Tornado, Putnam
- When
- July 26, 6:18 PM EST to 6:22 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Crescent City
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 29.433, -81.517
Tornado in Florida, July 26, 2006
A tornadic waterspout formed over Lake Stella and dissipated before making landfall. When the cell moved over Crescent Lake, the tornado formed again and tracked east southeast toward the Flagler County coast.
Where it happened
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- 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.
A tornadic waterspout formed over Lake Stella and dissipated before making landfall. When the cell moved over Crescent Lake, the tornado formed again and tracked east southeast toward the Flagler County coast. The tornado dissipated again before making landfall in Flagler County.
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 Jul 26, 1:30 PM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 1:30 PM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 230 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... SUBSIDENCE ALOFT FROM 500MB RIDGING BUILDING INTO THE FORECAST AREA IS KEEPING A LID ON CONVECTION SO FAR. THIS HAS ALLOWED TEMPS TO WARM INTO THE LOWER/MID 90S AND WITH LOWER/MID 70S DEWPOINTS HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 ARE COMMON AS WELL AS CAPE VALUES ABOVE 3000-4000J AND THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME VERY STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND WILL ADD THIS WORDING TO THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. MODELS ARE ALL POINTING TOWARD THE U.S. 301/17 CORRIDORS FOR THE BEST POPS THIS EVENING AS THE ATLC COAST SBRZ WILL MOVE INLAND AND INTERACT WITH BOUNDARIES ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN. STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST SUNSET WITH SOME STORMS LINGERING UNTIL MIDNIGHT. FOR THU...RIDGE AXIS WILL SETTLE DIRECTLY OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH A NEAR CLIMO DAY OF POPS IN THE 30-40% RANGE AND THE BEST AXIS OF PCPN ALONG THE U.S. 301/17 CORRIDORS ONCE AGAIN. CONVECTION WILL ONCE AGAIN BE DELAYED UNTIL THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS AND WILL LEAD TO MAX TEMPS IN THE MID/UPPER 90S AND HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105. FOR FRI...RIDGE AXIS WILL SLIDE SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD AND SETTLE ACRS SRN GA AND ENOUGH MOISTURE IN THE AREA WILL KEEP 30-40% POPS ACRS THE FORECAST AREA...BUT INCREASE IN EASTERLIES ACRS FLORIDA WILL PUSH BEST TSTM AXIS ZONE INTO THE U.S. 301/I-75 CORRIDORS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MORE OF A NOONTIME START TO CONVECTION AND HOLD DOWN TEMPS JUST A BIT WITH MORE LOWER 90S PREVALENT AND HEAT INDICES A BIT CLOSER TO 100 DEGREES. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NEW LOOK AT 12Z GFS TAKES A DIFF ROUTE WITH THE EASTERLY WAVE TRACK AND KEEPS IT A BIT FURTHER SOUTH OF THE JAX FORECAST AREA WITH NOT AS GREAT AN IMPACT AS EXPECTED. FOR SAT...SELY MEAN LAYER FLOW AND MODERATE AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE SHOULD ALLOW FOR A 20-40% POP DISTRIBUTION WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACRS THE INLD PORTIONS OF THE CWA. FOR SUN...WHILE THE EASTERLY WAVE PASSES SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA IT APPEARS AS THOUGH SOME DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION ACRS NERN FL WITH 20% POPS THERE AND 30-40% POPS REMAINING ACRS SERN GA. FOR MON...AS EASTERLY WAVE PASSES SE OF THE REGION SOME MOISTURE COMES NORTHWARD IN SELY FLOW AND ENHANCES POPS INTO THE 30-50% RANGE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. FOR TUE AND WED...REMNANTS OF EASTERLY WAVE PUSH INTO ERN GOMEX WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD ACRS THE FORECAST AREA WITH POPS INCREASING INTO THE 40-60% RANGE WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS. MAX TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL AND HOT (MID 90S) OVER THE WEEKEND THEN FALL OFF INTO THE LOWER 90S (NEAR CLIMO) FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .MARINE...NO REAL CHANGES IN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS FOR THE SHORT TERM...SO A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD FORECAST WITH DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE MAIN CHANGE WAS TO UPDATE LONG TERM TO REFLECT THE MORE SOUTHERLY SOLUTION OF GFS FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND WRT TROPICAL WAVE. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A MORE PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION AS OPPOSED TO PREVIOUS GRIDS WHICH SHOWED A RETURN TO SOUTHWEST. && .FIRE WEATHER...WITH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 95 ON THU OVER THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AND A GOOD MIXING PROFILE GENERATING DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S...RH VALUES MAY TOUCH 35% BRIEFLY. NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS BUT HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE TEST PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 98 74 95 / 30 30 30 40 SSI 76 93 78 90 / 40 30 30 30 JAX 73 95 74 93 / 40 30 30 30 SGJ 75 90 77 88 / 40 30 20 40 GNV 73 94 73 93 / 40 40 30 40 OCF 74 94 73 92 / 50 40 30 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && PUBLIC...HESS MARINE/FIRE WX/AVIATION...DEESE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 9:30 AM EST, 8 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1030 AM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-271000- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 1030 AM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY LEVELS AT THE SURFACE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY..MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO THE SEABREEZES. SLOW STORM MOTION ON THURSDAY WILL ALLOW LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR TEMPORARY FLOODING. LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY...A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WHICH WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE EXPECTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR THEIR AREA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. MKT/HESS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:41 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 441 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 FLZ040-262130- MARION- 441 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 441 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ROMEO...RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES AND DUNNELLON THROUGH 530 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. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. 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. ZAPPE
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:16 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 516 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 FLZ035-262200- GILCHRIST- 516 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GILCHRIST COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 516 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 7 MILES SOUTH OF ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF WILLIFORD THROUGH 600 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. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. 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. ZAPPE
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:06 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 606 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 FLZ037-262245- PUTNAM- 606 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PUTNAM COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 606 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTH OF BOSTWICK...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HASTINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND BOSTWICK...SAN MATEO... PALATKA...ORANGE MILLS AND EAST PALATKA THROUGH 645 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:21 PM EST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 621 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 FLZ021-262300- SUWANNEE- 621 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUWANNEE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 621 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 8 MILES WEST OF MCALPIN...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAYO...MOVING EAST AROUND 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND OBRIEN AND BRANFORD THROUGH 700 PM EDT. HIGHWAY 349 EAST OF LURAVILLE MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR DRIVING AS WELL. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:00 PM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 700 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 FLZ037-262345- PUTNAM- 700 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PUTNAM COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 745 PM EDT... AT 700 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR WELAKA...OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POMONA PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WELAKA...POMONA PARK...LAKE COMO... GEORGETOWN AND CRESCENT CITY THROUGH 745 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:10 PM EST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 710 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 FLZ038-270000- FLAGLER- 710 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FLAGLER COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 710 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER FLAGLER COUNTY...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRESCENT CITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND THROUGH 800 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. 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), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:16 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, July 26 to 31, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 26, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Utah, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flood and Flood in Indiana, July 26 to 27, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 26, 2006
More
Every storm in Florida in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 2006Warnings in Florida, July 2006
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: 5517243.