Name: Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 5, 2001
Start: 2001-06-05T16:25
End: 2001-06-05T16:25
Location: Georgia

Where it happened

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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 Jun 5, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
300 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2001

CURRENTLY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER INLAND AREAS
OVER N FL AND ALONG THE ATLC SEA BREEZE. GOES SOUNDING SHOWS CAPES
AROUND 2000-3000 J/KG AND LAPS INDICATES LI'S AROUND -5. EXPECT GULF
AND ATLC SEA BREEZE TO COLLIDE THIS EVENING AND SO HIGHER POPS IN
ORDER FOR INLAND ZONES.

FORECAST...SFC RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO SHIFT S LATE WED AND WED NIGHT
WITH PWAT INCREASING TO NEAR 2 INCHES AS TROPICAL LIKE MOISTURE
SURGES INTO FA. TEMPS MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 90S WED AND THU DUE TO
MORE CLOUD COVER AND INCREASED RAIN CHANCES. RIDGE AXIS DROPPING TO
AROUND S FL ON THU WITH MID-UPPER LEVEL HIGH SHIFTING INTO THE SE
GULF AND OVER BAHAMAS. PER MESO-ETA INLAND POPS WILL HIGHER FOR
INLAND AREAS WED WITH FAIRLY UNIFORM POPS FOR THU.

MARINE...SE WINDS 10-15 KT AT COASTAL OBS AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
THIS EVENING. WINDS INCREASE TO SCEC RANGE WED NIGHT AS RIDGE SLIDES
S AND GRADIENT TIGHTENS. DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AFTER WED
NIGHT WITH AFFECTS OF T.S. ALLISON MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE WRN GULF
OF MEXICO.

EXTDD...AVN SHOWS FRONT DROPPING SLOWLY S FRI THRU SAT AND BEST
MOISTURE AXIS MOVING INTO CENTRAL FL SUN WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING
INTO REGION ON MON. MAIN CHANGE ANTICIPATED WILL BE TO ADD POPS ON
SAT FOR MOST OF THE SRN ZONES.

PRELIM
AMG 70/91/71/88 5535
SSI 74/86/74/8,7 2435
JAX 71/90/71/90 2435
GNV 70/90/70/91 5645 02

.JAX...
.FL...NONE.
.GA...NONE.

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:23 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: June 5, 4:25 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, Jesup
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.551, -81.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One tree and small limbs were blown down.

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Georgia in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5255255.