Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- July 9, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, 4 mi N of Interlachen
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.670, -81.900
Large trees down across northern portions of county.
Damaging Wind in Florida, July 9, 2003
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
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 Jul 9, 2:07 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:07 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 300 PM EDT EDT WED JUL 9 2003 PUBLIC...OUR HOT AND STAGNANT PATTERN CONTINUES WITH HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT IN CONTROL. THE DIFFERNCE TODAY IS THAT TEMPS ALOFT (AT 500 MB) HAVE COOLED AND PWATS WERE UP TO 1.72 INCHES MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE. BOTH WEST AND EAST COAST SEABREEZES ACTIVE TODAY...MAINLY ACROSS FL CWA. WILL GO WITH CHC POPS EARLY THIS EVE FOR FL CWA AND SLGT CHC GA CWA. AS FAR AS THURSDAY GOES...SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH NEAR CLIMO POPS/ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS. WILL GO WITH MENTION OF HEAT INDICES IN ZONES FOR ONE MORE DAY. EXPECT THESE INDICES TO GO DOWN TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. AS COLD FRONT/UPPER TROUGH APPROACH LATE FRIDAY/SAT... WILL RAISE POPS TO 50 PCT ACROSS THE BOARD SATURDAY. FRONT STALLS AND BEGINS TO WASH OUT ACROSS SE GA/NE FL SATURDAY. EXTENDED...GFS HAS FRONT WASHING OUT AND LIFTING NORTH WHILE HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE/ALOFT BUILDS IN FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. THE LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS STAYS NORTH OF THE CWA RESULTING IN A SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW. THE MRF IS INDICATING A LOT OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE STREAMING IN FROM THE GULF (FROM CLAUDETTE) BUT GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF CLAUDETTE WILL KEEP PARTLY CLOUDY WORDING FOR THE EXTENDED. EXTENDED GUIDANCE IS INDICATING NEAR NORMAL TEMPS/POPS WHICH APPEARS REASONABLE. MARINE...NO HEADLINES. WITH NOCTURNAL SURGE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHTS WILL GO WITH A SUSTAINED 15 KNOTS THOSE TIMES OTHERWISE NO OTHER CONCERNS. FIRE WX...NO CONCERNS. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 74 93 73 92 / 20 40 20 40 SSI 76 90 75 90 / 20 40 20 40 JAX 75 92 74 93 / 20 40 20 40 SGJ 77 91 75 90 / 20 40 20 40 GNV 73 93 72 92 / 20 40 20 40 OCF 72 93 72 92 / 20 40 20 40 .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. PP/JH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 11:10 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-092100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1210 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAT INDICES 100 TO 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON... HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO THE MID 90S IN MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES WHEN COMBINED WITH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES. PERSONS WHO WORK OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS IN THE SHADE TO REST AND REPLENISH FLUIDS. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVERS RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS. OTHER CONCERNS WILL BE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLY TO 50 MPH. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... AS A WEAK FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA THURSDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND ...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY BE INCREASING...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. PP/JH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:14 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
FLZ040-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 214 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS...HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 3 PM... AT 214 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 7 MILES EAST OF MOSS BLUFF...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF JUNIPER SPRINGS...NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND OCKLAWAHA AND MOSS BLUFF THROUGH 300 PM EDT. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR...HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. PONDING OF ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE ALONG ROADWAYS IN THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST. HESS
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:25 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 9, 2003
- Heat in Missouri, July 9 to 11, 2003
- Flooding in Indiana, July 9 to 20, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 9 to 10, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, July 9, 2003
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 9, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 9, 2003
More
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2003
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: 5359736.