A broad surface trough was nearly stationary over the forecast area as a short wave upper level trough traversed the region during the afternoon when instability was high. Widespread severe storms developed along the sea breezes and outflows.
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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 episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A broad surface trough was nearly stationary over the forecast area as a short wave upper level trough traversed the region during the afternoon when instability was high. Widespread severe storms developed along the sea breezes and outflows.
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 2, 9:10 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1010 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 ...SOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS AGAIN TODAY... .PUBLIC UPDATE...BROAD SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS OVER SOUTH GEORGIA. ALOFT...LONG-WAVE TROUGH IS CURRENTLY POSITIONED OVER THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES UPSTREAM OF THE FORECAST AREA. AGREE WITH MIDNIGHT SHIFT THAT TODAY COULD BE ANOTHER ACTIVE WEATHER DAY. AFOREMENTIONED FEATURES WILL INTERACT WITH VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WITH SBCAPE VALUES EXCEEDING 3000 J/KG...PWATS AROUND 1.5 INCHES AND SEA BREEZE INFLUENCES TO GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON WITH 500 MB TEMPS AOB -11 CELSIUS...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. MAIN CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON ARE WET MICROBURSTS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHERE GREATEST COVERAGE /I.E., CELL MERGERS/ WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AS DEEPEST DYNAMICAL LIFT WILL EXIST OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOST UNSTABLE OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA. WILL MAINTAIN HOMOGENEOUS CHANCE POPS FOR TODAY. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE THE TAF SITES. WILL CHANGE VCSH WORDING TO VCTS WORDING WITH 18Z TAF PACKAGE AS ATMOSPHERE IS QUITE UNSTABLE. ADDITIONALLY...WILL MAINTAIN TEMPO TSRA CONDITIONS BETWEEN 21Z-01Z FOR COASTAL TAF SITES WHERE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS ANTICIPATED (ESPECIALLY WITH DOMINANT STEERING FLOW FROM THE NORTHWEST INTERACTING WITH THE EAST COAST SEA- BREEZE). && .MARINE...A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS OVER THE MAINLAND. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED FROM NOCTURNAL INFLUENCES AND ANTICIPATE WINDS TO BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST-EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND SUSTAIN BELOW 10 KNOTS THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST THIS AFTERNOON WHERE WINDS WILL LIKELY SUSTAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 KNOTS WITH THE SEA-BREEZE WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. THE STEERING FLOW REMAINS FAIRLY WEAK...THUS AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL GENERALLY HOLD OVER THE MAINLAND...BUT CANNOT RULE SOME ACTIVITY IMPACTING THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL WATERS...ESPECIALLY FROM ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTHWARD. && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && .PREVIOUS PUBLIC... TODAY...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER SE GA EXPECTED TO SHIFT SEWD TODAY AND ANOTHER ONE IN NW FLOW EXPECTED TO DROP SEWD DURING PEAK HEATING. THIS COUPLED WITH SBCAPE VALUES IN THE 2000-3000 J/KG RANGE AND ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL FORCING FROM THE SFC TROUGH AND SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES SHOULD YIELD DECENT COVERAGE OF STORMS. HAVE BOOSTED POPS TO 50 TO NEAR 60% RANGE FOR SE GA FOR TODAY. IN NE FL WILL TAPER POPS FROM 50% NEAR THE I-10 CORRIDOR DOWN TO NEAR 30% NEAR OCALA. GIVEN GENERALLY WEAK SHEAR STORMS SHOULD BE MAINLY PULSE VARIETY BUT SOME ORGANIZED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY LATER IN THE DAY AND EVENING DUE TO INCREASING WINDS ALOFT AND CELL MERGERS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH STRONG TO SEVERE CELLS. HIGH TEMPS TODAY IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WHICH IS A BIT LOWER THAN YESTERDAY DUE TO MORE CLOUD COVER. TONIGHT...SCT CONVECTION EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING IN THE EVENING ESPECIALLY OVER NE FL THEN TAPER OFF AS INSTABILITY WANES. STILL THINK SOME CONVECTION COULD BE ON GOING WELL PAST MIDNIGHT AS ADDITIONAL FORCING ALOFT WILL SUPPORT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. TUESDAY...BOTH NAM AND GFS SHOW SFC TROUGH IS DIFFUSE OVER NE FL AND SE GA AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING ATTEMPTS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. NO MENTIONABLE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS NOTED THAT WOULD SERVE TO ENHANCE CONVECTION. THUS WILL FOLLOW THE TREND OF LOWER POPS IN THE 20-30% RANGE AREA WIDE. TEMPS AGAIN IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. STRENGTHENED SFC RIDGE OFFSHORE OF THE CAROLINAS WILL ENHANCE ELY FLOW ALLOWING COASTAL LOCATION TO RECEIVE THE SEA BREEZE EARLY. TUES NIGHT...ISOLATED CONVECTION MAINLY WERN ZONES EXPECTED TO END BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY...SFC RIDGE STRENGTHENS E OF THE REGION