Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- June 15, 4:31 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Crescent City
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.433, -81.517
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 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
- $3,000
- 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 Jun 15, 1:50 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:50 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 250 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001 CURRENTLY...CONVECTION BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...WITH STRONGER CELLS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED A WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVING OFF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COAST WHICH IS PROBABLY SUPPORTING THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...WHILE SEA BREEZE INTERACTION APPEARS TO BE THE DRIVING FORCE FOR THE ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA...SO WILL HAVE TO WATCH IF THAT ACTIVITY MOVES NORTH INTO OUR ZONES AS THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE MAKES ITS WAY EAST. A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AND DISSIPATES AVER CENTRAL FLORIDA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS FRONT SHOULD ENHANCE AN SEA BREEZY ACTIVITY WHICH DEVELOPS SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING POPS FOR THIS PACKAGE. SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...SO WILL DROP TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 BEHIND THE FRONT. PRELIM AMG 71/91/68/88 3433 SSI 75/89/74/85 3533 JAX 72/92/70/88 4553 GNV 72/94/69/89 4543 33 .JAX... .FL...NONE. .GA...NONE. SCOTT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:00 AM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-160000- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1200 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST AT 10 MPH. BY MID-AFTERNOON...THIS ACTIVITY WILL INTERACT WITH THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE AND THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS NEAR AND EAST OF THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER AND INTERSTATE 95. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH... SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN ATLANTIC COASTAL COUNTIES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEB SITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. CARROLL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:33 UTC.
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
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 15 to 17, 2001
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 15, 2001
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- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 15, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 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: 5255692.