Heavy Rain in Florida, August 13, 2004

Name: Heavy Rain in Florida, August 13, 2004
Start: 2004-08-13T08:15
End: 2004-08-13T08:15
Location: Florida

August 13, 2004 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

County Road 125 under water. Road Closed.

Where it happened

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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 happened

The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.

County Road 125 under water. Road Closed.

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 Aug 13, 3:15 AM EST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:15 AM EST, 5 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
415 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...ALL EYES ARE ON CHARLEY...

.UPDATE...GIVEN SLOWER FORECAST TRACK OF CHARLEY...WILL EXTEND FLOOD
WATCH THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY.
&&

CURRENTLY...TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE WAS APPROACHING NORTH CAROLINA
WITH EYE OF HURRICANE CHARLEY RETURNING TO THE OPEN WATERS. A QUASI-
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC
STATES TO A SURFACE LOW OVER NORTH GEORGIA...WITH A COLD FRONT
TAILING SOUTH ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INTO THE GULF OF
MEXICO. A DEEP COLUMN SHEAR AXIS EXISTS FROM THE GEORGIA COASTAL
WATERS TOWARDS APALACHEE BAY. A LARGE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN THE APALACHEE BAY EXTENDING NORTHEAST
INTO GILCHRIST AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES.

.SHORT TERM...SHOWERS AND STORMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE TODAY...
EVEN BEFORE NORTHERN FRINGES OF CHARLEY APPROACHES THE AREA DUE TO
INTERACTION OF SHEAR AXIS...STALLING FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND DAYTIME
HEATING. CHARLEY IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA
AS A MAJOR HURRICANE THIS EVENING...THEN TRACK NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...WITH TROPICAL STORM TO POSSIBLY HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS AFFECTING MUCH OF JAX CWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
CHARLEY IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OF LOCAL CWA SATURDAY MORNING
WITH CONDITIONS QUICKLY IMPROVING FROM THE SOUTH...ALTHOUGH A QUASI-
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BRING
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.

WILL UPGRADE TROPICAL STORM WATCH TO TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ALL
COASTAL COUNTIES. A HURRICANE WIND WATCH EXISTS FOR FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...GILCHRIST...ALACHUA...MARION...
PUTNAM...CLAY...BRADFORD...UNION...BAKER. TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH
FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES AND FOR COLUMBIA...
HAMILTON AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA.
&&

.LONG TERM (MON THRU THU)...OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL HOLD OVER THE
AREA...BECOMING DIFFUSE ON TUESDAY AS SUBTROPICAL BELT ESTABLISHES
OVER THE AREA. AS ADVERTISED...AFTN/EVNG CONVECTION WILL REIGN.
&&

.MARINE...REGIONAL OBS SHOW SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20
KNOTS. SEAS WERE MAINLY 3 TO 5 FEET. TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE
LOCATED OVER THE CAROLINA COAST CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST WITH EYE
OF HURRICANE CHARLEY BEGINNING TO MOVE BACK OVER THE OPEN WATERS.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
THE LOCAL WATERS. CONDITIONS TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AS CHARLEY APPROACHES TAMPA BAY AREA...MAKING LANDFALL THIS
EVENING...WITH EASTERLY WINDS RAPIDLY INCREASING OVER THE LOCAL
WATERS. CHARLEY IS THEN FORECAST TO RAPIDLY TRACK NORTH-NORTHEAST
OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...REACHING SOUTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY SETTLE DOWN SATURDAY WITH
SCA CONDITIONS ENDING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY. WILL INCLUDE HIGH
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 85 69 86 68 / 70 70 60 20
SSI 84 75 85 74 / 80 90 70 30
JAX 85 73 87 71 / 80 90 60 30
SGJ 85 75 86 73 / 80 90 60 40
GNV 86 71 86 69 / 80 90 50 30
OCF 86 72 86 70 / 80 90 50 30
&&