WITH SEA BREEZE CONVECTION EXPECTED...WITH SUBSIDENCE HOLDING OFF CONVECTION UNTIL THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HAVE PLACED IN 20-30% POPS MAINLY ACROSS THE INLAND ZONES. TEMPS AGAIN IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. .LONG TERM...THU-SUN. STACKED HIGH PRESSURE IS OVER THE REGION THU AND FRI WITH HIGHS EXPECTED IN THE UPPER 80S NEAR THE COAST TO LOWER 90S INLAND. GENERAL SUBSIDENCE PATTERN EXPECTED TO ONLY PRODUCE 20-30% COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS AT THIS TIME...MAINLY INLAND AREAS DUE TO PREVAILING 1000-500 MB FLOW FROM THE ESE AROUND 10-15 KT. BY THE WEEKEND...SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS GFS RUN...INCREASING MOISTURE EXPECTED FROM THE E AS ELY WAVE OVER THE WRN ATLC MOVES INTO THE BAHAMAS AND INTO PORTIONS OF FL. HAVE CONTINUED WITH LOW END POPS STILL FOR SAT AND THEN INCREASE TO 30% FOR MOST AREAS ON SUN ALTHOUGH BETTER CHANCES MAY BE IN FL PORTION DUE TO PROXIMITY TO WAVE AXIS AND MOISTURE. TEMPS EXPECTED TO FALL CLOSER TO CLIMO DURING THE PERIOD. && ECZ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 430 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-030810- 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- 430 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT AS A SURFACE TROUGH AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH...HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH THE BEST RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO SELF ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THEIR AREA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. ARS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 129 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 GAZ150-164-021815- CHARLTON-WARE- 129 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN CHARLTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WARE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 215 PM EDT... AT 129 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 11 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK THROUGH 215 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. ZAPPE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 146 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 FLZ021-021830- SUWANNEE- 146 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN SUWANNEE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 230 PM EDT... AT 146 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUWANNEE RIVER STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 9 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SUWANNEE RIVER STATE PARK...NEWBURN AND LIVE OAK THROUGH 230 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. ZAPPE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 204 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 FLZ025-032-021845- CLAY-DUVAL- 204 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN CLAY AND SOUTHWESTERN DUVAL COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 204 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 9 MILES WEST OF JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS... OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKESIDE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 14 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS...ORTEGA...ORANGE PARK...MANDARIN...LAKESIDE...DOCTORS INLET AND BELLAIR THROUGH 245 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. ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 205 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 FLZ020-022-021900- COLUMBIA-HAMILTON- 205 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN COLUMBIA AND EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 205 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND JASPER...WHITE SPRINGS AND BELMONT THROUGH 300 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. ZAPPE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
210 PM EDT MON JUN 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG HIGH SPRINGS 29.82N 82.59W
06/01/2008 ALACHUA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
THE ALACHUA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TREES
DOWN IN ALACHUA COUNTY. ONE DOWNED TREE WAS OVER A ROAD
IN HIGH SPRINGS. ANOTHER TREE WAS ALSO REPORTED BLOWN
DOWN IN NEWBERRY AROUND THE SAME TIME.
&&
BKERNSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 237 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 FLZ021-021915- SUWANNEE- 237 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL SUWANNEE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 237 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LURAVILLE...OR 5 MILES EAST OF MAYO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LURAVILLE AND BRANFORD THROUGH 315 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. ZAPPE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Columbia County Dispatch reported trees down on County Road 6 East at Highway 441.
A spotter reported penny size hail along Old Jennings Road in Middleburg.
A spotter reported penny size hail along Higway 218 and Blanding Blvd. There was also minor street flooding.
A spotter reported penny size hail along San Marco Road near the Fuller Warren Bridge and other areas of San Marco.
Penny size hail was reported just south of Lake City.
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: 98199, 98194, 98195, 98196, 98198.