Funnel Cloud, Glynn
- When
- May 11, 3:06 PM EST
- Where
- Glynn County, Brunswick
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.213, -81.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Georgia, May 11, 2004
Public reported funnel cloud went over the 911 center, which is just south of Brunswick.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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 funnel cloud went over the 911 center, which is just south of Brunswick.
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 11, 1:20 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 1:20 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 220 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 .SHORT TERM...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY HAVE GREATLY INCREASED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER AREA. VORTICITY MAX OVER CENTRAL GA MOVING NE WITH TAIL END OF PVA HELPING CONVECTION ALONG EAST COAST SEABREEZE TODAY. WEST COAST SEABREEZE STARTING TO BECOME ACTIVE WHERE GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE EXISTS. MODELS SHOW ANOTHER AREA OF VORTICITY MOVING INTO AREA TOMORROW SO EXPECT AT LEAST SCATTERED COVERAGE AGAIN WITH WEST COAST SEABREEZE PROBABLY HAVING BEST COVERAGE DUE TO LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK ON THURSDAY NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST AND DRIER AIR STARTS MOVING IN FROM THE ATLANTIC SO AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIP SHOULD DECREASE INTO FRIDAY. .LONG TERM...BERMUDA HIGH REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE PERIOD SO SE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE WHICH FAVORS WESTERN ZONES FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE. && .MARINE...SE FLOW TO CONTINUE WITH SEAS REMAINING MOSTLY IN 3-5 FOOT RANGE. NO HEADLINES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 65 84 64 86 / 30 50 20 40 SSI 69 80 69 80 / 30 40 20 20 JAX 65 83 66 83 / 30 40 20 20 SGJ 69 81 69 80 / 30 30 20 20 GNV 64 86 64 86 / 40 40 20 30 OCF 65 87 64 87 / 40 30 20 30 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. && ZIBURA/WELSH
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 10:07 AM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1107 AM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-112300- 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- 1107 AM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR DETAILS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST COAST SEABREEZE FRONT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER INTERIOR AND WESTERN AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER INLAND AREAS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THE PERIOD. OTHERWISE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .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. HESS/ZIBURA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:48 PM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 348 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 GAZ150-163-112015- CLINCH GA-WARE GA- 348 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CLINCH AND WARE COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 348 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND MANOR AND ARGYLE THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. ARS
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:07 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, May 11, 2004
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, May 11 to 12, 2004
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 11, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 11 to 12, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 11, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 11, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 11, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 11, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 11, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 11, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 11, 2004
- Rip Current in Florida, May 11, 2004
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 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: 5396514.