4 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Sep 14, 1:25 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
225 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001
GABRIELLE IS PROGRESSING NEWD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA. DRIER
AIR HAS BEEN ENTRAINING AROUND THE WEST AND SOUTH QUADRANTS AND A DRY
SLOT IS NOW POKING UP THE SOUTHEAST SIDE. HOWEVER OUR CWA REMAINS
NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER WHERE GREATEST INSTABILITY AND SHEAR IS
LOCATED AND THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE
BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE COAST IN FLAGLER COUNTY. WINDS ARE GUSTING
ABOVE 30 MPH FROM MAYPORT TO SGJ TO ORL. RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR IS OCCURRING ALONG THE COAST AND OVER ALL OF ST
JOHNS...FLAGLER AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES. WILL KEEP INLAND T.S.
WIND WRNG AND FLOOD WATCH. FCST MOTION FOR GABBY SLOWS THE SYSTEM.
THUS WILL KEEP CATEGORICAL POPS GOING OVER MOST OF AREA TONIGHT AND
LIKELY ON SATURDAY. POPS DROP DRAMATICALLY AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY
SATURDAY NIGHT. NORTHERLY FLOW USHERS IN DRIER COOLER AIR AND LOWS
WILL DIP INTO THE 60S. MAV INDICATES SOME UPPER 50S FOR GA ZONES AND
WILL LEAN TOWARDS MAV SINCE IT MATCHES BEST TO NHC TRACK.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER EASTERN U.S. DURING EARLY PART OF WEEK AND
IS PUSHED OFFSHORE MID WEEK BY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND UPPER
TROUGH.
MARINE...LATEST WINDS AT SAUF1 WERE ABOVE 40 KT. WILL MAKE NO
CHANGES TO CURRENT PKG THROUGH SATURDAY WHEN WINDS AND SEAS ARE
ANTICIPATED TO SUBSIDE.
PRELIM
AMG 66/78/61/80 4400
SSI 69/75/65/78 +731
JAX 68/75/65/81 +731
GNV 68/78/63/84 9630 28
.JAX...
.GA...SCA ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH.
.FL...SCA FERNANDINA BEACH TO SAINT AUGUSTINE.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING SAINT AUGUSTINE SOUTH.
FLOOD WATCH ALACHUA...CLAY...DUVAL...FLAGLER...
MARION...NASSAU...PUTNAM AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES.
INLAND HIGH WIND WARNING MARION AND CLAY
COUNTIES.
TRABERTFLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-142100- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 200 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001 ..A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM JUPITER INLET FLORIDA NORTH TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA INCLUDING THE ALTAMAHA SOUND... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING FOR MARION AND PUTNAM COUNTIES... ...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALACHUA...CLAY...DUVAL...FLAGLER...MARION... NASSAU...PUTNAM AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES... ...A TORNADO WATCH FOR COASTAL GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH 5 PM... REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM NWSO JACKSONVILLE FOR DETAILS. SANDRIK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
221 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0210 PM MATANZAS FL TORNADO
09/14/01 ST JOHNS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED 2 WATERSPOUTS
MOVED ONSHORE AT MATANZASFLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-150300- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 500 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001 ..A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM JUPITER INLET FLORIDA NORTH TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA INCLUDING THE ALTAMAHA SOUND... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING FOR MARION AND PUTNAM COUNTIES... ...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALACHUA...CLAY...DUVAL...FLAGLER...MARION... NASSAU...PUTNAM AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES... REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM NWSO JACKSONVILLE FOR DETAILS...MIAHLSJAX OR WMO HEADER WTUS82. MZ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
625 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0618 PM CRESCENT BEACH FL TORNADO
09/14/01 ST JOHNS GENERAL PUBLIC REPORTED
RTED
FJThe Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
TS Gabrielle. NWS CO-OP observer network reported storm totals of 9.26 inches at Hastings and 6.51 inches in St. Augustine. Numerous roads were closed.
TS Gabrielle. NWS CO-OP observer network reported storm totals of 7.65 inches in Palm Coast. Numerous roads were closed.
TS Gabrielle. NWS CO-OP observer network reported storm totals of 5.18 inches in Crescent City and 6.17 inches in Palatka. Numerous roads were closed.
TS Gabrielle. Jacksonville Beach reported 3.26 inches. Numerous roads were closed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 2001
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: 5263992, 5263993, 5263994, 5263995.