A convective complex over Georgia initiated by a passing upper level short wave early in the day produced a large scale outflow boundary that advanced over our zones during the afternoon and early evening hours over a moist and unstable airmass. Outflows combined with a strong sea breeze collision near the east coast ignited scattered severe storms across the area.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A convective complex over Georgia initiated by a passing upper level short wave early in the day produced a large scale outflow boundary that advanced over our zones during the afternoon and early evening hours over a moist and unstable airmass. Outflows combined with a strong sea breeze collision near the east coast ignited scattered severe storms across the area.
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 1, 8:06 AM EST, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 906 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 .UPDATE...MOISTURE IS INCREASING WITH THE MORNING SOUNDING SHOWING A PW OF 1.56 INCHES AND AN ANTICPATED SFC BASED CAPE OF 3600 J/KG. THE MEAN LAYER 1000-500 MB RIDGE HAS DRIFTED INTO CENTRAL FL WITH SLIGHTLY STRONGER SWLY BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS THAT PREVENTED FOG FORMATION OVERNIGHT. A SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY PRODUCING STRONG CONVECTION IN N GA WILL PUSH SWD THRU THE AFTN AND NIGHT INCREASING RAIN CHANCES ALONG OUR NRN TIER. MEANWHILE SEA BREEZE COLLISIONS WILL OCCUR CLOSER TO THE E COAST THIS AFTN WITH WLY STEERING FLOW ALOFT. MINOR TWEAKS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE GRIDS AND WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE ANY MENTION OF FOG. && .AVIATION...SEA BREEZE COLLISIONS WILL BE CLOSER TO THE E COAST LATE THIS AFTN AND WILL KEEP VCTS FOR ALL SITES EXPECT GNV. VFR WILL PREVAIL EXCEPT NEAR TS AND WILL LIKELY ADD A TEMPO GROUP FOR TS WITH THE 18Z ISSUANCE. && .MARINE...WINDS ARE S TO SW 10-15 KT AT THE BUOYS OFFSHORE AND LESS THAN 10 KT NEAR THE COAST. SEAS ARE RUNNING 2-4 FT THIS MORNING. STILL EXPECT WINDS TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO SE BY MID AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 95 69 92 69 / 20 30 30 20 SSI 91 73 88 73 / 20 30 30 30 JAX 94 70 90 71 / 20 30 30 30 SGJ 91 72 88 72 / 20 30 30 20 GNV 94 68 93 69 / 30 20 30 20 OCF 94 68 93 68 / 20 20 20 20 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && TRABERT/KERNS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 516 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-020930- 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- 516 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY AND COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE AREA. THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THIS ACTIVITY WILL SINK SOUTHWARD TO AFFECT THE GEORGIA PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MEANWHILE...A SEPARATE AREA OF SCATTERED ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEABREEZE COLLISION. THIS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BOTH AREAS OF DISTURBED WEATHER WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. DEESE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 150 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 FLZ040-011830- MARION- 150 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 230 PM EDT... AT 150 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES EAST OF RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES... MOVING EAST AT 7 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ROMEO...RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES...DUNNELLON AND OCALA AIRPORT THROUGH 230 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND 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. TRABERT
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:39 UTC.
11 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny size was reported at the Spruce Creek Preserve east of Dunnellon. Rainfall rates were near 2 inches per hour.
Trees were blown down in both High Springs and Newberry around 430 pm local time from strong thunderstorm winds.
Several trees were blown down on County Road 340 near Poe Springs Road.
A local television station meteorologist reported golf ball size hail and estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph near the St. Johns Town Center shopping complex.
A roof was blown off of a carport at Point Meadows Place and hail drifts accumulated up to 3 inches deep in some areas.
A spotter reported hail slightly smaller than golf ball size about 2 miles south of Marbon Road and San Jose Blvd.
A spotter reported penny and golf ball size hail.
Dime to quarter size hail lasted for about 12 minutes near 103rd Street and Old Middleburg Road. Some tree branches were snapped at tree top level.
A spotter reported quarter size hail and minor flooding of low lying areas.
A spotter reported quarter size hail at 103rd and California Street.
A spotter reported quarter size hail 1 mile west of Chaffee Road from Interstate 10. Wind gusts were estimated at 40-50 mph.
Penny size hail was reported. Some stones were slightly larger.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2008
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: 98119, 98130, 98131, 98120, 98132, 98121, 98122, 98123, 98124, 98125, 98126, 98127, 98128, 98129.