South to southwest steering flow focused the sea breeze merger toward the I-95 corridor in the late afternoon and early evening where several downbursts occurred.
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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.
South to southwest steering flow focused the sea breeze merger toward the I-95 corridor in the late afternoon and early evening where several downbursts occurred.
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 19, 1:18 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 218 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 ...THE HEAT CONTINUES WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS... .SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... INITIAL SHOWERS/TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE GULF SEABREEZE IN GILCHRIST/MARION COUNTIES...WITH THE FIRST COUPLE OF SHOWERS ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABREEZE SOUTH OF JAX. ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...MAXIMIZING LATE THIS AFTN AS THE TWO BOUNDARIES COLLIDE BETWEEN THE I-95 AND I-75 CORRIDORS. WILL USE MID/HIGH END SCATTERED POPS. WITH RATHER STEEP LAPSE RATES...A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS. THE HEAT REMAINS THE MAIN STORY...AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID/UPPER 90S WITH HEAT INDICES JUST SHY OF THE 108 HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. RESIDUAL SHWRS/TSTMS EARLY THIS EVENING WILL DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES TNGT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER/MID 70S INLAND TO THE UPPER 70S COAST. SATURDAY...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...FLATTENING THE DEEP LAYER RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CONUS. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...AND WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF SEABREEZES...EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED TSTMS SATURDAY AFTN. THINK THE GREATEST COVERAGE WILL RESIDE ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA BETWEEN I-75 AND I-95...WITH HIGH END SCATTERED COVERAGE. ANOTHER HOT DAY IN STORE...WITH HIGHS ONCE AGAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S INLAND AND NEAR 90 COAST. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS SOME AREAS...BUT COVERAGE AND DURATION NOT SUFFICIENT FOR A HEAT ADVISORY. ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID NIGHT EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... UPPER RIDGE DOMINATES THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. THROUGH THE LONG-TERM PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS CENTERED SOUTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA...WITH S TO SW FLOW OVER SRN GA/NRN FL...AND A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OVER SRN GA. FAIRLY MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...SUPPORTING SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS/T-STORMS EACH DAY. WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT FORECAST OF CHANCE POPS EACH DAY. CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS DAILY HIGH TEMPS MID-UPR 90S WELL INLAND...AROUND 90 COAST...LOW TEMPS LOWER-MID 70S WELL INLAND...UPR 70S COAST. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE 100-105 EACH AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION... VFR WILL PREVAIL FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS, WILL USE VCTS THIS AFTN IN SCATTERED TSTMS FOR ALL SITES EXCEPT SSI. && .MARINE... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WIND SPEEDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN UNDER CAUTION CRITERIA...WITH SOME POSSIBILITY AT CAUTION LEVEL WINDS FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK THROUGH SATURDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 74 97 73 98 / 20 20 10 20 SSI 77 91 79 91 / 10 20 10 10 JAX 74 96 74 97 / 30 30 20 20 SGJ 75 89 75 91 / 20 30 30 20 GNV 73 96 72 97 / 30 30 10 20 OCF 74 95 73 96 / 30 30 20 30 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ALLEN/WOLF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 257 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-201000- COASTAL WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-INLAND NASSAU-INLAND DUVAL-UNION- BRADFORD-CLAY-ST. JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION- COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING- WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN- ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 257 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 ...WIDESPREAD HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON... ...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... HOT TEMPERATURES INTO THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES AREA-WIDE. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS IN THE HEAT. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA WITH THE BEST CHANCES ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN FROM JACKSONVILLE SOUTHWARD...ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. STORM MOTION WILL GENERALLY BE TOWARDS THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH OR LESS...AND A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SLOWER MOVING STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR THEIR LOCATIONS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
510 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
FLZ024-124-192145-
COASTAL NASSAU FL-INLAND NASSAU FL-
510 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN NASSAU COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM EDT...
AT 510 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
YULEE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL ARPT...
MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
MINOR WIND DAMAGE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YULEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 3057 8161 3058 8161 3058 8162 3059 8163
3057 8166 3055 8166 3057 8167 3056 8168
3057 8170 3057 8171 3068 8172 3071 8154
3058 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 019DEG 5KT 3059 8162
ZIBURAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
522 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND GST 5 ENE JACKSONVILLE INTL 30.50N 81.62W
06/19/2015 E65 MPH DUVAL FL NWS EMPLOYEE
STRONG WIND GUST 60-70 MPH AND LARGE PALM TREE DOWN AT
121 ZACHARY DR N
&&
AWALKERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
526 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0511 PM TSTM WND GST JACKSONVILLE INTL ARPT 30.48N 81.71W
06/19/2015 M42 MPH DUVAL FL ASOS
&&
AWALKERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
527 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
FLZ037-192215-
PUTNAM FL-
527 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM EDT...
AT 527 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SALT SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
MINOR WIND DAMAGE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRUITLAND...WELAKA AND GEORGETOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 2934 8167 2934 8166 2936 8166 2937 8167
2937 8174 2943 8174 2943 8178 2949 8178
2949 8184 2954 8184 2953 8165 2934 8163
2933 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 192DEG 14KT 2937 8168
ZIBURASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
538 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
FLZ124-GAZ165-166-192230-
COASTAL NASSAU FL-COASTAL CAMDEN GA-INLAND CAMDEN GA-
538 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CAMDEN COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 538 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KINGS BAY BASE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
MINOR WIND DAMAGE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. MARYS...KINGSLAND...WOODBINE...KINGS BAY BASE...TARBORO...
COLESBURG...HARRIETTS BLUFF AND DOVER BLUFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 3084 8148 3085 8155 3084 8150 3083 8149
3083 8152 3081 8153 3081 8151 3082 8148
3081 8150 3080 8151 3070 8148 3075 8170
3096 8186 3112 8183 3100 8148 3097 8150
3099 8163 3096 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 192DEG 14KT 3080 8158
ZIBURASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
540 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
GAZ153-154-192215-
INLAND GLYNN GA-COASTAL GLYNN GA-
540 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GLYNN COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM
EDT...
AT 540 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DARIEN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
MINOR WIND DAMAGE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRUNSWICK...ST. SIMONS ISLAND...DOCK JUNCTION...COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES
AND BOYS ESTATE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 3116 8138 3117 8142 3118 8142 3118 8141
3120 8142 3119 8143 3117 8143 3120 8155
3119 8155 3120 8158 3134 8155 3131 8142
3129 8141 3128 8139 3129 8139 3128 8138
3130 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 192DEG 14KT 3129 8146
ZIBURAThe Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down across Colesburg. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
Trees were blown down within the city limits of Brunswick. One tree fell on a home with no reported injuries. The time of damage was based on radar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2015
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: 583097, 583096, 583099.