Lightning, St. Johns
- When
- June 19, 12:30 PM EST
- Where
- St. Johns County, Bakersville
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.912, -81.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Brush fire.
Lightning Strike in Florida, June 19, 2001
1 lightning, 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 19, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 945 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2001 CURRENTLY...SOUNDING SHOW A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA WITH AN UNMODIFIED LIS AROUND A MINUS 7...PWATS AT 1.82 IN. AND A CAPE OF 3314. VERY LIGHT WINDS SUGGEST THAT SHOULD A PROBLEM ARISE TODAY THE MOST LIKELY CULPRIT WILL BE FLOODING...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BELIEVE THAT THE NGM POPS ARE TO HIGH SO THE AND ALSO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WITH THE MAV POPS WITH THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE AREA. THE CURRENT ZONE PACKAGE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD SO AM INCLINED NOT TO MAKE CHANGES AT THIS TIME. WINDS HAVE DROPPED AT GRAYS REEF SO WILL COMBINE FLORIDA AND GEORGIA WATERS IN THE CWF. FIRE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS. .JAX... .FL...NONE. .GA...NONE. SCOTT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:55 AM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-192200- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1155 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... ...CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE AREA BEACHES... SUFFICIENT ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE CONTENT WILL ENABLE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY A FEW STORMS. ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP OVER GEORGIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ACTIVITY SLOWER TO DEVELOP OVER FLORIDA. STORMS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY...MAINLY TO THE NORTH. MOST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...SO SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. IN ADDITION...EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ALONG THE COAST WILL PRODUCE A GREATER THAN NORMAL THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. THE GREATEST THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. CARROLL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:32 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Illinois, June 19, 2001
- Flooding in Kansas, June 19 to 22, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in Kansas, June 19, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 19 to 20, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 19, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 19, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 19, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 19, 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: 5255708.