Flash Flood, Hamilton
- When
- June 12, 2:05 AM EST to 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.496, -82.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Florida, June 12, 2001
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- 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 Jun 12, 1:50 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:50 AM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
250 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001
CURRENTLY...WATCHING ROTATION ON THE KVAX 88D JUST ENTERING THE FCST
AREA...AND BEGINNING TO SHOW ON KJAX ALSO. OTHERWISE SHOWERS WITH A
FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVER MUCH OF SE GA WHILE BANDS OF
SHOWERS ARE MOVING ACROSS NE FL. WILL ISSUE FLOOD WARNINGS OVER
WESTERN COS WHERE CONTINUOUS TRAINING OF CELLS IS OCCURRING AND
RADAR SHOWS UP TO 5 INCHES.
STRONG SFC LOW OVER SRN AL (REMNANTS OF T.S. ALLISON) CONTAINING
PLENTY OF TROPICAL MOISTURE IS VERY SLOWLY MOVING NE AND PRODUCING
COPIOUS RAINS. CONTINUING THIS MOTION THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO
BE OVER N/CENTRAL GA BY TONIGHT AND UPSTATE SC ON WEDNESDAY. ONE
MORE DAY OF PRECIPITATION IS IN STORE. MESOETA DEPICTS PRECIP ENDING
BY EVENING MOST OF THE CWA AND A LINGERING CHANCE OVER THE NORTHERN
PORTION. WILL GO CATEGORICAL POPS OVER N AND W ZONES TAPERING TO
CHANCE OVER S AND E WHERE MORE SUNSHINE WILL PRODUCE TYPICAL AFTN
CONVECTION. WED...WILL SCALE POPS BACK TO 30%-40%. MESOETA SHOWS A
BAND OF PRECIP MOVING ACROSS GA ZONES AND WILL GO HIGHER THERE.
EXTENDED...AVN TAKES THE LOW SLOWLY UP THE ATLC COAST TO CAPE COD BY
SATURDAY NIGHT AND PULLING A FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO CNTRL GA. RIDGE
WILL BUILD ACROSS FL PENINSULA AND OUR PATTERN WILL RETURN TO A MORE
TYPICAL SUMMER TSTM REGIME.
MARINE...SCEC WILL BE NECESSARY N OF SAUF1 WHERE WINDS HAVE
INCREASED TO 15+ KT. BASICALLY NO CHANGES TO CURRENT FCST PKG.
PRELIM...
AMG 82/71/87/71 8452
SSI 83/73/86/73 6342
JAX 87/72/91/71 6232
GNV 90/71/90/70 4131 28
.JAX...
.FL...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...GILCHRIST
AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES.
.GA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CLINCH...ECHOLS...WARE...
AND ATKINSON COUNTIES.
FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 645 AM CLINCH...ECHOLS...PIERCE...WARE
COUNTIES.
TRABERTIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 10:46 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-120900- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1146 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA JUST NORTH OF THE STATE LINE... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN FLORIDA: HAMILTON COLUMBIA SUWANNEE GILCHRIST BAKER UNION BRADFORD ALACHUA NASSAU DUVAL AND CLAY. IN GEORGIA: WARE CLINCH ECHOLS CHARLTON AND CAMDEN. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM VALDOSTA SOUTHWARD TO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL PUSH THROUGH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ANY UPDATES OR WARNINGS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFoORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. HESS
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 12, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, June 12 to 23, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 12 to 13, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 12 to 13, 2001
- Hail in Minnesota, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Utah, June 12, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Georgia, June 12 to 13, 2001
More
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 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: 5255593.