A pre-frontal squall line of severe storms tracked across SE Ga during the morning hours and then across NE Fl during the early to mid afternoon hours. Severe storms produced widespread wind damage with a few isolated rotating supercells.
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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 pre-frontal squall line of severe storms tracked across SE Ga during the morning hours and then across NE Fl during the early to mid afternoon hours. Severe storms produced widespread wind damage with a few isolated rotating supercells. Sufficient heating near the St. Johns river basin produced elevated surface based instability during the afternoon, and updrafts were greatly enhanced by this forcing. A few isolated pre-squall line cells blossomed over Putnam...St. Johns and Flagler counties in the afternoon and produced large hail. A wall cloud was observed with a rotating storm over Putnam county, and a tornado warning was issued for this cell, however, ground based tornadic damage was not reported.
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 21, 10:08 AM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1008 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...SEVERE STORMS ONGOING OVER SE GA... .UPDATE...A PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WAS TREKKING RAPIDLY EASTWARD OVER SE GA WITH SPEEDS 40-50 MPH. BOWING LINE SEGMENTS HAVE PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE OVER COFFEE COUNTY. MODERATE ROTATION IN COUPLETS ALONG BOWING SEGMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT. EXTENDED THE SEVERE TSTORM WATCH EASTWARD FOR ALL OF SE GA AND TO INCLUDE NASSAU COUNTY. WILL LIKELY NEED TO ADD MORE NE FL COUNTIES TO THE WATCH AS THE LINE MOVES FARTHER EAST. && .AVIATION... DETERIORATING CONDITIONS TO MVFR EXPECTED AT ALL SITES AS SQUALL LINE BLOWS THROUGH GENERALLY BETWEEN 17Z-21Z TODAY. STRONG LOW LEVEL JET OF 40-45 KTS FROM SW WILL CONTINUE BUMPY CONDITIONS IN THE LOWER LEVELS. CONTINUED TO SHOW GUSTS TO 40 KT POSSIBLE AS SQUALL LINE MOVES THROUGH. && .MARINE...A MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT WAS ISSUED TO ALERT MARINERS OF THE SQUALL LINE PUSHING OFFSHORE OF THE SE GA COAST BY MIDDAY AND THE FL COAST DURING THE EARLY AFTN HOURS. A SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONTINUES FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS DUE TO SOUTHERLY WINDS 15-20 KTS AND SEAS UP TO 6 FT IN THE GULF STREAM. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK TODAY AND SAT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 70 43 70 47 / 100 10 10 10 SSI 72 52 65 51 / 100 20 10 10 JAX 77 50 70 51 / 100 30 10 10 SGJ 77 56 66 56 / 100 40 20 10 GNV 76 54 73 53 / 100 40 20 10 OCF 79 57 75 56 / 100 40 20 10 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ENYEDI/TRABERT/SHASHY/NELSON/SANDRIK/WALKER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 642 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-221100- 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- 642 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM OCALA TO ST AUGUSTINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE SUWANNEE VALLEY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA UNTIL 2 PM. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED AS WATCHES ARE ISSUED TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE IS CONSIDERING THE DISCONTINUANCE...OR REDUCED ISSUANCE...OF THIS PRODUCT. PLEASE FORWARD COMMENTARY ON THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCT TO OUR METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE...SCOTT CORDERO...AT SCOTT.CORDERO@NOAA.GOV. THIS WILL IN NO WAY AFFECT NOAA WEATHER RADIO...BUT ONLY PERTAINS TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCT WHICH SUMMARIZES ADVISORIES...WATCHES...AND WARNINGS WHICH ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1129 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 E ODUM 31.66N 81.97W
02/21/2014 WAYNE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
EMA SURVEYED DAMAGE WITH NOTED METAL SHED DAMAGED WITH 10
TO 12 TREES DOWN. DAMAGE AREA ABOUT 100 YARDS WIDE AND
100 YARDS LONG. LOCATED NEAR WILLIAMS ROAD AND TANK ROAD.
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
THIS IS AN UPDATE OF THE DAMAGE REPORTED IN CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY.
ARSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1131 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
FLZ022>025-030>032-035-036-GAZ165-166-211715-
ALACHUA-BAKER-BRADFORD-CLAY-COASTAL
CAMDEN-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-GILCHRIST-INLAND CAMDEN-NASSAU-UNION-
1131 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN
CLAY...BRADFORD...SOUTHERN BAKER...ALACHUA...SOUTHERN COLUMBIA...
GILCHRIST...UNION...SOUTHERN CAMDEN...DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES FOR
STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS VALID UNTIL 1215 PM EST...
AT 1131 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
NORTH OF KINGS FERRY TO 6 MILES NORTH OF MACCLENNY TO 17 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BELL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND OLUSTEE...HILLIARD...SANDERSON...KINGS
FERRY...MACCLENNY...LULU...GLEN SAINT MARY...CALLAHAN...BRYCEVILLE
AND BELL THROUGH 1215 PM EST. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. DOPPLER RADAR HAS
INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OCCURS A
WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 2952 8256 2958 8278 2958 8296 2982 8294
2991 8286 2997 8276 3002 8279 3033 8221
3037 8218 3037 8204 3056 8200 3063 8203
3090 8189 3095 8140 3075 8145 3070 8142
3051 8144 3038 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 273DEG 33KT 3089 8181 3036 8209
2989 8304
NELSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1144 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 AM FLOOD 5 WSW UNF 30.25N 81.59W
02/21/2014 DUVAL FL TRAINED SPOTTER
STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY A STORM SPOTTER NEAR JT
BUTLER BLVD AND ST LUKES HOSPITAL.
&&
ARSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1147 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
GAZ153-154-166-211715-
COASTAL CAMDEN-COASTAL GLYNN-INLAND GLYNN-
1147 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN
CAMDEN...EASTERN GLYNN AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTIES FOR
STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 1215 PM EST...
AT 1147 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BOYS ESTATE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER BLUFF TO 4
MILES NORTH OF HARRIETTS BLUFF TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSLAND...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT
AREAS AROUND KINGSLAND...HARRIETTS BLUFF...DOCK JUNCTION...BOYS
ESTATE...DOVER BLUFF...COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES...BRUNSWICK...ST.
SIMONS...ST. MARYS AND KINGS BAY BASE THROUGH 1215 PM EST. GUSTY
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND
DAMAGE.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3120 8126 3120 8132 3113 8134 3111 8139
3100 8140 3101 8145 3098 8147 3098 8140
3090 8140 3077 8145 3071 8144 3074 8169
3080 8168 3094 8159 3109 8161 3136 8151
3134 8144 3128 8139 3129 8128 3127 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 289DEG 36KT 3126 8145 3107 8157
3092 8154 3074 8165
TRABERTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1158 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
FLZ025-032-033-211745-
CLAY-DUVAL-ST. JOHNS-
1158 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN
CLAY...NORTHWESTERN ST. JOHNS AND SOUTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTIES FOR
STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS VALID UNTIL 1245 PM EST...
AT 1159 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER FLEMING ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
FLEMING ISLAND...SWITZERLAND...ORANGE PARK...LAKESIDE...FRUIT COVE...
DOCTORS INLET...BELLAIR...NAS JAX AND MANDARIN THROUGH 1245 PM EST.
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3002 8172 3017 8183 3042 8141 3041 8140
3035 8138 3023 8137 3014 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 240DEG 27KT 3014 8168
NELSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1202 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1126 AM TSTM WND GST 3 SSE WOODBINE 30.91N 81.71W
02/21/2014 E55.00 MPH CAMDEN GA TRAINED SPOTTER
STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR COLESBURG TOMPKINS RD AND HWY 17
&&
AWALKERThe Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:11 UTC.
3 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was observed near Etoniah Creek State Forest. A storm spotter also reported a funnel cloud.
Quarter size hail was observed near Etoniah Creek State Forest.
A spotter reported winds of 55-60 mph along I-95 West to NW of the St. Augustine area.
Quarter to dime size hail persisted for 10 minutes at the St. Johns County Emergency Operations Center near State Road 16 and Interstate 95.
Quarter to nickel size hail was observed along State Road 11 from County Road 304 southward.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, February 2014
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: 491835, 491839, 491836, 491837, 491840.