Storms developed across the area in the afternoon and evening hours along the sea breezes and were enhanced by a passing mid level short wave trough aloft.
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.
Storms developed across the area in the afternoon and evening hours along the sea breezes and were enhanced by a passing mid level short wave trough aloft.
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 May 14, 9:00 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1000 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016 .UPDATE...Cold front along a St. Augustine to Gainesville line will move south of the region this afternoon as a drier airmass moves into the region. Forecast on track calling for sunny skies with max temps near 90 inland and mid/upper 80s along the coast before the seabreeze moves in. && .AVIATION...Prevailing VFR. && .MARINE...No headlines. Northwest winds 10 kts becoming Southeast along the coast in the afternoon with the seabreeze. Seas 2-4 ft. RIP CURRENTS: Low risk. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 87 56 83 55 / 0 0 0 0 SSI 85 63 77 61 / 0 0 0 0 JAX 88 58 84 59 / 0 0 0 0 SGJ 87 63 82 66 / 0 0 0 0 GNV 90 57 88 61 / 0 0 0 0 OCF 91 59 89 64 / 0 0 0 0 && .JAX Watches/Warnings/Advisories... FL...None. GA...None. AM...None. && PP/MZ/KG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 304 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-150715- 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- 304 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016 ...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH DISPERSION VALUES WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INLAND ON MONDAY. SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. JDS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
829 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E GROVE PARK 29.60N 82.09W
05/13/2016 ALACHUA FL 911 CALL CENTER
DISPATCH REPORTED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWNED IN HAWTHORNE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
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KGUILLETPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
842 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 WNW ORANGE SPRINGS 29.54N 82.03W
05/13/2016 PUTNAM FL 911 CALL CENTER
DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE DOWN OFF LAKE SUSAN ROAD. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
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KGUILLETPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
915 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW ST. AUGUSTINE 29.88N 81.31W
05/13/2016 ST. JOHNS FL 911 CALL CENTER
DISPATCH REPORTED POWERLINES DOWNED IN ST. AUGUSTINE.
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
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KGUILLET1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Two wildfires were reported near Highway 301 and NE 83rd Place. The fire jumped the road and threatened nearby structures around 15:39 local time. The first wildfire was about 30 acres and the second about 50 acres. There was a 15 gallon petroleum drum in the vicinity of the fires.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, May 2016
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: 629286.