Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- March 20, 12:06 PM EST
- Where
- Clay County, Orange Park
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.983, -81.858 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tree was blown down on a home.
Damaging Wind in Florida, March 20, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $6,000
- 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 20, 9:30 AM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 9:30 AM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
930 AM EST TUE MAR 20 2001
WITH PREVIOUS UPDATE NOT MANY CHANGES NEEDED AT THIS POINT. UPPER
LOW OVER S AL WITH VORTICITY MAXIMUM OVER EASTERN GULF ROTATING
AROUND IT. MODELS SHOW THIS VORT MAX TO SWING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY
AND WILL BE MAIN FEATURE TO WATCH. IR SATELLITE SHOWS CONVECTION
HEADED EAST TOWARDS TAMPA AREA. SCATTERED POPS STILL LOOK GOOD AS
DRY AIR IS MOVING INTO AREA BUT COLD AIR ALOFT MAY MEAN ISOLATED
HAIL WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. HIGH WINDS ALSO A
POSSIBILITY WITH DRY AIR ALOFT.
MARINE...WINDS WILL BE COMING AROUND TO SW OVER GA WATERS AS SSI NOW
REPORTING SW WIND. WINDS IN SCA CRITERIA WITH SEAS STILL ABOVE 10
FEET WITH R2 TOWER AT 19 FEET. WILL TAKE AWHILE FOR SEAS TO RELAX.
.JAX...
GA...RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR ALTAMAHA RIVER @ CHARLOTTE & BAXLEY.
SCA ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BCH OUT 60 NM.
HEAVY SURF ADVISORY TNGT ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA.
FL...SCA FERNANDINA BEACH TO FLAGLER BCH OUT 60 NM.
HEAVY SURF ADVISORY TNGT FERNANDINA TO FLAGLER.
HESS/ZIBURAIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 8:00 AM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-201800- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK... UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 800 AM EST TUE MAR 20 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH #60 HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...HEAVY SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...SOME MAY BE STRONG. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED...TODAY WILL REMAIN BREEZY WITH WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. ADDITIONALLY...A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA TO FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO SAINT AUGUSTINE INLET OUT TO 60 NM. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE JACKSONVILLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. HESS
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:08 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
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, March 20, 2001
- Flood in South Carolina, March 20, 2001
- High Wind in Georgia, March 20, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 20, 2001
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, March 20 to 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Florida, March 20, 2001
- High Wind in South Carolina, March 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alabama, March 20, 2001
More
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, March 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: 5234023.