Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 20 to 22, 2014

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 20 to 22, 2014
Start: 2014-06-20T14:30
End: 2014-06-22T14:50
Location: Florida

June 20 to 22, 2014 · NWS TAE · 9 events in 5 counties and zones

Scattered afternoon convection developed across the area with some storms becoming severe.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $13,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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 TAE wrote it up.

Scattered afternoon convection developed across the area with some storms becoming severe.

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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 12:26 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 12:26 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
226 PM EDT Fri Jun 20 2014

.Near Term [Through Tonight]...
With little in the way of synoptic scale systems to discuss
locally other than the typical summertime ridging, isolated to
scattered areas of seasonal summertime convection will diminish
rapidly this evening. Mostly clear to partly cloudy skies are
expected overnight with seasonably muggy low temperatures.

.Short Term [Tonight Through Sunday]...
Upper ridge will continue to influence the weather across the
region through Saturday, before weakening on Sunday. Other than a
weak surface trough across south-central Georgia on Saturday,
there will be little in the way of synoptic forcing, with the
seabreeze being the primary driver of convection. Forecast PoPs
will be slightly below the seabreeze climo PoPs given the
influence of the upper ridge. With the slightly below climo
coverage of rain for Saturday, temperatures will continue to be
hot, with highs in the  mid to upper 90s.

Should see an increase in coverage on Sunday as a weak upper
trough approaches from the west. This will help to spark
convection along the seabreeze as well as the lingering surface
trough, so have increased PoPs over Saturday's values. With the
increase coverage, temperatures should be a bit lower as well,
with highs in the lower to mid 90s.

.Long Term [Sunday Night Through Friday]...
Lingering surface trough coupled with weak troughiness aloft will
keep climo or above rain chances in the forecast through early next
week. This will also push temperatures back down into the lower
90s (near normal for late June). Guidance diverges by mid to late
week with the GFS bringing moisture northward from the deep
tropics. Recent performance of GFS in the tropics makes this a
bit dubious, especially without support from the ECMWF, so will
show a bit of a decrease in PoPs towards the end of the week,
supported by the ECMWF idea of an increase in upper ridging.

&&

.Aviation...
[Through 18Z Saturday] Isolated to scattered areas of convection
are expected through this evening with convection rapidly
diminishing after sunset. Winds will be light outside of
convection. VFR conditions are expected to prevail outside of
convection.

&&

.Marine...
Westerly to southwesterly winds are forecast to continue over the
coastal waters into next week as the subtropical ridge axis
remains south of the waters. Winds may occasionally approach
exercise caution levels over the weekend as a surface trough drops
south towards the Gulf Coast. However, conditions are expected to
remain below headline criteria.

&&

.Fire Weather...
Relative humidity values are expected to remain above critical
levels for the next several days with gradually increasing rain
chances for the latter half of the weekend and continuing into the
next work week.

&&

.Hydrology...
Rainfall totals for the next week will be around 1- 2 inches across
the area. With all rivers below bank full stage, this rainfall is
not expected to cause significant rises on area rivers.

&&

.Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs...

Tallahassee   72  96  73  93  73 /  20  40  20  50  30
Panama City   76  91  78  90  76 /  10  40  20  30  20
Dothan        73  96  73  95  74 /  10  30  30  40  30
Albany        72  97  73  95  74 /  20  30  30  40  30
Valdosta      71  95  72  93  72 /  20  30  30  40  30
Cross City    72  93  73  92  71 /  20  40  20  40  20
Apalachicola  75  90  78  89  76 /  10  30  10  30  10

&&

.TAE Watches/Warnings/Advisories...

FL...None.
GA...None.
AL...None.
GM...None.

&&

NEAR TERM...DVD
SHORT TERM...CAMP
LONG TERM...CAMP
AVIATION...DVD
MARINE...CAMP
FIRE WEATHER...DVD
HYDROLOGY...BOLDEN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:26 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
326 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0307 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW PUTNEY             31.51N 84.13W
06/20/2014                   DOUGHERTY          GA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES DOWN ON RADIUM SPRINGS ROAD AND MOCKINGBIRD LANE.

&&

GODSEY

Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:01 PM CST, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
401 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     HAIL             3 NNW PUTNEY            31.52N 84.11W
06/20/2014  E1.00 INCH       DOUGHERTY          GA   PUBLIC

            BUSINESS ALONG US 19 REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
            STRONG WINDS.

0312 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PUTNEY                  31.48N 84.11W
06/20/2014                   DOUGHERTY          GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON THE 1400 BLOCK OF ANTIOCH ROAD.

&&

GODSEY

Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:15 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
415 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHATTAHOOCHEE SP        31.01N 85.03W
06/20/2014                   HOUSTON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            COUPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR CHATTAHOOCHEE STATE PARK.
            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

GODSEY

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.

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Event by event

8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: June 20, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Ellaville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 30.970, -85.370

Scattered trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Leon

When: June 21, 2:55 PM EST
Where: Leon County, 0.64 mi SE of Lake Bradford
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 30.394, -84.322

Trees were blown down on Springhill Road and Capital Circle.

Hail, Gadsden

When: June 21, 3:00 PM EST
Where: Gadsden County, Havana
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 30.620, -84.410

Thunderstorm Wind, Gadsden

When: June 21, 3:06 PM EST
Where: Gadsden County, 1.03 mi W of Freemont
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 30.609, -84.467

Several tree were blown down on Highway 12 between Quincy and Havana.

Thunderstorm Wind, Leon

When: June 21, 3:10 PM EST
Where: Leon County, 1.08 mi SSE of Tallahassee Community Airport
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 30.526, -84.363

Trees were blown down on Old Bainbridge Road and Capital Circle.

Thunderstorm Wind, Leon

When: June 21, 3:20 PM EST
Where: Leon County, 0.64 mi SW of Woodville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 30.313, -84.247

Trees were blown down on Woodville Highway at Natural Bridge Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Leon

When: June 21, 3:25 PM EST
Where: Leon County, 1.74 mi NNW of Forest Meadows Park
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 30.554, -84.278

Trees were blown down onto Meridian Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bay

When: June 22, 12:15 PM CST
Where: Bay County, 0.5 mi NW of Cedar Grove
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 30.175, -85.626

A power pole and lines were blown down on 15th Street.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: June 22, 2:50 PM EST
Where: Jefferson County, 1.7 mi E of Alma
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 30.607, -83.872

Trees were blown down onto power lines on Highway 19N at Barnes Road.

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

The same day elsewhere

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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: 517090, 517091, 517092, 517094, 517095, 517096, 517097, 517098, 517099.