Tornado in Florida, September 14, 2001

Name: Tornado in Florida, September 14, 2001
Start: 2001-09-14T12:08
End: 2001-09-14T12:08
Location: Florida

September 14, 2001 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Winter weather
Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 Sep 14, 7:45 AM EST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 7:45 AM EST, 4 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
845 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001

HAVE ADJUSTED FLOOD WATCHES TO CONFORM TO RADAR AND SATELLITE
TRENDS. HAVE NOTED SOME DRY AIR ENTRAINMENT ON THE NORTH AND WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE STORMS. THINGS ARE CHANGING QUICKLY AND FURTHER
ADJUSTMENTS LIKELY TO BE NECESSARY TODAY. WATCH THE LATEST HURRICANE
LOCAL STATEMENTS FROM THIS OFFICE FOR LOCAL EFFECTS AND STAY LOOSE.

.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.

SANDRIK

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:10 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Flagler

When: September 14, 12:08 PM EST
Where: Flagler County, 3 mi S of Codys Corner
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 29.283, -81.317

Very weak F0.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Florida, 2001 Warnings in Florida, September 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: 5263982.