Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- August 6, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Palatka
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.650, -81.633
Church roof damaged.
Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 2001
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 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 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:03 PM EST, 3 hours 27 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.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Michigan, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Wisconsin, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Maryland, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Heat in New Jersey, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Heat in Maryland, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Texas, August 6, 2001
- Heat in Texas, August 6, 2001
- Flash Flood in Florida, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Flash Flood in Florida, August 6, 2001
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, August 6, 2001
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: 5262148.