Florida, 2001

Flash Flood in Florida, June 8, 2001

June 8, 2001 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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
$75,000
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 8, 1:50 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:50 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
250 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 2001

ONE VORTICITY MAXIMUM MOVING OFF THE GA COAST WITH ANOTHER ENTERING
W GA.  SHOWER ACTIVITY SEEMS TO MATCH THESE TWO FEATURES. SO FAR NO
SEABREEZE WITH W-SW WINDS.  NW UPPER FLO WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED
WITH EMBEDDED WEAK VORTICITY MAXES AFFECTING AREA THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT AS EAST COAST TROUGH AMPLYFIES.  VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS WILL PERSIST RESULTING IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS
MAINLY DURING P.M. HOURS.  AT SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT AND
DISSIPATE JUST NORTH OF CWA SUNDAY AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES OFF TO THE
EAST. 500 MB HEIGHTS START TO RISE ON SUNDAY SO THE AREA WILL SEE
POPS BACK DOWN TO NEAR CLIMATOLOGY.  THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE INTO
AT LEAST MID-WEEK AS UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPS ALONG EAST COAST.

MARINE...DISCOUNTING AVN SOLUTION AGAIN TODAY AS IT OVERDEVELOPS
SURFACE LOW ON SUNDAY OVER COASTAL WATERS.   WILL FOLLOW ETA WITH
WINDS UP TO 15 KNOTS AND SEAS REACHING 5 FEET OFFSHORE.  NO
HEADLINES.

PRELIM
AMG 72/86/71/85 6765
SSI 73/87/72/86 6765
JAX 72/88/72/88 6665
GNV 70/90/71/90 5665 04

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

PUBLIC/MARINE...ZIBURA
AVIATION/FIRE WX...SHASHY

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Duval

When
June 8, 8:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where
Duval County, Arlington
Property damage
$75,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.335, -81.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thirty-three apartments were flooded with up to 3 feet of water.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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: 5255505.