Name: Funnel Cloud in Florida, June 26, 2002
Start: 2002-06-26T15:50
End: 2002-06-26T15:50
Location: Florida

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 26, 2:14 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:14 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
314 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002

CURRENTLY...COMBINATION OF UPPER LOW...WHICH HAS BEEN NEARLY
STATIONARY ACROSS THE ARKLATEX...AND UPPER RIDGE ALONG THE SE U.S.
COAST WAS RESULTING IN TROPICAL MOISTURE BEING PUMPED INTO THE
REGION WITH PW 2+ INCHES ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. UPPER IMPULSES
ROTATING IN THE S AND SW FLOW WERE PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SUWANNEE
VALLEY REGION AND BEGINNING TO FORM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NE FL.

PUBLIC...UPPER LOW OPENS UP AND GETS ABSORBED BY SHORT WAVE ENERGY
ROTATING UNDER UPPER TROUGH OVER GREAT LAKES REGION. MESO-ETA TIME
HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS INDICATING LOW AND MID LEVELS WINDS TAKING ON
MORE OF A WESTERLY COMPONENT WITH SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR ABOVE 700 MB
STARTING THURSDAY PLUS THERE WILL BE NVA UNLIKE TODAY.
HOWEVER...PWS STILL REMAIN 1.8 TO 1.9 AND WITH A LITTLE MORE
HEATING...SHOULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS/STMS DURING THE
AFTERNOON. WITH THE MEAN LOW LEVEL FLOW FROM SW...THE EAST COAST
SEABREEZE WILL BE PINNED NEAR THE EAST COAST...WHERE BEST
CONVERGENCE WILL BE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS
NEAR EAST COAST AND CHANCE TO GOOD CHANCE ELSEWHERE THURSDAY.
WILL GO WITH NEAR CLIMO POPS FRI AND SAT.

EXTENDED...BERMUDA RIDGE AXIS CONTINUES ACROSS THE PENINSULA. A COLD
FRONT STALLS WELL NORTH OF THE AREA. SHOULD SEE NEAR TYPICAL
SUMMERTIME PATTERN SETTING IN...WITH MAINLY DIURNAL TYPE CONVECTION
ENHANCED BY THE SEABREEZES EACH DAY.

MARINE...NO HEADLINES.

PRELIM
AMG TB 073/088 072/090 072 08552
SSI TB 073/087 074/088 074 08664
JAX TB 072/089 072/090 072 08664
SGJ TB 072/087 073/089 073 08664
GNV TB 070/087 071/090 071 08452
OCF TB 070/087 070/090 070 08452=

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

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The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.

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Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Flagler

When: June 26, 3:50 PM EST
Where: Flagler County, Flagler Beach
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 29.471, -81.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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

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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: 5300962.