Name: Damaging Wind in Florida, June 3, 2002
Start: 2002-06-03T19:35
End: 2002-06-03T19:35
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 3, 7:15 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 7:15 PM EST, 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
815 PM EDT MON JUN 03 2002

FIRST THUNDERSTORM OF THE DAY BEGAN OVER THE FIRE IN THE OKEFENOKEE
SWAMP AND WAS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY STORMS ALONG SEA BREEZE AND
MULTIPLE BOUNDARY COLLISIONS. EVEN WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
90S DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MANY AREAS. DOUGLAS GA REPORTS A
GUST TO 49 MPH THIS HOUR WITH A RAIN COOLED 77 DEG. THE HOT SPOTS
TODAY WERE ST AUGUSTINE WITH 100 DEGREES AND BOTH ALMA GA AND
SURRENCY GA AT 101 DEGREES. THIS WAS A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR ALMA.
STORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF
CWA EXCEPT FOR MARION CO. POPS NO LONGER NECESSARY IN COASTAL
COUNTIES AND WILL UPDATE AROUND 10 PM TO CLEAN UP WORDING.

MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS. NO MAJOR CHANGES TO PREVIOUS.

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

TRABERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:12 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
712 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2002

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

0405 PM    4 W GARDI                 GA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/02   WAYNE                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL

0633 PM    LIVE OAK                  FL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/02   SUWANNEE                       EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN AND
                                          STREET FLOODING

0615 PM    MELROSE                   FL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/02   PUTNAM                        MZ

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Gilchrist

When: June 3, 7:35 PM EST
Where: Gilchrist County, Countywide
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 29.726, -82.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

50 mph winds reported.

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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, June 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: 5300865.