Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 25, 2013

Name: Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 25, 2013
Start: 2013-06-25T15:05
End: 2013-06-25T15:05
Location: Georgia

June 25, 2013 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

and the sea breezes spawned scattered severe storms during the afternoon and early evening.

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.

The combination of passing upper level short wave energy...lingering low level outflow boundaries from prior convective activity...and the sea breezes spawned scattered severe storms during the afternoon and early evening.

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 25, 12:53 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 12:53 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
153 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

.SHORT TERM...REST OF THE AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
WEAK VORTICITY CENTER ALOFT MOVING OFF COAST OF SE GA... WHILE
NEXT WEAK SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SHOULD CONTINUE TO
SEE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHRA/TSRA REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON INTO
EVENING INTERIOR SE GA/NE FL AHEAD OF SHORTWAVE. EAST COAST
SEABREEZE TO MOVE W OF I-95 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON...SHOULD SEE
AT LEAST ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA ALONG IT...THO ANTICIPATE LESSER
COVERAGE THAN INTERIOR PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA.

MAINTAINING AT LEAST LOW POPS TIL MIDNIGHT INTERIOR NE FL/SE
GA...THO ANTICIPATE ENOUGH STABILIZATION TO MINIMIZE RAINFALL
POTENTIAL AFTER MIDNIGHT. NO SIG CHANGES TO LOW TEMP FORECAST.

WITH SHORTWAVE EXITING OUR FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY
WED...ANTICIPATE MAINLY SEA-BREEZE INDUCED SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA WED
AFTN. WENT A FEW DEGREES ABOVE CURRENT HIGH TEMP FORECAST WED IN
BETWEEN MAV AND MET GUIDANCE.

ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO PIVOT INTO THE REGION ON
THURS AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH AND RIDGING
IS PUSHED SOUTH OF THE REGION. SCTD DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL
DEVELOP AND TRACK TOWARD THE EAST COAST BY EVENING. WILL KEEP
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER SE GA THU NIGHT. SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES
ARE FORECAST.

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL PREVAIL AS A LARGE UPPER TROUGH
SETTLES OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF U.S. THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE ALONG THE TROUGH PROVIDING THE
DYNAMICS NEEDED FOR ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS/STORMS.
COVERAGE OF PRECIP WILL DEPEND ON HOW DEEP THE TROUGH GETS AND
TIMING OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY. A PREVAILING SW FLOW WILL DRIVE LATE
MORNING/EARLY AFTN CONVECTION INLAND OVER THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AND
I-75 CORRIDOR. A SBRZ MERGER IS FAVORED TO OCCUR LATER IN THE
AFTN/EARLY EVENING TOWARD I-95 AND ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN. POPS
WILL BE ABOVE CLIMO EXPECTATIONS...AND WILL GO WITH 50% CHANCE OF
DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH DAY. IF A STRONG SHORTWAVE ROTATES AROUND
BASE OF TROUGH...WILL NEED TO INCREASE POPS SUBSTANTIALLY AS
TIMING BECOMES MORE CERTAIN. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE
CLIMO RANGING FROM LOW/MID 70S AT NIGHT TO LOWER 90S DAYTIME.

&&

.AVIATION...
PREVAILING VFR CONDS IS FORECAST EXCEPT NEAR WIDELY SCTD TSRA
DURING AFTN/EVE HOURS.

&&

.MARINE...
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WATERS THROUGH
THURSDAY...PRODUCING SOUTHERLY WINDS 10-15 KTS AND 2-4 FT SEAS.
THE RIDGE WEAKENS...WITH MODERATE SOUTHWEST FLOW SETTING UP
ACROSS THE WATERS FRI-SUN.

RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO 2-3FT
EASTERLY SWELL. A LOW RISK IS ANTICIPATED ON WEDNESDAY...THOUGH
THAT MAY BE UPGRADED TO MODERATE IF EASTERLY SWELL PERSISTS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  71  92  74  94 /  40  50  40  40
SSI  75  88  78  89 /  10  20  20  30
JAX  72  91  75  91 /  20  30  30  40
SGJ  73  87  75  89 /  10  20  20  30
GNV  71  92  73  93 /  30  50  30  40
OCF  72  92  74  92 /  30  40  30  40

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...NONE.
&&

WOLF/TRABERT/GUILLET

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 3:24 AM EST, 11 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
424 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-260830-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
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-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-
424 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE OVER
INLAND AREAS AND MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AT TIMES.

