Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- June 28, 4:35 PM EST
- Where
- Coffee County, 1 mi E of Douglas
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -82.833
Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 28, 2006
Trees were blown down across Palmetto Road. Other trees were down along Highway 32 east of Nicholls.
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 were blown down across Palmetto Road. Other trees were down along Highway 32 east of Nicholls.
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 28, 1:32 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:32 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 232 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006 .SHORT TERM...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS LOCATED WELL INLAND OVER THE ATLANTIC STATES...THEN EXTENDING SOUTHWEST OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A CONVERGING WESTERLY FLOW IS PRECEDING THIS BOUNDARY... PROVIDING FOCUS FOR LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE STATE LINE. SMALLER CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ELSEWHERE OVER NORTH FLORIDA. WILL MAINTAIN SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE BOARD THROUGH TONIGHT...AS AIRMASS PRECEDING THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE...WITH SEVERAL LIFTING MECHANISMS TO TRIGGER ACTIVITY. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL GRADUALLY SETTLE SOUTH OVER THE FORECAST REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ENTRAINING DRIER AIR OVER THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THUS WILL HAVE N-S DISTRIBUTION OF POPS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SATURDAY WILL BECOME A TRANSITION DAY AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY BECOMES DIFFUSE OVER THE AREA WITH MEAN LAYER RIDGING ESTABLISHING FROM THE EAST. WILL CONTINUE N-S DISTRIBUTION OF POPS AS DEEPER MOISTURE WILL HOLD OVER THIS REGION. .LONG TERM (SUN THRU WED)...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL RIDGE WEST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. ALOFT...SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL SLOWLY TRACK WEST ACROSS THE REGION. DEEPEST MOISTURE/GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...THUS WILL CONTINUE N-S DISTRIBUTION OF POPS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE NEAR CLIMATOLOGY... RANGING FROM NEAR 90 NEAR THE COAST TO LOWER/MID 90S INLAND. && .MARINE...NO HEADLINES IN THE SHORT TERM. SOUTH WINDS 5-10 KTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH FRI...THEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AS FLOW BECOMES ONSHORE. SEAS WILL INCREASE THIS WEEKEND AS WELL. && .FIRE WEATHER...DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA TOMORROW AND FRI. MIN RHS WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ON FRI ACROSS THE NORTHERN SUWANNEE VALLEY HOWEVER DURATIONS BELOW CRITICAL ARE STILL UNCERTAIN. FOR NOW WILL HOLD BACK ON FIRE WX WATCH ISSUANCE...BUT DID HIGHLIGHT THE POSSIBILITY OF A WATCH IN THE FWF PRODUCT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 69 95 66 95 / 30 20 5 0 SSI 75 90 75 89 / 30 20 5 0 JAX 71 92 70 92 / 40 30 10 10 SGJ 75 87 73 87 / 30 30 5 20 GNV 71 91 69 94 / 30 30 20 30 OCF 70 91 69 94 / 20 40 20 40 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && PUBLIC...ZAPPE MARINE/FIRE WX...ENYEDI
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 10:47 AM EST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1147 AM EDT WED JUN 28 2006 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-291000- 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- 1147 AM EDT WED JUN 28 2006 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG BOTH THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEABREEZES. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS WILL BE NEAR HIGHWAY 301 IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS MAY DRIFT BACK TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST BY EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. CARROLL/ABE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:46 PM EST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 446 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006 FLZ033-037-282130- PUTNAM-ST. JOHNS- 446 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PUTNAM AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 446 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER PUTNAM COUNTY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST PALATKA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND 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. 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. PETERSON
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:54 PM EST, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 454 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006 FLZ031-282145- BRADFORD- 454 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BRADFORD COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 454 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW RIVER...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND NEW RIVER...SAMPSON... HAMPTON...STARKE AND LAWTEY THROUGH 545 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. 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. PETERSON
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:02 PM EST, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 502 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006 GAZ134-135-282145- APPLING-BACON- 502 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR APPLING AND BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 502 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 5 MILES WEST OF ALMA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ALMA AND NEW LACY THROUGH 545 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. 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. TRABERT
Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:14 PM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
514 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM FLOOD BUNNELL 29.47N 81.26W
06/28/2006 FLAGLER FL EMERGENCY MNGR
TEN INCHES OF WATER ON STATE ROAD 100 IN DOWNTOWN
BUNNELL. ALSO PARTIAL SUBMERSION OF LANES ON U.S. HIGHWAY
1 SOUTH OF BUNNELL.
&&
MTRABERTLocal storm report, Jun 28, 4:15 PM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
515 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0512 PM TSTM WND GST 8 W LAKE CITY 30.19N 82.78W
06/28/2006 M55 MPH COLUMBIA FL TRAINED SPOTTER
55 MPH WIND GUST AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NEAR COLUMBIA
SUWANNEE COUNTY LINE. SHED DAMAGED.
&&
CAMPSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 4:19 PM EST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 519 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006 GAZ132-282145- COFFEE- 519 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COFFEE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 519 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST GREEN TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF WEST GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WEST GREEN THROUGH 545 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. 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. CAMP
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flood in New Jersey, June 28 to 30, 2006
- Flash Flood and Flood in Pennsylvania, June 28 to 30, 2006
- Flood in Pennsylvania, June 28 to 30, 2006
- Flood in New Jersey, June 28 to 30, 2006
- Flood in New York, June 28 to 30, 2006
- Flood in Pennsylvania, June 28 to 29, 2006
- Flood in New York, June 28 to 30, 2006
- Flash Flood and Flood in Pennsylvania, June 28 to 29, 2006
- Flood in New Jersey, June 28 to 30, 2006
- Flash Flood and Flood in Pennsylvania, June 28, 2006
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, June 28, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 28, 2006
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: 5515486.