1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Sep 5, 1:06 PM EST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...ADDED WIND ADVISORY FOR INTERIOR SE GA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
206 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004
...FRANCES OVER CENTRAL PENINSULA...
.SHORT TERM...HURRICANE FRANCES OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA ABOUT 55 MILES
EAST OF TAMPA MOVING WNW. HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND
POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. TORNADO WATCH
EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM. TPC TRACKS FRANCES TO JUST NORTH OF TAMPA THIS
EVENING AND THEN INTO NE GULF OF MEXICO BY MONDAY MORNING...AND INTO
FL PANHANDLE AND ALABAMA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. 12Z GFS MODEL
FAIRLY CLOSE TO THIS SCENARIO SO WILL FOLLOW THIS MODEL. THUS HIGH
POPS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. WILL CONTINUE INLAND HIGH WIND
WARNING OVER INTERIOR NE FL TONIGHT ALONG WITH FLOOD WATCH...WILL
ALSO EXPAND FLOOD WATCH TO COVER ALL OF GA COUNTIES AS HEAVY RAINFALL
SHIFTS N ALONG WITH STORM CENTER.
.LONG TERM...EXTENDED PERIOD RETURNS TO MORE NORMAL AS UPPER RIDGE
BUILDS OVER S FL WITH BROAD TROUGHING HANGING TO THE WEST. SW FLOW
OVER AREA WILL MEAN NEAR CLIMO POPS/TEMPS.
&&
.MARINE...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER WATERS WITH SEAS AROUND 10
FEET OVER SE GA WATERS TO 20 FEET OVER NE FL WATERS. SEAS UP TO 24
FEET AT CANAVERAL WEST BUOY BUT WIND DATA LOOKS BAD. DETERIORATING
CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY WITH VERY SLOW IMPROVEMENT AFTER.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 75 84 74 86 / 70 80 70 70
SSI 80 82 79 83 / 80 80 60 60
JAX 77 82 76 85 / 80 80 60 60
SGJ 81 83 80 85 / 90 80 40 50
GNV 77 84 75 84 / 99 90 70 60
OCF 77 83 75 83 / 99 90 60 50
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...TROPICAL STORM WARNING NE FL COAST.
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING INTERIOR NE FL.
FLOOD WATCH NE FL.
GA...TROPICAL STORM WARNING SE GA COAST.
WIND ADVISORY INTERIOR SE GA.
FLOOD WATCH SE GA.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1100 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004 GAZ132>136-149>152-162>164-060000- APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BRANTLEY-CHARLTON-CLINCH-COFFEE-ECHOLS- JEFF DAVIS-PIERCE-WARE-WAYNE- 1100 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR EXTREME SOUTH GEORGIA... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH GEORGIA... THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM FRANCES ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND DEPEND ON THE EXACT MOTION OF FRANCES...BUT AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE. LANDFALLING TROPICAL SYSTEMS OFTEN PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF MOTION. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF THIS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH GEORGIA. SEE THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY TUESDAY IN RESPONSE TO FRANCES. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR RIVER LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEK. RAINFALL WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED BY MID-WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREAS. ADDITIONAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. CARROLL/ZIBURA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1001 AM EDT SUN SEP 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 AM TROPICAL STORM SAN PABLO 30.30N 81.44W
09/05/2004 DUVAL FL NWS EMPLOYEE
ESTIMATED WIND GUST TO 50 MPH. LARGE TREE LIMB CAME DOWN.
0817 AM TROPICAL STORM ORANGE PARK 30.17N 81.70W
09/05/2004 CLAY FL TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. TREE LIMBS DOWN AND NO
POWER.
0929 AM TROPICAL STORM JACKSONVILLE BEACH 30.28N 81.39W
09/05/2004 DUVAL FL TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUSTS MEASURED AT 45 MPH. BEACH EROSION ONGOING.
&&
PPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1118 AM EDT SUN SEP 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1027 AM TROPICAL STORM 10 SW PALM COAST 29.47N 81.33W
09/05/2004 FLAGLER FL EMERGENCY MNGR
WIND GUST TO 50 MPH WITH 2.01 INCHES OF RAIN IN KORONA.
1038 AM TROPICAL STORM PALM COAST 29.57N 81.21W
09/05/2004 FLAGLER FL EMERGENCY MNGR
WIND GUST TO 65 MPH. SHINGLES BLOWN DOWN. WATER UP TO
NEAR TOP OF SEA WALL.
1038 AM TROPICAL STORM FLAGLER BEACH 29.47N 81.13W
09/05/2004 FLAGLER FL EMERGENCY MNGR
SUSTAINED WINDS MEASURED AT 44 MPH. 1.08 INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE THIS MORNING.
&&
PPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1210 PM EDT SUN SEP 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1208 PM TROPICAL STORM PALM COAST 29.57N 81.21W
09/05/2004 FLAGLER FL EMERGENCY MNGR
CANOPY OVER GAS STATION SPLIT...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH
POWER OUTAGES. 4.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH NOON.
&&
MZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1253 PM EDT SUN SEP 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM TROPICAL STORM HILLIARD 30.69N 81.92W
09/05/2004 NASSAU FL TRAINED SPOTTER
6 FOOT DIAMETER OAK TREE ON HOUSE ON 6TH AND OXFORD ST.
1240 PM TROPICAL STORM FLAGLER BEACH 29.47N 81.13W
09/05/2004 FLAGLER FL EMERGENCY MNGR
I-95 COVERED WITH DEBRIS BUT PASSABLE. WINDS 44G70 KNOTS.
30 FEET OF FLAGLER BEACH PIER IS GONE.
&&
MZThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hurricane "Frances"NWS employee reported F0 tornado damage along interstate 10 near the exit for Wellborn. Trees were snapped on both sides of the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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