Florida, 2001

Damaging Wind in Florida, June 18, 2001

June 18, 2001 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$30,000
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 18, 2:15 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:15 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
315 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2001

CURRENTLY...WATER VAPOR WATER VAPOR SATELLITE LOOP AND 250
STREAMLINES SHOWED S SHORT WAVE GENERATING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AS IT ROTATE AROUND A RIDGE WHICH WAS OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THIS SHORT WAVE WILL
MOVE OUT OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT SO THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THAT AREA SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS PACKAGE A GOOD EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY
SURFACE FLOW...COMBINED WITH SEA BREEZE INTERACTION SHOULD PRODUCE
MORNING CLOUDINESS ALONG COASTAL AREAS AND A CHANCE TO GOOD CHANCE
OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AFTERNOON MAX TEMPERATURES
SHOULD RANGE IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN
THE 70S.

PRELIM
AMG 70/89/71/91 2534
SSI 73/83/74/84 3434
JAX 72/86/72/86 3533
GNV 70/90/71/91 3533 33

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

SCOTT

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marion

When
June 18, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Marion County, Ocala
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.183, -82.133

Roof blown off mobile home.

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

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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: 5255707.