Thunderstorm Wind, Dixie
- When
- May 31, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dixie County, Horseshoe Beach
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.433, -83.300
Downed trees on County Road 351. Reported by the Dixie County EMA.
Damaging Winds in Florida, May 31, 2002
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 12:30 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:30 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 130 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 SYNOPSIS: WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER LOW SPINNING OFF LA COAST IN NW GULF. SURFACE LOW DISPLACED TO THE W W/ ACTIVE CONVECTION ON ITS S SIDE IN RESPONSE TO S/WAVE. NE-SW ORIENTED SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS ALONG THE LEE SIDE OF APPALACHIANS TO FL E COAST. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SW GA CREATING LIGHT E-NE WINDS. E COAST SEA BREEZE WELL INLAND & GULF SEA BREEZE CU FORMING JUST INLAND OF THE COAST. ISOLATED SHWRS/TSTMS POPPING UP IN SW GA. IT WAS WARM & HUMID W/ TEMPS IN THE 80S. MODEL DISCUSSION/PUBLIC FCST: MODELS IN CLOSE AGREEMENT W/ UPPER LOW MEANDERING OVER WRN GULF NEXT 24 HRS. THEREAFTER, ETA/NGM DRIFT LOW TO THE W TOWARD TX COAST. AVNS POSITION IS FURTHER E OVER THE W/CNTRL GULF. GIVEN ITS RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY, AVN THE PREFERRED MODEL FOR THIS FCST. WEAK SHEAR AXIS OVER SRN AL/GA SAT DROPS SWD OVER N FL SUN. THE SURFACE PATTERN WILL BE DOMINATED BY A TROUGH ALONG THE E COAST AND WEAK E-W ORIENTED RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE ERN GULF ACROSS THE CNTRL FL PENINSULA INTO THE WRN ATLANTIC. THIS PRESSURE PATTERN WILL MAINTAIN A GENERALLY LIGHT WLY FLOW W/ ONSHORE SEA BREEZES EACH AFTN. MODEL SOUNDINGS KEEP LOWER ATMOSPHERE MODERATELY MOIST & UNSTABLE W/ UNMODIFIED CAPES IN 2000-2500 J/KG & LIS FROM -3 TO -5. W/ LACK OF DYNAMICS, PRIMARY FOCUS MECHANISM FOR LIFT WILL BE THE GULF & E COAST SEA BREEZE FRONTS. INHERITED LOW CHANCE POPS SAT & SUN LOOK REASONABLE & CLOSE TO GUIDANCE POPS. TEMPS WILL BE A TAD WARMER THIS WEEKEND AS BOUNDARY LAYER & MEAN THICKNESSES TEMPS RISE. MARINE: LOOSE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL MAINTAIN LIGHT/VARIABLE WINDS, EXCEPT FOR ONSHORE WINDS NEAR THE COAST WITH ONSET OF AFTN SEA BREEZE. FIRE WX: NO CONCERNS AS LIGHT WINDS & LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL PREVAIL THRU THE WEEKEND. EXTENDED (TUE-FRI): NO SIG CHANGES NOTED AS UPPER TROUGH OVER GULF LIFTS NE OF CWFA BY WED & IS REPLACED BY WEAK RIDGE. THE E-W SURFACE RIDGE PARKED S OF MARINE AREA WILL MAINTAIN A LIGHT W-SW FLOW. LATEST MRF SHOWS COLD FRONT MOVING INTO CENTRAL AL/GA & STALLING BY LATE FRI. SEA BREEZES WILL BE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION THIS PERIOD. TEMPS & POPS WILL AVERAGE NEAR CLIMO. PRELIM NUMBERS: TLH 066/092 068/093 1313 PFN 069/089 071/089 1313 DHN 068/092 070/092 1313 ABY 066/092 068/093 1313 VLD 067/093 069/094 1313= .TLH... .AL...NONE. .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. MAJ
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- May 31, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor County, Central Portion
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.050, -83.583
Numerous downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Taylor County EMA.
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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 31, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in New Hampshire, May 31, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maine, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in California, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 31, 2002
- Hail in Iowa, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 31, 2002
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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: 5294953, 5294954.