Florida, 2001

Tornadoes and Waterspout in Florida, September 14, 2001

September 14, 2001 · NWS JAX · 3 events in 1 county or zone

2 tornado, 1 waterspout, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 7:45 AM EST, 5 hours 5 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 14, 12:15 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
115 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

108 PM     KORONA                         FL   TORNADO
09/14/01   FLAGLER                        ORLANDO TV CREW REPORTED
                                          A TORNADO ALONG STATE ROAD
                                          40 NORTH OF THE COUNTY
                                          LINE

SANDRIK
Local storm report, Sep 14, 12:15 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
115 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

108 PM     KORONA                    FL   TORNADO
09/14/01   FLAGLER                        ORLANDO TV CREW REPORTED
                                          A TORNADO ALONG STATE ROAD
                                          40 NORTH OF THE COUNTY
                                          LINE

SANDRIK

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:10 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado, 1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, St. Johns

When
September 14, 12:50 PM EST
Where
St. Johns County, 1 mi S of Summer Haven
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.912, -81.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, St. Johns

When
September 14, 1:10 PM EST to 1:12 PM EST
Where
St. Johns County, 1 mi S of Summer Haven
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.683, -81.217

Weak F0.

Tornado, St. Johns

When
September 14, 1:55 PM EST to 1:56 PM EST
Where
St. Johns County, Summer Haven
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.700, -81.217

Weak F0

What these are

Waterspout
A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
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

More

Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 2001Warnings 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: 5263985, 5263986, 5263987.