The combination of a sagging surface front across south Georgia and the sea breeze fronts over a very unstable low level air mass produced widespread severe storms across the forecast area during the afternoon and evening hours. A passing upper level short wave trough also aided convection which enhanced mid level lapse rates during the afternoon.
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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.
The combination of a sagging surface front across south Georgia and the sea breeze fronts over a very unstable low level air mass produced widespread severe storms across the forecast area during the afternoon and evening hours. A passing upper level short wave trough also aided convection which enhanced mid level lapse rates during the afternoon.
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 6, 8:38 AM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 938 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...SCATTERED STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... .UPDATE... EARLY MORNING METARS AND SATL IMAGERY SHOWS A MIX OF SMOKE/HAZE AT THE SURFACE AND SOME MID/HIGH LEVELS CLOUDS ALOFT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE FOR MOSTLY SUNNY/PARTLY CLOUDY CONDS AND SHOULD PROBABLY HOLD MAX TEMPS IN THE MID/UPPER 90S WITHOUT WIDESPREAD TRIPLE DIGIT READINGS AS OVER THE PAST WEEKEND. THE MAIN FOCUS TODAY WILL BE THE BACK DOOR COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACRS SRN AL/GA THAT WILL BE THE TRIGGER FOR AFTERNOON SHOWER/TSTMS THAT MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AT TIMES. MORNING RAOBS AND DERIVED PRECIP WATER IMAGERY PRODUCTS ARE SHOWING WIDESPREAD PWATS ABOVE 1.5 INCHES ACRS THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MONTH AND THIS WILL HELP PUSH THE COVERAGE OF TSTM ACTIVITY INTO THE SCTD CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. MID LEVEL INSTABILITY IS HIGH AS WELL DUE TO 500MB TEMPS AT -8C TO -10C AND THIS IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPS IN THE 90S WILL PUSH SFC BOUNDARY LAYER CAPES INTO THE 3000-4000J RANGE. ENOUGH MID LEVEL SHEAR TO PRODUCE A MODERATE HAIL THREAT ALONG WITH PULSE SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE HWO FOR NOW...MAY NEED TO UPDATE THE GRIDS/ZFP FOR STRONG TSTMS WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. HEAT INDICES WILL JUST TOP THE CENTURY MARK THIS AFTERNOON AS DEWPOINTS STILL EXPECTED TO MIX OUT INTO THE UPPER 60S. FOR TONIGHT...STORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS THIS EVENING SPECIALLY THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY BEFORE FADING AFTER MIDNIGHT. STILL EXPECTING SOME POSSIBLE STRONG TO ISOLD SEVERE TSTMS AS WELL. && .AVIATION... GENERALLY VFR CONDS WITH A FEW PATCHES OF MVFR SMOKE AT KGNV...WITH ONLY 20-30% POPS ALONG THE COASTAL TAF ZONES WILL KEEP ONLY MENTION AT VCTS AND WAIT FOR START-UP FOR TIMING PURPOSES WITH 18Z TAF ISSUANCE. KGNV WILL HAVE BETTER CHANCE AT TSTMS...SPECIALLY LATE IN THE DAY AND TEMPO GROUP ALREADY INCLUDED THERE. && .MARINE... OFFSHORE SWLY WINDS THIS MORNING EXPECTED TO BECOME ONSHORE AS BACK DOOR FRONT SLOWLY SLIDES SOUTHWARD INTO THE WATERS. SOME ISOLD TSTM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH STORM MOTION GENERALLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 98 69 94 67 / 40 20 10 10 SSI 90 74 87 72 / 20 10 10 10 JAX 95 70 90 66 / 30 10 10 10 SGJ 90 72 87 72 / 20 10 10 10 GNV 97 70 94 65 / 40 20 20 10 OCF 95 70 93 67 / 40 10 20 10 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && HESS/PRESNALL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 455 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-071000- 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- 455 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH TOWARDS THE AREA. THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE HONEY PRAIRIE WILDFIRE CONTINUES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. SEVERAL OTHER WILDFIRES ARE BURNING IN FLAGLER AND SAINT JOHNS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PUSH THE SMOKE PLUMES NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. THE SMOKE PLUMES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST WITH THE SEA BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON WHICH MAY BRING SOME OF THE PLUMES INTO ST AUGUSTINE AS WELL AS THE JACKSONVILLE METRO AREA. VISIBILITIES CLOSE TO AND JUST DOWNSTREAM OF THESE FIRES MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. HOT TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER THE INLAND AREAS. HEAT INDICES WILL BE AS HIGH AS 102 DEGREES. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS TO AVOID DEHYDRATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ISOLATED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD. HOT TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 90S ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOONS OVER THE INLAND AREAS. .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 WEATHER.GOV/JAX. PP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
119 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
FLZ036-061800-
ALACHUA-
119 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN ALACHUA
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID
UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
AT 120 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER ORANGE HEIGHTS...OR 6 MILES WEST OF
MELROSE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL
ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WALDO...GAINESVILLE AIRPORT...ORANGE HEIGHTS
AND GROVE PARK THROUGH 200 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER 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. IF FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OCCURS A WARNING MAY
BE REQUIRED.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 2969 8228 2984 8218 2982 8212 2979 8212
2978 8208 2976 8208 2974 8205 2955 8205
2954 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 301DEG 6KT 2972 8214
HESSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
123 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
FLZ024-GAZ164-061800-
CHARLTON-NASSAU-
123 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NASSAU AND SOUTHERN CHARLTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL
AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
AT 124 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. GEORGE...OR 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILLIARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ST. GEORGE AND BRYCEVILLE
THROUGH 200 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER 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. IF FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OCCURS A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 3047 8183 3030 8202 3030 8203 3033 8205
3036 8205 3036 8207 3056 8223 3058 8221
3068 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 321DEG 11KT 3055 8208
HESSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
159 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
FLZ031-032-037-061845-
BRADFORD-CLAY-PUTNAM-
159 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN
CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN BRADFORD AND NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES FOR STRONG
WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 159 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF PENNEY FARMS TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSLEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
STARKE...PENNEY FARMS...KINGSLEY...PUTNAM HALL...ORANGE MILLS...
MELROSE...LAKE GENEVA...KEYSTONE HEIGHTS...FLORAHOME AND CARRAWAY
THROUGH 245 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER 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.
LAT...LON 2966 8205 2974 8205 2976 8208 2977 8208
2979 8210 3001 8219 3000 8169 2968 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 338DEG 9KT 2992 8175 2992 8204
HESSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
200 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
FLZ023-024-GAZ150-164-061845-
BAKER-CHARLTON-NASSAU-WARE-
200 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WARE...NORTHEASTERN BAKER...SOUTHWESTERN NASSAU AND SOUTHERN CHARLTON
COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID
UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 200 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. GEORGE...OR 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HILLIARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ST. GEORGE...MACCLENNY...
GLEN SAINT MARY AND BRYCEVILLE THROUGH 245 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE
QUARTER 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.
LAT...LON 3039 8192 3025 8214 3061 8238 3076 8217
3049 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 326DEG 12KT 3055 8216
HESSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
206 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
FLZ035-061845-
GILCHRIST-
206 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GILCHRIST
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID
UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 207 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER BELL...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THESE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND BELL AND TRENTON
THROUGH 245 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER 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.
LAT...LON 2964 8296 2970 8297 2974 8295 2977 8295
2979 8293 2981 8294 2983 8293 2985 8275
2956 8266 2956 8275 2958 8278 2959 8297
2963 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 343DEG 8KT 2974 8283
HESSThe Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:16 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down near St. George. The time was based on radar imagery.
Quarter to nickel size hail was reported west of Kingsland on Highway 49.
A large tree was blown down on Highway 110.
Golf ball size hail lasted for 20 minutes and caused major damage to a residential garden.
A tree was blown down along Gardi Road.
Quarter to nickel size hail was reported.
Trees were blown down along Lud O Quinn Road between Madray Springs and Odum. The time of the event was based on radar.
A tree was blown down on Dasher Road.
Trees were blown down along Highway 32 west of Hortense. The time of the event was based on radar imagery.
Trees were blown down along Raybon Rock Road. The time was based on radar imagery.
Three power transformers caught fire after being struck by lightning. The cost of damage was estimated based on an average 45 KVA power transformer.
Trees were blown down along Smart Road.
Trees and power lines were blown down across the northern tier of the county. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
Trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 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: 305441, 305442, 305427, 305424, 305428, 305425, 305440, 305429, 305435, 305438, 305426, 305431, 305434, 305433.