Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- June 20, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Palatka
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 29.650, -81.633
Damaging Wind in Florida, June 20, 2004
Public reported to 911 center that powerlines were down.
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 happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Public reported to 911 center that powerlines were down.
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 Jun 20, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 210 PM EDT SUN JUN 20 2004 .SHORT TERM...WK SHORTWAVE STILL EVIDENT ON H2O VAPOR IMAGERY OVER THE CENTRAL FL PANHANDLE. THIS FEATURE MOVING A BIT SLOWER THAN EXPECTED...SO THAT IT MAY BE AN EFFECTIVE MECHANISM FOR TSTM ENHANCEMENT LATE THIS AFTN AND THIS EVENING ACROSS E AREAS. IN ADDITION...WK SFC FRONT AND LATE E COAST SEABREEZE WILL ADD TO THE MIX. WILL UPDATE THE HWO SHORTLY AN ADD SE GA COASTAL HIGHLIGHTS. STILL SHOULD BE A SHARP POP GRADIENT BEHIND FRONT OVER EXTREME N ZONES. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN WX FOR MON...ALTHO NEXT SHORTWAVE PROGGED BY MESO- ETA TO BE MUCH LATER TRAVERSING THE AREA...POSSIBLY NOT UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. ALSO...MOS TEMP BLEND IS A DEG OR TWO LOWER THAN PREVIOUS PACKAGE AS THICKNESSES DROP. LITTLE ADDITIONAL CHANGES. .LONG TERM...ONLY REAL DIFFERENCES IN GFS ENSEMBLE NUMBERS IS ON WED...WHERE THERE IS SOME DISPARITY IN POP NUMBERS. WILL USE OPERATION MOS...WHICH MESHES IN WITH NEAR TERM AND FURTHER INTO THE EXTENDED. NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES...WITH NR TO JUST ABOVE CLIMO TEMPS AND ABOVE CLIMO POPS. && .MARINE...NO HEADLINES. SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA LIFTS NORTH AS RIDGE BUILDS IN ACROSS FLORIDA. ANOTHER TROUGH DROPS SOUTH AND STALLS NORTH OF THE WATERS WED-FRI AS RIDGE HOLDS IN PLACE. WINDS GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 KNOTS WITH 2 TO 4 FOOT SEAS. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OFFSHORE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 74 90 71 89 / 20 60 40 60 SSI 77 85 74 86 / 20 60 40 40 JAX 73 89 71 90 / 30 60 40 50 SGJ 76 87 75 89 / 30 60 40 40 GNV 73 90 72 89 / 30 60 30 50 OCF 73 90 72 90 / 40 50 30 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. && CARROLL/PETERSON
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 11:05 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1205 PM EDT SUN JUN 20 2004 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-211000- 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- 1205 PM EDT SUN JUN 20 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BECOMING MOST CONCENTRATED ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND HAIL. A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA...MAINLY AT BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH DAY SATURDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK. THE STRONGEST STORMS EACH DAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. CAMP/CARROLL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 10:46 AM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1146 AM EDT SUN JUN 20 2004 FLZ037-038-201615- FLAGLER FL-PUTNAM FL- 1146 AM EDT SUN JUN 20 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN FLAGLER AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 1215 PM EDT... AT 1146 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POMONA PARK...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND WELAKA... GEORGETOWN...POMONA PARK...LAKE COMO...CRESCENT CITY AND ANDALUSIA THROUGH 1215 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. CARROLL
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:40 PM EST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 340 PM EDT SUN JUN 20 2004 FLZ030-031-202015- BRADFORD FL-UNION FL- 340 PM EDT SUN JUN 20 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BRADFORD AND UNION COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER JOHNSTOWN...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAIFORD...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND NEW RIVER...LAKE BUTLER...JOHNSTOWN... RAIFORD...STARKE...LAWTEY AND ELLERBEE THROUGH 415 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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. SHASHY
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:47 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
- Hail and High Wind in Colorado, June 20, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 20, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 20 to 21, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 20, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 20, 2004
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 20 to 21, 2004
- Hail in Kansas, June 20, 2004
- Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 2004
- Hail in Texas, June 20, 2004
- Hail in Wyoming, June 20, 2004
- Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 2004
More
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 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: 5397156.