE NO REASON TO MAKE ANY BIG CHANGES.

MARINE...SW WINDS INCREASE LATE FRI...BUT THIS IN COVERED BY CURRENT
PACKAGE. LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED.

PRELIM...
AMG 72/92/73/90 3425
SSI 75/88/75/90 2325
JAX 72/93/73/92 2435
GNV 72/92/73/91 3534 31

.JAX...
.GA...NONE.
.FL...NONE.

PUBLIC/MARINE...SEC
AVIATION/FIRE...RAM

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Clay

When
August 30, 8:00 PM EST
Where
Clay County, Middleburg
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
30.067, -81.867

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When
August 30, 8:15 PM EST to 8:25 PM EST
Where
Clay County, Middleburg
Property damage
$3,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
30.067, -81.867

Large trees and power lines were blown down.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 5262145, 5262146.