A surface low tracked across the north-central Florida peninsula during the afternoon. This trigger a few strong storms near the southern side of the low, while farther north periods of heavy rainfall caused flooding.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A surface low tracked across the north-central Florida peninsula during the afternoon. This trigger a few strong storms near the southern side of the low, while farther north periods of heavy rainfall caused flooding.
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 Feb 6, 8:42 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
842 PM EST SUN FEB 6 2011
...WIDESPREAD RAIN TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
.UPDATE...WEAK HIGH PRES IS OVER THE NE GULF AND NRN FL WITH A
QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SRN FL. BROAD LONGWAVE TROUGH COVERS
MOST OF THE U.S. EXCEPT FOR A RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE W COAST. A
FAIRLY STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH WAS DIGGING IN ACROSS TX AND WILL
TRANSLATE EWD TONIGHT. A 250 MB SWLY JET IS NOTED FROM ERN LA TO
VA WITH SPEEDS OF ~155-165 KT. THE 00Z JAX SOUNDING SHOWS SWLY
FLOW ABOVE 850 MB WITH CONDITIONS BECOMING SATURATED IN MID AND
UPPER LEVELS AS ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE IS IN FULL SWING THIS EVENING.
RADAR SHOWS SCT TO NUMEROUS AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN/SPRINKLES IN NE FL
AND EXTREME SE GA WITH JUST TRACE RAIN REPORTS TO MAYBE A COUPLE
OF HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AS OF 8 PM DUE TO RELATIVELY DRY CONDS IN
THE LOWEST LEVELS...BUT THAT WILL CERTAINLY CHANGE OVERNIGHT.
ONE SHORTWAVE IS PASSING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA RIGHT NOW AND
WILL PUSH OFFSHORE INTO ATLC AFTER 06Z BUT ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVES
EMBEDDED IN THE SWLY FLOW WILL HELP INCREASE MOISTURE AND
ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE...ESPECIALLY TOWARD EARLY MORNING. THE
STRONGEST SHORTWAVE OVER TX IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A BROAD LOW
PRES AREA FROM THE CENTRAL GULF TO THE LOWER MS VALLEY LATE
TONIGHT AND PASS THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY. FOR TONIGHT...POP
CONFIGURATION OF AT LEAST 80% SRN MOST ZONES TO NEAR 50% NEAR THE
FL/GA STATE LINE AND 20% OVER NRN MOST ZONES LOOKS GOOD. HAVE MADE
JUST SLIGHT TWEAKS TO THE POPS FOR NOW. NO INSTABILITY REALLY TO
SPEAK OF IN THE FORECAST AREA SO NO THUNDER EXPECTED TONIGHT.
HEAVIER PRECIP AND POSSIBLY ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS TO HOLD OFF
UNTIL MONDAY. AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SRN ZONES
TONIGHT WHERE BEST LLVL MOISTURE WILL BE. MIN TEMPS WILL BE SLOW
TO FALL DUE TO CLOUDS AND PRECIP AND JUST SLIGHT CHANGES
ANTICIPATED BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS.
&&
.AVIATION...RAIN HAS STARTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
TONIGHT. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES REMAIN AT VFR CONDITIONS AT THE
MOMENT...BUT HAVE ADVERTISED A GRADUAL DECREASE IN CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES AS RAIN BECOMES WIDESPREAD. EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS BY
12Z MONDAY WITH IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY.
&&
.MARINE...QUIET CONDITIONS UNTIL MONDAY EVENING WHEN LOW PRESSURE
DEEPENS OFF THE SE COAST AND PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. NO
CHANGES TO MARINE FORECAST.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 40 55 38 57 / 20 90 30 0
SSI 47 57 41 55 / 50 100 60 0
JAX 46 61 38 57 / 60 100 50 0
SGJ 49 63 42 58 / 80 100 60 0
GNV 49 66 40 60 / 80 100 40 0
OCF 51 69 44 62 / 80 100 40 0
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY FOR
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE-FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE-ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE.
&&
SHASHY/PRESNALL/LETROHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 850 PM EST SUN FEB 6 2011 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-071100- 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- 850 PM EST SUN FEB 6 2011 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ...RAIN TO BECOME WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT... RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY NEAR ONE INCH SOUTH OF A GAINESVILLE TO SAINT AUGUSTINE LINE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AREA OF LATE NIGHT FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM OCALA TO BUNNELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ...RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON MONDAY... A GULF OF MEXICO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA ON MONDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE RAIN WINDS DOWN LATE MONDAY EVENING. A LIGHT FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA. AREAS OF FROST ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ANOTHER FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. ECZ/ARS
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:58 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management relayed storm total rainfall reports from across Flagler County. Amounts of 2.6 were measure in West Palm Coast to 2.5 in South Central Palm Coast. Amounts generally ranged from 1 to 2 inches...with the lowest amount reported in the county at 1 inch in Haw Creek.
Several trees were blown down as thunderstorm winds gusted to a measured 58 mph. No injuries were reported.
A restaurant reported several trees down near Crescent City. The time of the event was based on radar imagery.
Two spotters reported a funnel cloud near the South Flagler County Line.
State Warning Point relayed a report that Northwest 39th and Northwest 51st Streets were closed due to about 1 foot of water on the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, February 2011
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: 276324, 276310, 276312, 276308, 276305.