Florida, 2002

Damaging Wind in Florida, July 19, 2002

July 19, 2002 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$2,000
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 Jul 19, 12:47 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 12:47 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
147 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002

CURRENTLY...
SCATTERED CONVECTION WAS DEVELOPING UNDER DEFORMATION AXIS OVER
MARION COUNTY...OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY AND HOT CONDITIONS PREVAILED
WITH WIDESPREAD HEAT INDICES OF 101 TO 106. ACTIVE WEST-COAST SEA
BREEZE WAS FORMING.

PUBLIC...
BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN THIS EVENING WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF I-
10 CORRIDOR DUE TO PLACEMENT OF SURFACE MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE
COUPLED WITH AFOREMENTIONED DEFORMATION AXIS SHIFTING NORTH TO THE
STATE LINE. UPPER HIGH TO OUR WEST IS BEGINNING TO FLATTEN
WITH POTENT SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY SLIDING SOUTHEAST OVER THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL FURTHER BREAK DOWN THE UPPER
RIDGE...WITH FAVORABLE DYNAMICS/INSTABILITY AXIS HOLDING OVER
SOUTHERN GEORGIA ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AS ADVERTISED WILL MENTION
HIGHEST POPS...ALBEIT IN 40 TO 50 PERCENTAGE RANGE...OVER SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA. WITH PWS AROUND 2 INCHES AREA-WIDE...WILL NEED TO CONTINUE
SCATTERED POPS FOR NORTHERN FLORIDA.

TEMPS WILL COOL 3 TO 5 DEGREES THIS WEEKEND OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
DUE TO CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. TEMPS WILL COOL ONLY A FEW DEGREES
OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AS WESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES. HEAT
INDICES NEAR 105 WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA AND WILL
HEADLINE ACCORDINGLY.

MARINE...
WINDS WILL KICK UP TO 15 KTS IN NOCTURNAL SURGE EACH NIGHT
WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT WELL OFFSHORE. OTHERWISE...WINDS GENERALLY
LESS THAN 15 KNOTS WITH SEAS 3 FEET OR LESS. WILL BE HARD PRESSED
TO DEVELOP ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE COAST EACH AFTERNOON.

AMG EE 074/095 073/093 073 16253
SSI EE 078/093 077/090 077 16343
JAX BB 075/094 075/093 074 16332
SGJ BB 077/091 076/091 075 16232
GNV BB 074/093 074/093 074 16232
OCF BB 075/092 074/092 074 16232

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

ZAPPE/HESS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:16 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
516 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002

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

0507 PM    EAST PALATKA              FL   .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/02   PUTNAM                         REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT

APB

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When
July 19, 4:45 PM EST
Where
Clay County, Orange Park
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.167, -81.700

Large trees down onto power lines.

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 Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 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: 5306708.