1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 22, 12:45 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 145 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2001 CURRENTLY...TEMPERATURE AT KJAX REACHED 85 DEGREES THE PAST HOUR...AND BASED ON THE 12Z SOUNDING CU SHOULD BEGIN FORMING AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP. RADAR SHOW AND SATELLITE SHOW THAT THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE CAST...WITH A GOOD CU FIELD DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN DURING THE PAST HOUR...AND SHOWERS BEGINNING TO POP UP OVER COLUMBIA AND NASSAU COUNTIES. EXPECT IT TO BECOME PRETTY ACTIVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES FORECASTED TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 80S. BASED ON THE MORNING SOUNDING HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP SHOULD BE VERY SLOW MOVERS AND HAVE LITTLE DOWN BURST POTENTIAL...SO EXPECT ANY PROBLEM WHICH DEVELOP TO BE MAINLY LOCALIZED FLOODING. MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN MOVING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EARLY NEXT WEEK AND PROBABLY STALLING IT OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA BY LATE WEEK. THE DRIER...COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD DROP DAY TIME HIGHS INTO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S...AND THE OVERNIGHT LOWS TO THE UPPER 50S AND MID 60S BY MID WEEK. THERE IS A CHANCE TO A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE FRONT APPROACH AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...HOWEVER EXPECT THE RAIN CHANCE TO DROP TO NEAR ZERO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH. PRELIM AMG 68/87/68/84 3445 SSI 73/86/73/84 2555 JAX 70/86/71/85 2445 GNV 70/88/71/86 4555 33 .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. SCOTT
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-221900- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1100 AM EDT SAT SEP 22 2001 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS INTERIOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. ZIBURA
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:47 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a 12-unit Southside apartment building. Seven units were damaged by smoke and water and two were damaged by fire.
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: 5264000.