FL...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FERNANDINA BCH TO FLAGLER BCH OUT
     60NM INCLUDING NASSAU...DUVAL...ST JOHNS...FLAGLER COUNTIES.
     INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH ALACHUA...MARION...GILCHRIST...
     PUTNAM...CLAY...BAKER...BRADFORD AND UNION COUNTIES.
     INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH HAMILTON...SUWANNEE AND
     COLUMBIA COUNTIES.
     FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 6PM SATURDAY.
GA...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BCH OUT 60NM
     INCLUDING CAMDEN AND GLYNN COUNTIES.
     INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH FOR ALL OF THE INLAND AREAS.
     FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 6PM SATURDAY.
&&

ECZ/MZ/PW

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 5:14 AM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
614 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-131700-
ALACHUA FL-APPLING GA-ATKINSON GA-BACON GA-BAKER FL-BRADFORD FL-
BRANTLEY GA-CHARLTON GA-CLAY FL-CLINCH GA-COASTAL CAMDEN GA-
COASTAL GLYNN GA-COFFEE GA-COLUMBIA FL-DUVAL FL-ECHOLS GA-FLAGLER FL-
GILCHRIST FL-HAMILTON FL-INLAND CAMDEN GA-INLAND GLYNN GA-
JEFF DAVIS GA-MARION FL-NASSAU FL-PIERCE GA-PUTNAM FL-ST. JOHNS FL-
SUWANNEE FL-UNION FL-WARE GA-WAYNE GA-
616 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FLAGLER BEACH OUT
60NM AS WELL AS GLYNN...CAMDEN...NASSAU...DUVAL...ST JOHNS AND
FLAGLER COUNTIES...
...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH ALACHUA...MARION...GILCHRIST...
PUTNAM...CLAY...BAKER...BRADFORD AND UNION COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST
FLORIDA...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH HAMILTON...SUWANNEE AND
COLUMBIA COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND ALL INLAND COUNTIES OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA....
....FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE AREA...
...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...FLOOD WATCH
AND SURF ZONE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
JACKSONVILLE CONCERNING HURRICANE CHARLEY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING EARLY SATURDAY ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FLAGLER
BEACH OUT 60NM AS WELL AS GLYNN...CAMDEN...NASSAU...DUVAL...ST JOHNS
AND FLAGLER COUNTIES...
...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH EARLY SATURDAY ALACHUA...MARION...
GILCHRIST...PUTNAM...CLAY...BAKER...BRADFORD AND UNION COUNTIES OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH EARLY SATURDAY HAMILTON...
SUWANNEE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND ALL INLAND
COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA....
...FLOOD WATCH ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH
6 PM SATURDAY...
...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY...

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...FLOOD WATCH
AND SURF ZONE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
JACKSONVILLE CONCERNING HURRICANE CHARLEY. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
IMPROVE FROM THE SOUTH BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING AS HURRICANE
CHARLEY MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

ECZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:38 AM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
738 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

FLZ022-036-131230-
ALACHUA FL-COLUMBIA FL-
738 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN ALACHUA
AND SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND
HAIL VALID UNTIL 830 AM EDT...

AT 738 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGH SPRINGS...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND HIGH SPRINGS...OLENO STATE PARK AND WORTHINGTON SPRINGS
THROUGH 830 AM EDT. 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. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING
AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.

ZAPPE

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 7:19 AM EST, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
819 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

FLZ023-030-131300-
BAKER FL-UNION FL-
819 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UNION AND BAKER
COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 900 AM
EDT...

AT 819 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
6 MILES WEST OF SANDERSON TO 8 MILES WEST OF LAKE BUTLER...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAIFORD TO 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WORTHINGTON SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LAKE
BUTLER...JOHNSTOWN...SANDERSON...MACCLENNY AND GLEN ST. MARY THROUGH
900 AM EDT. 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. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING
AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.

ZAPPE

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 7:30 AM EST, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
830 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

GAZ133-131315-
JEFF DAVIS GA-
830 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR JEFF DAVIS COUNTY
FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 915 AM EDT...

AT 830 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAZLEHURST...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT
AREAS AROUND HAZLEHURST THROUGH 915 AM EDT. 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. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING
OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.

ZAPPE

The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Baker

When: August 13, 8:15 AM EST
Where: Baker County, Taylor
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.331, -82.285 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, August 2004

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: 5413176.