Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Jacksonville, FL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
335 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986

 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM...

AT 330 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM 30 MILES WEST OF WAYCROSS SOUTHWEST THROUGH VALDOSTA
TO NEAR DEADMAN BAY...WEST OF CROSS CITY. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
SHOWN WERE WEST OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA WHERE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN ISSUED. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING WEST OF
JACKSONVILLE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD
MOVE OVER THE LIVE OAK AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OFj LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES..AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
500 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986

 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM...

AT 455 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FORM CROSS CITY FLORIDA THROUGH LIVE OAK FLORIDA NORTH TO
WAYCROSS GEGORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN IN
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS..
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..AND POSSIBLY HAIL IN THE LIVE OAK AND LAKE
CITY VICINITIES FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED IN NORTH FLORIDA STORMS HAVE
BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE
URGED TO STAY ALERT AS THE STORMS COULD MOVE RAPIDLY INTO YOUR AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
615 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986

 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNITL 900 AM EST...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE
OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM CROSS CITY TO JUST WEST
OF GAINESVILLE NORTH TO BAKER COUNTY AND ON INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SOME STREET
FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AND UNDERPASSES..MOTORIST DRIVE
WITH CAUTION THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
POSSIBLE HAIL ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO BE ON THE
ALERT FOR LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON NOAA
WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA.