1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 13, 8:50 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 850 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 PUBLIC...SEVERE WX ONGOING OVER OFFSHORE WATERS JUST N OF WARM FRONT AND HEAD OF APPROACHING MID LVL VORT MAX WHICH IS FIRING CONVECTION ACRS THE EASTERN FL PANHANDLE. HAD REPORTS OF DIME AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ACRS ST JOHNS AND PUTNAM COUNTIES FROM SVR STORM OVER OFFSHORE WATERS EARLIER THIS MORNING. KJAX 12Z RAOB CAME IN VERY UNSTABLE WITH LI OF -10 AND CAPE OF 3200 J/KG. MAY NEED TO UP POPS ACRS THE N TIER OF THE CWA WITH LINE OF CONVECTION APPROACHING AND LWR MAX TEMPS A TAD. MARINE...LATEST OBS ACRS THE WATERS INDICATE VRB WINDS FROM ONGOING CONVECTION. STILL EXPECT FLOW TO VEER SLY AS WARM FRONT LIFTS N OF THE WATERS TODAY. NO CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. .JAX... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. PUBLIC...BROYLES/CAMP
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-132100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1045 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA... ...RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA... A STRONG SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY. THE STORMS IN THE SQUALL LINE ARE REACHING SEVERE LIMITS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES ALSO EXISTS. AREA RIVERS WILL CONTINUE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ON FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AREA RIVERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE PERIOD. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. BROYLES
GAZ149-150-131545- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 958 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ATKINSON AND WARE COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 AM... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM... AT 958 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTH OF AXSON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEARSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND MANOR...AXSON...MILLWOOD...NEEDHAM...WARESBORO...SUNNYSIDE...DIXIE UNION AND DEENWOOD THROUGH 1045 AM EST. 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. BROYLES
FLZ022-023-131615- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1033 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT COLUMBIA AND BAKER COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 AM... AT 1033 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES NORTH OF SUWANNEE VALLEY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LAKE CITY...WATERTOWN...FIVE POINTS...OLUSTEE AND SANDERSON THROUGH 1115 AM EST. 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. TAKE SHELTER IF LIGHTNING IS IN YOUR AREA. BROYLES
GAZ164-131630- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1036 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 THROUGH 1130 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO WESTERN CHARLTON COUNTY AND WILL MOVE INTO THE FOLKSTON...RACE POND...AND WINOKUR AFTER 11 AM. 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. SANDRIK
GAZ136-153-131645- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1047 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 A STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING PORTIONS OF WAYNE AND WESTERN GLYNN COUNTIES AND SHOULD ENTER THE AREA BETWEEN 11 AND 1115 AM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AT THIS TIME LARGE HAIL...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. IF THE STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT PATH A WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR THE STATEMENT AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT...REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SANDRIK
GAZ165-166-131645- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1058 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 THROUGH 1145 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING CAMDEN COUNTY. THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. AS THE LINE APPROACHES LARGE HAIL...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATEMENT ARE AND TORNADOES CAN AN DO FORM WITH LITTLE NOTICE. REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SANDRIK
FLZ030-031-131700- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1113 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 ..TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN UNION AND BRADFORD COUNTIES THROUGH NOON... AT 1113 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER JOHNSTOWN...OR ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAIFORD...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SAMPSON...NEW RIVER...JOHNSTOWN...RAIFORD...STARKE...ELLERBEE AND LAWTEY THROUGH NOON EST. 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. TAKE SHELTER IF LIGHTNING IS IN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED FOR LATEST STATEMENTS AND WEATHER WARNINGS. BROYLES
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large trees blown down on power lines along State Road 121 in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5338845.