1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Mar 1, 9:30 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
930 PM EST SAT MAR 1 2003
FRONT CONTINUES NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA...WHERE MOST
OF THE ONGOING PCP IS OCCURRING. IR SATELLITE INDICATING BACK EDGE
OF THE CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN FL PANHANDLE MOVING EAST. SO WE
MAY SEE A RESPITE OF THE ONGOING RAINS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
HOWEVER...MESO-ETA/RUC PROGS SURFACE WAVE IN GULF TO MOVE INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL GA OVERNITE WITH A GOOD 700 MB OMEGA FIELD MOVING THRU MUCH
OF THE CWA. THIS WOULD HELP REGENERATE CONVECTION AGAIN. WILL KEEP CURRENT
FLOOD WATCH/POPS GOING OVERNITE.
MARINE...FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOWING UP WITH WINDS AT THE BUOY 43 NM
EAST OF ST AUGUSTINE SW AT 8 KNOTS AND WINDS AT GRAYS REEF SE AT
10 KNOTS. WITH FRONT SLOWLY LIFTING NORTH...EXPECT A WIND SHIFT INTO
THE SW ACROSS THE ENTIRE MARINE AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. THE CURRENT
EXERCISE CAUTION LOOKS GOOD. MAIN EMPHASIS WILL BE ON THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING OFFSHORE.
.JAX...
FL...FLOOD WATCH FOR BAKER...COLUMBIA...DUVAL...HAMILTON...NASSAU...
AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES TIL 6 AM SUNDAY.
GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR CHARLTON COUNTY TIL 6 AM SUNDAY.
PP/SCFLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-021100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 955 PM EST SAT MAR 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA INTO CHARLTON COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED. OTHERWISE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA ON SUNDAY BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. OTHERWISE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER AND SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. PP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads covered with water and closed. Bulb Farm Road washed out.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, March 2003
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: 5340903.