Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 4, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 4, 2001
Start: 2001-06-04T14:26
End: 2001-06-04T16:55
Location: Florida

June 4, 2001 · NWS JAX · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

4 hail, 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.

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:35 PM EST, 51 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, 9:26 AM EST, 5 hours 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 INFMORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

MZ

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:00 AM EST, 4 hours 26 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 Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:27 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Putnam

When: June 4, 2:26 PM EST
Where: Putnam County, Interlachen
Measured: 1.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 29.617, -81.900

Hail, Hamilton

When: June 4, 2:50 PM EST
Where: Hamilton County, Jasper
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.517, -82.950

Thunderstorm Wind, Alachua

When: June 4, 3:40 PM EST
Where: Alachua County, Gainesville
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 29.650, -82.317

Large trees and power lines were blown down.

Hail, Alachua

When: June 4, 4:20 PM EST
Where: Alachua County, Gainesville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 29.650, -82.317

Hail, Duval

When: June 4, 4:55 PM EST
Where: Duval County, 2 mi E of Baldwin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 30.300, -81.933

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in Florida in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5254384, 5254385, 5254387, 5254386, 5254388.