Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 2004

Name: Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 2004
Start: 2004-06-26T17:55
End: 2004-06-26T17:55
Location: Florida

June 26, 2004 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Trees through roof of home 112 Egret Road

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.

Trees through roof of home 112 Egret Road

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 26, 1:40 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:40 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
240 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM...

.SHORT TERM...WILL BE BRIEF AS SQUALL LINE JUST W OF THE CWA WILL BE
PUSHING INTO THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 850H LLVL JET AND
MID LEVEL DYNAIMCS DRIVING THE MCS TODAY WILL PUSH NE OF THE
FORECAST AREA FOR SUNDAY...ALLOWING FOR MORE CLIMO TYPE POPS...
WHILE MONDAY WILL FEATURE ANOTHER LOW PRES SYSTEM TRACK JUST N OF
THE REGION WITH TRAILING SQUALL LINE FEATURES IMPACTING THE CWA AND
INTERACTING WITH SEA BREEZES ACRS NE FL...AND THUS THE PUSH TO A
MORE LIKELY POP COVERAGE.

.LONG TERM...BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL ATTEMPT TO MAKE A
PUSH NORTHWARD OVER THE FORECAST AREA BY MID WEEK...THEN RE-FORM
NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. SWLY FLOW
SHOULD BE REPLACED BY A MORE SELY FLOW BY THE THU/FRI/SAT TIME
FRAME. 00Z GFS ENSEMBLES STILL SHOW CLIMO TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE POPS
WITH MOISTURE ASSOCD WITH EASTERLY WAVES POSSIBLY MOVING IN FROM
THE ATLANTIC. STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINITY WITH THIS PATTERN SHIFTM
AND HAVE LEFT POPS NEAR CLIMO (40-50%) ACRS MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AREA.
&&

.MARINE...NO HEADLINES. MARINERS WILL NEED TO MONITOR EVOLUTION OF
SQUALL LINE CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 70 92 72 91 / 20 30 30 60
SSI 76 90 76 88 / 20 20 30 50
JAX 72 92 73 91 / 20 40 30 60
SGJ 74 89 75 88 / 20 30 20 50
GNV 71 92 72 91 / 10 40 30 60
OCF 72 93 72 91 / 10 30 30 60
&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&

HESS/TRABERT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 12:48 PM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
148 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-271000-
ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-
CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-COLUMBIA-
DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)-GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-
JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-
WAYNE-
148 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM ...

ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INCLUDING
BAKER...COLUMBIA...DUVAL...HAMILTON...NASSAU...ST JOHNS AND SUWANNEE
COUNTIES ARE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT. CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND
HAIL...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE GENERALLY TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...
BUT MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOWER AND MORE ERRATIC ALONG THE EAST COAST
SEABREEZE AND IN THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COUNTIES NOT INCLUDED IN THE
WATCH AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.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.

TRABERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:23 PM EST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
623 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     HAIL             ORANGE PARK             30.17N 81.70W
06/26/2004  0.88 INCH        CLAY               FL   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL. COUPLE OF TREES DOWN
            IN THE AREA AROUND MOODY ROAD AND SUZANNE AVENUE

&&

HESS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:32 PM EST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
632 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GLEN ST. MARY           30.27N 82.16W
06/26/2004                   BAKER              FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            911 DISPATCH REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
            COUNTY. CONCENTRATION IS ALONG HIGWAY 90 FROM SAMDERSON
            TO GLEN ST MARY TO MACCLENNY.

&&

HESS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:41 PM EST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
641 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JENNINGS                30.60N 83.11W
06/26/2004                   HAMILTON           FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            911 DISPATCH REPORTS POWERLINES DOWN IN JENNINGS.

&&

HESS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:45 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
645 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S HOMERVILLE          31.02N 82.75W
06/26/2004                   CLINCH             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            911 DISPATCH REPORTS TREES DOWN ALONG CR 187 ABOUT 1 MILE
            SOUTH OF HOMERVILLE.

&&

HESS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:50 PM EST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
650 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW STATENVILLE        30.65N 83.09W
06/26/2004                   ECHOLS             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            911 DISPATCH REPORTS TREES DOWN ALONG STATE ROAD 41 ABOUT
            5 MILES SW OF STATENVILLE

&&

HESS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:55 PM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
655 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OCALA                   29.19N 82.13W
06/26/2004                   MARION             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            911 DISPATCH REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE...AT
            LEAST 10 OR MORE DIFFERENT REPORTS.

&&

HESS

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:54 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Johns

When: June 26, 5:55 PM EST
Where: St. Johns County, St Augustine
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 29.883, -81.317

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

Every storm in Florida in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5396805.