1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 1:55 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 255 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2001 RADAR SHOWS SCT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER GA AREA AND OVER MARION AND PUTNAM COS ATTM. PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH HAS MOVED FURTHER S WITH WEAK COLD FRONT OVER SRN GA. BROAD AREA OF LOW PRES EXTENDS FROM JUST S OF AQQ TO NEAR OCF AND DAB. IN SHORT TERM...EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FILL IN FROM OCF TO JAX WITH MAINLY SHOWER ACTIVITY DROPPING SWD INTO THE LAKE CITY-LIVE OAK AREA LATE THIS AFTN/EVENING. MODELS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR FOR THIS PACKAGE WITH SOME DIFFERENCE WITH MOISTURE AND PLACEMENT OF THE SFC LOW OVER N FL AND THE NE GULF OF MEXICO. INITIALLY IT LOOKS LIKE THE AVN HAS A SLIGHTLY BETTER HANDLE ON SFC FTRS THAN ETA THEN NGM. SFC TROUGHING MAY DROP A LITTLE FURTHER S TONIGHT BEFORE STALLING AND WORKING NWD SUN AND MON. THIS LEAVES THE FL ZONES IN DEEPEST MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE THRU SUN...WITH BROAD LOW PRES AND TROUGHING LIFTING NWD INTO SRN GA MON. MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER CENTRAL AND SRN PORTIONS OF FL WILL RETROGRADE AND BEGIN TO ADVECT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE BACK INTO ALL FL ZONES AND MOST OF GA ZONES THRU MON. MARINE...SFC WINDS HAVE COME AROUND TO E TO NE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WITH 41008 AND SAUF1 REPORTING NE AROUND 10 KT. NOTED R2 PLATFORM RECENTLY CHECKED IN NE 20 KT AND SEAS NEAR 4.5 FT. ATTM...APPEARS BEST TO SPLIT GA MARINE AREA FROM FL AREA FOR DURATION AND STRENGTH OF NE FLOW. NE FLOW DEPICTED BY MOST MODELS TONIGHT AND STILL PREFER AVN SOLUTION BUT A LITTLE WEAKER. INITIALLY...MAY NEED SCEC CONDITIONS TONIGHT FOR GA WATERS BUT WILL MONITOR TRENDS BEFORE MAINTAINING THE HEADLINE. PRELIM AMG 70/87/70/88 3335 SSI 74/85/73/86 5556 JAX 72/86/72/86 5656 GNV 71/87/71/88 5757 02 .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. ARS
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:42 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous reports of secondary roads closed. Flooding in parts of University of Florida near Shands.
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, July 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: 5257692.