1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 5, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 300 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2001 CURRENTLY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER INLAND AREAS OVER N FL AND ALONG THE ATLC SEA BREEZE. GOES SOUNDING SHOWS CAPES AROUND 2000-3000 J/KG AND LAPS INDICATES LI'S AROUND -5. EXPECT GULF AND ATLC SEA BREEZE TO COLLIDE THIS EVENING AND SO HIGHER POPS IN ORDER FOR INLAND ZONES. FORECAST...SFC RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO SHIFT S LATE WED AND WED NIGHT WITH PWAT INCREASING TO NEAR 2 INCHES AS TROPICAL LIKE MOISTURE SURGES INTO FA. TEMPS MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 90S WED AND THU DUE TO MORE CLOUD COVER AND INCREASED RAIN CHANCES. RIDGE AXIS DROPPING TO AROUND S FL ON THU WITH MID-UPPER LEVEL HIGH SHIFTING INTO THE SE GULF AND OVER BAHAMAS. PER MESO-ETA INLAND POPS WILL HIGHER FOR INLAND AREAS WED WITH FAIRLY UNIFORM POPS FOR THU. MARINE...SE WINDS 10-15 KT AT COASTAL OBS AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS INCREASE TO SCEC RANGE WED NIGHT AS RIDGE SLIDES S AND GRADIENT TIGHTENS. DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AFTER WED NIGHT WITH AFFECTS OF T.S. ALLISON MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE WRN GULF OF MEXICO. EXTDD...AVN SHOWS FRONT DROPPING SLOWLY S FRI THRU SAT AND BEST MOISTURE AXIS MOVING INTO CENTRAL FL SUN WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO REGION ON MON. MAIN CHANGE ANTICIPATED WILL BE TO ADD POPS ON SAT FOR MOST OF THE SRN ZONES. PRELIM AMG 70/91/71/88 5535 SSI 74/86/74/8,7 2435 JAX 71/90/71/90 2435 GNV 70/90/70/91 5645 02 .JAX... .FL...NONE. .GA...NONE.
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Weak FO. One home destroyed, and several businesses with roof damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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