EASTERLY SWELLS WILL PROMOTE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT
LOCAL BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCES
WILL BE OVER INLAND AREAS AND MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AT TIMES.

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:23 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
223 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

GAZ150-163-251900-
CLINCH-WARE-
223 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN WARE
AND NORTHERN CLINCH COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
VALID UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 222 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF ARGYLE...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
COGDELL...ARGYLE AND MANOR THROUGH 300 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.

LAT...LON 3119 8272 3118 8268 3120 8267 3124 8256
      3103 8251 3106 8276 3117 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 263DEG 8KT 3113 8265

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:44 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
244 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

FLZ021-251930-
SUWANNEE-
244 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH-CENTRAL
SUWANNEE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL
330 PM EDT...

AT 244 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR LIVE OAK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND LIVE OAK AND
HOUSTON THROUGH 330 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.

LAT...LON 3042 8298 3025 8284 3019 8302 3035 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 243DEG 9KT 3029 8300

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:54 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
254 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

GAZ162-163-251945-
CLINCH-ECHOLS-
254 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN CLINCH
AND WESTERN ECHOLS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
VALID UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 254 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF STATENVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT
AREAS AROUND MAYDAY AND STATENVILLE THROUGH 345 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3079 8314 3081 8311 3086 8309 3086 8303
      3073 8276 3060 8287 3062 8305 3069 8314
      3078 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 305DEG 7KT 3075 8305

TRABERT

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:10 PM EST, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
310 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

FLZ020-021-251945-
HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-
310 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL
HAMILTON AND NORTHERN SUWANNEE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 310 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUWANNEE SPRINGS...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT
AREAS AROUND SUWANNEE SPRINGS...JASPER...WEST LAKE AND CROSSROADS
THROUGH 345 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3048 8318 3062 8306 3060 8291 3048 8275
      3035 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 123DEG 13KT 3045 8290

TRABERT

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:26 PM EST, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
326 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

GAZ132>135-252015-
APPLING-BACON-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-
326 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR JEFF DAVIS...
APPLING...NORTHWESTERN BACON AND EASTERN COFFEE COUNTIES FOR STRONG
WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 326 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF
HAZLEHURST TO 5 MILES WEST OF PLANT HATCH...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND PLANT
HATCH...HAZLEHURST...GRAHAM...SNIPESVILLE...PINE GROVE...DENTON...
BAXLEY AND WEST GREEN THROUGH 415 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3197 8239 3194 8233 3194 8231 3167 8218
      3156 8277 3185 8280 3189 8272 3193 8268
      3192 8264 3197 8254 3195 8250 3198 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 345DEG 12KT 3185 8268 3190 8241

TRABERT

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:36 PM EST, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
336 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

FLZ020-022-GAZ162-252015-
COLUMBIA-ECHOLS-HAMILTON-
336 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ECHOLS...NORTHERN COLUMBIA AND HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 336 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BLUE SPRINGS TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JASPER TO 2 MILES NORTH OF
WINFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WINFIELD...WHITE SPRINGS...WEST LAKE...
CROSSROADS...SUWANNEE VALLEY...LAKE CITY...FIVE POINTS AND BLUE
SPRINGS THROUGH 415 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.

LAT...LON 3064 8323 3064 8314 3070 8314 3064 8278
      3041 8249 3016 8264 3028 8280 3034 8281
      3034 8285 3039 8290 3038 8293 3043 8300
      3043 8307 3044 8308 3042 8314 3043 8323
      3058 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 206DEG 5KT 3052 8319 3047 8288
          3030 8267

TRABERT

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:04 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bacon

When: June 25, 3:05 PM EST
Where: Bacon County, 3.88 mi NNE of Coffee
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 31.550, -82.290

Widespread tree damage occurred across the county.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, June 2013

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: 453892.