Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- May 11, 8:02 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Jesup
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -81.883
Large tree blown down blocking roadway.
Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 11, 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 May 11, 8:00 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 8:00 PM EST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 900 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2003 PUBLIC...ONGOING STRONG TO SVR STORMS OVER N CWA (COUNTY WARNING AREA)...SO WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF. UPDATED ZONES HAVE BEEN SENT WITH CHANGES TO POPS MAINLY OVER N ZONES. MARINE...WILL WAIT TIL ISSUANCE TIME TO DECIDE TO KEEP SCEC IN CWF. MARGINAL EVENT ATTM...BUT MAY SEE NOCTURNAL SURGE FURTHER INCREASE WINDS LATER TONIGHT IF WIND FLOW ISNT TOO DISRUPTED WITH OUTFLOWS. .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. CARROLL/PETERSON/DYKES
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 11:00 AM EST, 9 hours 2 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-112200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1200 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... MAXIMUM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S...COMBINED WITH MODERATE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE THE UPPER 90S TO 100 AT TIMES. PERSONS REMAINING OUTDOORS SHOULD DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. DRESS FOR SUMMER. LIGHT-WEIGHT LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING REFLECTS HEAT AND HELPS YOUR BODY MAINTAIN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. THEREFORE...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES AND WATERWAYS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. MKT/ARS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 11, 7:28 PM EST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
0828 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0805 PM NICHOLLS GA 1.00 IN HAIL
05/11/03 COFFEE
0748 PM SNIPESVILLE GA 0.88 IN HAIL
05/11/03 JEFF DAVIS ALSO PINE TREE DOWN.
0745 PM PRIDGEN GA WIND DAMAGE
05/11/03 COFFEE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
CARROLLSpecial weather statement, May 11, 7:56 PM EST, 6 minutes before
GAZ134-151-120130- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 856 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BACON AND PIERCE COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT... AT 856 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALMA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ALMA...NEW LACY AND BRISTOL THROUGH 930 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. PETERSON
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:03 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 Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 11, 2003
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, May 11, 2003
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 11, 2003
- Rip Current in Florida, May 11, 2003
- Strong Wind in Ohio, May 11, 2003
- Flooding in Michigan, May 11 to 14, 2003
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, May 11, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 11, 2003
- High Wind in Iowa, May 11, 2003
- High Wind in Illinois, May 11, 2003
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 11, 2003
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, May 11, 2003
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 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: 5354858.