Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- August 17, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clay County, Middleburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.067, -81.867
Damaging Wind in Florida, August 17, 2004
Numerous large trees down across the Lake Asbury area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
Numerous large trees down across the Lake Asbury area.
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 17, 1:20 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 1:20 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 220 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 ...TYPICAL AUGUST WEATHER TO CONTINUE THIS WEEK... .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...BERMUDA SURFACE HI PRES RIDGE AXIS TO REMAIN ALIGNED ACROSS FORECAST AREA...WHILE 500H RIDGE IS ALIGNED JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION AND WILL ALLOW WEAK WESTERLIES TO PUSH AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE CONVECTION BACK TOWARD THE COAST. 12Z MODEL SUITE DOES ALLOW FOR SOME SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR TO PUSH INTO THE FORECAST AREA WED/THU...BUT MODELS KEEP MOST OF IT ACRS SE GA...SO WHILE CLIMO POPS CLOSE TO 40-50% ACRS NE FL WILL CONTINUE...AREAS N OF I-10 WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE 20-30% RANGE. TEMPS WILL CLIMB A LITTLE EACH DAY WITH THU AFTN SEEING A RETURN TO SOME MID 90S ACRS INLD SE GA. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED. 12Z GFS IS TRYING TO BRING A SLUG OF MOISTURE/DECAYING FRONT INTO THE FORECAST AREA FOR FRI/SAT TIME FRAME...ALTHOUGH 12Z ETA HOLDS THE 500H RIDGE A LITTLE LONGER AND KEEP THE MOISTURE A LITTLE FURTHER WEST. WILL WAIT TILL MODELS GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THIS BEFORE CRANKING UP ANY LIKELY POPS...OTHERWISE EXPECT CLIMO 40-50% POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .MARINE...NO HEADLINES. WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS...AND SEAS 3 FEET OR LESS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 69 91 70 94 / 20 30 20 30 SSI 74 87 74 89 / 30 30 10 30 JAX 71 89 71 91 / 30 40 20 30 SGJ 73 86 74 87 / 30 40 20 30 GNV 70 89 70 92 / 30 50 20 40 OCF 71 90 71 92 / 30 50 20 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. && HESS/TRABERT
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 10:00 AM EST, 9 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1100 AM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-181000- 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- 1100 AM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...MAINLY ALONG THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST SEABREEZES. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS...ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY INLAND WITH THE SEABREEZES... ALTHOUGH STRONGER STORMS WILL MOVE BACK TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .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. CARROLL/HESS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:06 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 606 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 FLZ036-172245- ALACHUA FL- 606 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALACHUA COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 606 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER NEWNANS LAKE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND NEWNANS LAKE...GROVE PARK AND ORANGE HEIGHTS THROUGH 645 PM 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 17, 5:14 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 614 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 GAZ164-172300- CHARLTON GA- 614 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN CHARLTON COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 614 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 6 MILES NORTH OF RACE POND...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF HOBOKEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND RACE POND AND WINOKUR THROUGH 700 PM 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
Local storm report, Aug 17, 5:16 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
616 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM HAIL 3 SW HOBOKEN 31.15N 82.17W
08/17/2004 1.00 INCH BRANTLEY GA PUBLIC
0430 PM HAIL WNW KINGS BAY BASE 30.79N 81.51W
08/17/2004 0.75 INCH CAMDEN GA PUBLIC
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR LAUREL ISLAND
&&
ENYEDISpecial weather statement, Aug 17, 5:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 630 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 GAZ150-172315- WARE GA- 630 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN WARE COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 715 PM EDT... AT 630 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BICKLEY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND BICKLEY THROUGH 715 PM 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 17, 5:42 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 642 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 FLZ040-172330- MARION FL- 642 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 642 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOSS BLUFF...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMERALDA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND MOSS BLUFF THROUGH 730 PM 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. 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. CAMP
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 6:33 PM EST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 733 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 FLZ025-032-180015- CLAY FL-DUVAL FL- 733 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CLAY AND DUVAL COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 815 PM EDT... AT 733 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF ORANGE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS...NORMANDY...DOCTORS INLET...BELLAIR-MEADOWBROOK TERRACE...ORTEGA...SAN MARCO...RIVERSIDE AND ORANGE PARK THROUGH 815 PM 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. 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. CAMP
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 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
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 17, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 17, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 17, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, August 17, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 17, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 17, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Idaho, August 17 to 18, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 17, 2004
- Hail in Missouri, August 17, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 17, 2004
- Hail in Missouri, August 17, 2004
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 17, 2004
More
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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: 5413091.