Thunderstorm Wind, Atkinson
- When
- June 14, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Atkinson County, Kirkland
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.317, -82.917
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 14, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 Jun 14, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 300 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001 CURRENTLY...WATER VAPOR AND IR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED A WEAK VORT MID TO UPPER LEVEL VORT SWINGING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA. THE GULF SEA BREEZE IS IN FULL SWING...WITH THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE COAST IN FLAGLER AND ST JOHNS COUNTIES. EXPECT THE EAST COAST SEABREEZE TO ENHANCE STORMS IN THAT AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER WITH THE SEABREEZE FRONTS BEING THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR SHOWER ACTIVITY...WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY FOR THIS PACKAGE. PRELIM AMG 72/92/72/92 3334 SSI 74/90/73/89 3334 JAX 73/93/74/91 3535 GNV 72/94/92/94 3434 33 .JAX... .FL...NONE. .GA...NONE. BLS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:00 AM EST, 5 hours before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-150000- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1200 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST AT 10 MPH. BY MID-AFTERNOON...THE EAST COAST SEABREEZE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. THEREFORE...THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE IN SOME LOCATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT HEAT STRESS RELATED INJURIES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. CARROLL
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Atkinson
- When
- June 14, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Atkinson County, Kirkland
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.297, -82.880 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Small brush fire.
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, June 14, 2001
- Tornadoes in Iowa, June 14, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 14, 2001
- Wildfire in California, June 14 to 20, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 14, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 14, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Colorado, June 14, 2001
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 14, 2001
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, June 14 to 15, 2001
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 14, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Iowa, June 14, 2001
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 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: 5255611, 5255612.