Florida, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 2001

August 6, 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

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

Open the live radar over this ground

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 6, 2:03 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:03 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL145
303 PM EDT MON AUG 06 2001

CURRENTLY/TONIGHT...PLENTY OF CIRRUS (FROM THE EFFECTS OF BARRY) HAS
KEPT TEMPS DOWN WHICH DELAYED CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON.
WSR 88D WAS INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO ERUPT ACROSS
MARION AND ALACHUA COUNTIES AS WELL AS ACROSS THE SUWANNEE RIVER
AREA. EXPECT MORE DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...
ALTHOUGH COVERAGE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE AS MUCH AS EARLIER THOUGHT.
WENT WITH 30 PCT ALL AREAS THIS EVE. DO NOT THINK FOG WILL BE MUCH
OF A PROBLEM AS A RESULT OF EXTENSIVE HIGH CLOUDS.
TUE/WED/EXTENDED...WESTERN ATLANTIC HIGH BUILDS IN...WENT WITH ETA/MESOETA
WHICH PUTS RIDGE AXIS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN CWA. THIS REGIME FAVORS BOTH
WEST AND EAST COAST SEABREEZES DURING THE AFTERNOON...CONVERGING JUST
WEST OF I-95. MESOETA MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A DECREASE IN PW
(FROM AROUND 1.8 TO 1.5) BY WEDNESDAY...SO WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE POPS
BUT STILL GO CHANCE IN THE EXTENDED. MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS. WINDS
MAINLY SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST NEAR 10 KNOTS...WITH AFTERNOON SEABREEZE
NEAR COAST.

PRELIM

AMG 71/91/72/92 2534
SSI 75/88/75/89 2534
JAX 72/92/73/92 3534
GNV 71/91/72/92 3543 08

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

PETERSON/HESS

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

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

Hail, Putnam

When
August 6, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Putnam County, Bostwick
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
29.767, -81.633

Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam

When
August 6, 7:00 PM EST
Where
Putnam County, Palatka
Property damage
$3,000
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
29.650, -81.633

One home with roof damage.

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2001

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: 5262142, 5262141.