Thunderstorm Wind, Bradford
- When
- March 15, 4:59 PM EST
- Where
- Bradford County, 5 mi N of Starke
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.017, -82.100
Large trees were blown down.
Damaging Wind in Florida, March 15, 2001
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.
- 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
- $5,000
- 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 Mar 15, 2:14 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:14 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
214 PM EST THU MAR 15 2001
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #69 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GA AS WELL AS MOST OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA. WILL
DROP WIND ADVISORY FOR GA COUNTIES DUE TO RELAXATION OF LOW-LEVEL
JET...HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON FOR FLORIDA ZONES.
BROAD LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CWA WILL CONTINUE TO
PUSH SOUTHEAST WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL GA EXTENDING
SOUTHWEST INTO FLORIDA PANHANDLE. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT (I.E. RIGHT-
REAR QUADRANT OF POTENT UPPER JET) IS EJECTING NORTH...WITH DIURNAL
HEATING AND A COMBINATION OF LOW-LEVEL FORCING MECHANISMS PROVIDING
NEEDED INGREDIENTS FOR SUSTAINING SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER THE REGION
OVERNIGHT...THEN FORECAST TO STALL ALONG OR NEAR A FLAGLER BEACH-
CEDAR KEY LINE. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE OUR WEATHER PLAYER FOR
SEVERAL DAYS AS ITS MEANDERS NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IN
A NUTSHELL...TYPICAL SPRING-TIME WEATHER THROUGH SUNDAY WITH GARDEN
VARIETY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER FL COUNTIES.
WINDS/SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH
THIS EVENING...THUS WILL CONTINUE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OVERNIGHT.
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY STALL OVER SOUTHERN MARINE ZONES
OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RELAX THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS...WITH GRADUAL DECREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS BEGINNING LATE
TONIGHT.
PRELIM
AMG 59/76/49/70 2100
SSI 60/75/52/70 3211
JAX 62/80/54/72 4321
GNV 63/79/55/71 4322 16
.JAX...
GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH GAZ153-154-164>166 UNTIL 6 PM EST.
RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR ALTAMAHA RIVER@CHARLOTTE & BAXLEY.
SCA ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
FL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FLZ020>025-030>033-035-036 UNTIL 6 PM.s
WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES UNTIL SUNSET.
SCA FERNANDINA BEACH TO FLAGLER BEACH TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
ZAPPE/ZIBURAIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 1:00 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-152300- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 100 PM EST THU MAR 15 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA UNTIL 6 PM... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. A LINE OF STORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA. RAINFALL OVER GEORGIA WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING ALONG THE ALTAMAHA RIVER. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF MINOR LOW LAND FLOODING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WHICH INCLUDES CAMDEN...GLYNN...AND CHARLTON COUNTIES...AND FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. ZIBURA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Tornado in Florida, March 15, 2001
- Tornado in Georgia, March 15, 2001
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- High Wind in Kansas, March 15, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, March 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 15 to 16, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, March 15 to 16, 2001
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 15, 2001
- High Wind in Oklahoma, March 15, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, March 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 15, 2001
More
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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: 5234105.