Thunderstorm Wind, St. Johns
- When
- May 2, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- St. Johns County, 6 mi W of St Augustine
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 29.883, -81.417
Damaging Wind in Florida, May 2, 2004
Roof ripped off home and blown into pine forest near the intersection of Interstate 95 and Highway 16 near Green Acres.
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.
Roof ripped off home and blown into pine forest near the intersection of Interstate 95 and Highway 16 near Green Acres.
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 2, 3:30 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 3:30 PM EST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 430 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 UPDATED MARINE WARNING SECTION TO INCLUDE SCA CONDS FOR OFSHR WATERS AS NEW 18Z MODEL RUNS ARE SUPPORTING SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS AHEAD OF THE PRE FRONTAL TSTM ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR INLAND SE GA TIL 7 PM EDT... ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE NEAR COAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-WED)...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH DIGGING SE ACROSS NATIONS MID SECTION WITH A SURGE OF GULF MOISTURE PRECEDING IT. WSR 88D SHOWING PREFRONTAL SQUALL LINE ENTERING SE GA CWA WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS FORMING SOUTH AND EAST OF IT. IN ADDITION...SHALLOW EAST COAST SEABREEZE HAS FORMED ALONG EAST COAST AND MOVING SLOWLY INLAND. COULD BE SEEING SEVERE STORMS IN OUR GA CWA NEXT FEW HOURS. IN ADDITION...ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT HIT THE SEA BREEZE FRONT COULD PRODUCE A COUPLE OF ISOLATED STORMS AS WELL. COLD FRONT STILL POISED TO MOVE THROUGH SE GA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND NE FL 12Z MONDAY. BOTH MAV AND MET HAVE CATEGORICAL POPS TONIGHT AND SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE. SHOULD SEE CLEARING FROM NW TO SE FOLLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY...BUT THE SHOWERS LIKELY LINGERING ACROSS SE CWA (MARION...PUTNAM...FLAGLER...) THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. AFTER THAT...A TURN TO COOLER AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH EXITS AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. TEMPS RUNNING BELOW NORMAL BOTH TUE AND WED. .LONG TERM (THU-SUN)...DEEP LAYER RIDGING WILL SLOWLY BUILD IN BEHIND DEPARTING SHORTWAVE. MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE AGAIN BY FRIDAY AND EXPECTING MAINLY ISOLATED DIURNAL TYPE CONVECTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH SEA BREEZE COLLISIONS. DID FOLLOW THE MRF MOS GUIDANCE AND WENT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS FRIDAY ONWARD. GENERALLY...IT WILL BE DRIER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL. && .MARINE...VERY MARGINAL SCEC CONDS OVER THE WATERS AT THE MOMENT WITH WINDS GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH SUSTAINED AT 10-15 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SCEC CONDS WELL OFFSHORE TONIGHT. STEERING FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR TSTM ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS TO MOVE INTO THE WATERS WITH GUSTY WINDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 60 75 49 76 / 80 50 10 10 SSI 63 77 55 73 / 80 80 10 10 JAX 65 77 54 76 / 80 80 10 10 SGJ 67 76 59 73 / 70 80 20 10 GNV 65 77 53 79 / 80 80 10 10 OCF 67 79 55 79 / 80 80 20 10 .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ470. GA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ472/474. && PP/JH
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 12:25 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 125 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-022300- 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- 125 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EDT... ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS STILL POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON... PLEASE REFER TO THE SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR MORE DETAILS CONCERNING THE MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK OUT EAST OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE STORMS ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS. ALSO...THERE MAY ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS NEAR THE I-95 CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...LIKE YESTERDAY...AS A RESULT OF A SEA BREEZE COLLISION. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ALONG ROADWAYS AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS. THERE MAY ALSO BE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SOME LOW LYING AREAS WHERE THERE WAS HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDE A COLD FRONT MONDAY. THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE REQUESTED TO SELF ACTIVATE. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. PP
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 2, 4:30 PM EST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
530 PM EDT SUN MAY 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0511 PM TSTM WND DMG ALMA 31.54N 82.48W
05/02/2004 BACON GA EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES BLOWN DOWN
&&
PPSpecial weather statement, May 2, 4:40 PM EST, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 540 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 FLZ037-022230- PUTNAM FL- 540 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PUTNAM COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 540 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALATKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SATSUMA...PALATKA...SAN MATEO...EAST PALATKA...ORANGE MILLS AND BOSTWICK THROUGH 630 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE. TRABERT
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:41 PM EST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 541 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 FLZ025-022230- DUVAL FL- 541 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR DUVAL COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 541 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 9 MILES SOUTH OF SAN MARCO...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF MANDARIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SAN MARCO...UNF...DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE...ARLINGTON...TALLYRAND...FORT CAROLINE...MAYPORT AND LITTLE TALBOT ISLAND THROUGH 630 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. PETERSON
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:50 PM EST, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 550 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 FLZ033-022245- ST. JOHNS FL- 550 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 550 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAKERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SPUDS...HASTINGS...ELKTON...BAKERSVILLE...DUPONT CENTER...ST. AUGUSTINE SHORES...ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH AND BUTLER BEACH 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. ENYEDI
Local storm report, May 2, 4:54 PM EST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
554 PM EDT SUN MAY 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0548 PM HAIL OCALA 29.19N 82.13W
05/02/2004 1.00 INCH MARION FL PUBLIC
&&
PPSpecial weather statement, May 2, 5:21 PM EST, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 621 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 FLZ040-022315- MARION FL- 621 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 715 PM EDT... AT 621 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEIRSDALE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF THE VILLAGES...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WEIRSDALE...SUMMERFIELD...OCKLAWAHA...LAKE WEIR...BELLEVIEW...SILVER SPRINGS SHORES...MOSS BLUFF AND LYNNE 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. ENYEDI
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 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
- Wildfire in California, May 2 to 7, 2004
- Tornadoes in Georgia, May 2, 2004
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 2, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 2, 2004
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 2, 2004
- Tornado in Virginia, May 2, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 2, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 2, 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: 5396512.