Funnel Cloud, Alachua
- When
- June 4, 3:52 PM EST
- Where
- Alachua County, Gainesville
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 29.675, -82.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Florida, June 4, 2001
1 funnel cloud, 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 4, 1:35 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:35 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 235 PM EDT MON JUN 04 2001 CURRENTLY...ATLC SEA BREEZE MOVING SLOWLY INLAND AND APPROACHING THE ST JOHNS RIVER. VIS IMAGERY SHOW BEST CU FIELD FORMING IN SRN COUNTIES...NEAR THE SUWANNEE VALLEY...AND COASTAL GEORGIA. ISOL SHOWERS AND TS FORMING NEAR SUWANNEE VALLEY AND WIDELY SCT OVER MARION...PUTNAM...AND FLAGLER COS. ALOFT...5H HIGH OFF THE E FL COAST EXPECTED TO DRIFT SW NEXT 48 HRS. FORECAST...WITH ATLC AND GULF SEA BREEZES MOVING INLAND BEST CHANCES WILL BE NEAR I-75 CORRIDOR WITH CONVECTION LIKELY LASTING TO ALMOST MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE WITH AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE SHOWERS/ THUNDERSTORMS INLAND AREAS TONIGHT FOR FL ZONES. TUE AND TUE NIGHT...RIDGE AXIS CONTINUES DRIFTING NWD AHEAD OF NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM. THIS WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR GOOD INLAND SEA BREEZE PENETRATION/COLLISIONS AND THUS HIGHER POPS FOR INLAND AREAS AGAIN. WED AND WED NIGHT...DEEPER MOIST SLY FLOW PROGGED FOR THE REGION SO DAYTIME TEMPS WILL NOT BE AS WARM. PWATS OF ABOUT 1.5-1.8 INCHES WITH SEA BREEZE INTERSECTIONS A LITTLE FARTHER E OF I-75...AS 850 MB FLOW ACQUIRES MORE OF A WLY COMPONENT. THUS WILL PUT POPS LITTLE HIGHER THAN TUE FOR ERN ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. GUIDANCE TEMPS IN GOOD AGREEMENT BUT WILL LEAN TOWARD NGM TEMPS ON TUE. MARINE...SE WINDS HAVE INCREASED 10-15KT WITH SEA BREEZE. BAR PILOT REPORTS SEAS 2 FT WHICH IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH BUOYS. SIMILAR CONDS EXPECTED TUE AND WED. WILL GO WITH HIGHER WINDS WED NIGHT AS PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS WITH APPROACH OF FRONT. EXTDD...AVN SHOWS FRONT MOVING INTO THE CWA FRI WITH DEEP LAYER MOISTURE EXITING FA EARLY SAT. WILL KEEP MOST OF FA PRECIP-FREE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPS NEAR CLIMO. PRELIM AMG 69/94/71/91 1324 SSI 72/88/72/88 1224 JAX 71/92/71/90 1325 GNV 70/92/70/90 2435 02 .JAX... .FL...NONE. .GA...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:00 AM EST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-042000- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1100 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER INLAND AREAS AS THE SEA BREEZES MOVE INLAND. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THOSE OUTDOORS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. MZ
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 2001
- Hail in Texas, June 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 4 to 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 4, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 4, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 4, 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: 5254391.