Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 2002
Start: 2002-07-03T17:30
End: 2002-07-03T17:30
Location: Florida

July 3, 2002 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 3, 3:45 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:45 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
445 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002

UPDATE...RAISED POPS TO 40 PCT THIS EVE ALONG A PART OF THE COASTAL
ZONES EXCEPT FOR ST JOHNS AND FLAGLER. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY (FROM STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP) PUSHING INTO THE WESTERN
AREAS OF CAMDEN...NASSAU...AND DUVAL. THE OUTFLOW WAS COLLIDING WITH
THE SEABREEZE AND WAS PRODUCING A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE
MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW STORM MOTION THE MAIN
CONCERNS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. SOME OF THE STORMS TO THE
SOUTH (ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FL) MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAIL AS
RESULT OF UPPER DRY AIR INTRUSION.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

CURRENTLY...UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH A
BROADER FEATURE NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST. A VORT MAX IN THE COASTAL
WATERS OFF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST WAS PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS
THERE. THERE WAS AN UPPER ANTICYCLONE OVER LOUISIANA WITH A VORT MAX
SLIDING SOUTH ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF IT WESTERN TN. A VORT LOBE
EXTENDED SOUTH TO CENTRAL GA. SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED A WEAK
TROUGH OVER THE FCST AREA. THE EAST COAST SEABREEZE WAS JUST EAST OF
THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND PUSHING INLAND BUT NOT PRODUCING ANY STORMS.
THE WEST COAST SEABREEZE WAS NOT PROGRESSING AS FAR INLAND BUT WAS
PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO MORE MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY. THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED OVER THE OKEFENOKEE
SWAMP. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.

MODELS/ZFP...SPC HAS OUR EXTREME NORTH CWA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE WX THIS EVE AS A RESULT OF GOOD THERMAL TROUGH SETTING UP AND
VORT MAX DROPPING SOUTH ON BACK SIDE OF UPPER TROUGH. MOST OF THE
VORT ENERGY PASSES WEST BUT SOME PVA IN GA MAY ENHANCE EFFECTS OF
THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. WILL GO WITH SCATTERED STORMS MAINLY
INLAND THIS EVE WHERE SEABREEZES CONVERGE (NEAR I-75) AND MENTION
POSSIBLE STRONG STORMS IN GA. THE UPPER LOWS GRADUALLY MOVE EAST AND
BROADEN OUT NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...MID AND UPPER IMPULSES CONTINUE TO
DROP SOUTH MAINLY WEST OF CWA. AT THE SAME TIME THE ETA MODEL KEEPS
THE SURFACE TROUGH DRAPED FROM THE CAROLINAS TO ACROSS GA WITH THE
ATLANTIC RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS SOUTH FL. HAVE GONE WITH DIURNAL TYPE
CONVECTION WITH GREATEST POPS TOWARDS GULF COAST.

EXTENDED...BLOCKING PATTERN WITH LARGE UPPER RIDGE IN THE WESTERN
U.S. AND TROUGH IN THE NE U.S. WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN ALOFT IN THE SE
U.S. WITH ATLANTIC RIDGE MOVING NORTH INTO NORTH FLORIDA AND THEN
SHIFTING SOUTH AGAIN TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH. WILL
CONTINUE WITH NEAR CLIMO CONDITIONS.

PRELIM
AMG TT 071/090 072/091 073 08353
SSI BB 074/088 073/089 074 08233
JAX BB 072/090 073/092 073 08243
SGJ BB 073/089 073/091 073 08253
GNV TT 071/090 072/090 073 08353
OCF TT 071/090 072/090 074 08353=

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:49 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
449 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0415 PM    GAINESVILLE               FL   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   ALACHUA

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
500 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0415 PM    GAINESVILLE               FL   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   ALACHUA

0400 PM    TAYLOR                    FL   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   BAKER                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN IN
                                          THE TAYLOR AREA

PP/HESS

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:00 PM EST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
600 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0415 PM    GAINESVILLE               FL   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   ALACHUA

0400 PM    TAYLOR                    FL   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   BAKER                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN IN
                                          THE TAYLOR AREA

0400 PM    OLUSTEE 5 N               FL   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   BAKER                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN
                                          ALONG I-10 IN WESTERN
                                          PORTION OF COUNTY

0500 PM    SILCO 5 SW                GA   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   CAMDEN                         EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          TREES DOWN ALONG
                                          COUNTY ROAD 40 IN SW
                                          PORTION OF COUNTY

PP/HESS

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:30 PM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
630 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0415 PM    GAINESVILLE               FL   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   ALACHUA

0400 PM    TAYLOR                    FL   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   BAKER                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN IN
                                          THE TAYLOR AREA

0400 PM    OLUSTEE 5 N               FL   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   BAKER                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN
                                          ALONG I-10 IN WESTERN
                                          PORTION OF COUNTY

0500 PM    SILCO 5 SW                GA   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   CAMDEN                         EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN
                                          ALONG COUNTY ROAD 40
                                          IN SW PORTION OF COUNTY

0600 PM    MIKESVILLE                FL   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   COLUMBIA                       EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN
                                          ALONG COUNTY ROAD 18
                                          IN THE MIKESVILLE AREA

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Suwannee

When: July 3, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Suwannee County, Hildreth
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.300, -82.967

Large trees 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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5306600.