Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- December 24, 11:25 AM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, 6 mi E of Jasper
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.517, -82.850
Numerous large trees and power lines down across road
Damaging Wind in Florida, December 24, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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 Dec 24, 9:45 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 9:45 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 945 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2002 WILL UPDATE ZONES TO INCLUDE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 806. WILL ALSO BEEF UP DAMAGING WINDS WORDING IN WATCH AREA AND INCREASE WINDS A BIT. LOOKS TO BE A VERY BUSY DAY WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL JET TO BE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...50KTS AT 1KFT ON 12Z KTLH SOUNDING. STRONG BOW ECHO CURRENTLY MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA. MARINE...WILL UPDATE COASTALS TO REMOVE LOWER WIND RANGES. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES. .JAX... FL...SCA FERNANDINA BEACH TO FLAGLER BEACH. GA...SCA ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH. CAMP/SHASHY
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 9:52 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-241900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 952 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 PM EST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA. IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS WATCH INCLUDES BAKER...CLAY...DUVAL...NASSAU...PUTNAM...ST JOHNS... ALACHUA BRADFORD...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...AND UNION. THE TORNADO WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. RADARS SHOW A LINE OF STORMS OVER SOUTH GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH WITH STRONG WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES. BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF HAZARDOUS WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION. MARINERS...YOU ARE URGED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY IF HAZARDOUS WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... MORNING FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 24, 9:49 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GAZ132-133-149-163-241510- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 949 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...COFFEE...ATKINSON...CLINCH AND JEFF DAVIS. AT 949 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOUGLAS...MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND PRIDGEN...DOUGLAS...BROXTON...SNIPESVILLE...WEST GREEN...NICHOLLS AND DENTON THROUGH 1015 AM EST. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. POSTPONE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PROMPTLY. GO QUICKLY INSIDE A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDING. SHASHY
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in Alabama, December 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 24 to 25, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, December 24, 2002
- Tornado in Georgia, December 24, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, December 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 24 to 25, 2002
- Tornado in Georgia, December 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 24, 2002
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Florida, December 24 to 25, 2002
- Tornado in Florida, December 24, 2002
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 24 to 26, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, December 24, 2002
More
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, December 2002
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: 5322622.