Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Jacksonville, FL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
145 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 1986

...HEAT AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

HEAT AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS ARE COMBINING TO PROVIDE A COMBINATION
OF WEATHER RELATED HAZARDS.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 90S ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA. THE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY COMBINED ARE PRODUCING A HEAT
INDEX TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST
FLORIDA. HEATSTROKE..SUNSTROKE..AND HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE LIKELY WITH
PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THESE TEMPERATURES.

IN THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING
IN NORTH FLORIDA. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH PERIODS OF
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..
AND POSSIBLY HAIL. AT 135 PM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE AND SOUTH OF LIVE OAK. MOVEMENT IS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY
ALSO CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS..LOW LYING AREAS..
DRAINAGE DITCHES..AND UNDERPASSES.

THE BEST ADVICE TO AVOID THE HEAT AND DANGER FROM LIGHTNING IS TO
REMAIN INDOORS..IN A COOL AIR CONDITIONED BUILDING IF POSSIBLE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
243 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 1986

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

AT 240 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDER
STORMS IN A BAND NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND GAINESVILLE AND A
STORNG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTH JACKSONVILLE.

THESE STORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG
GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..AND POSSIBLY HAIL. A
THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS
PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 37 MILES AN HOUR AND 0.20 INCHES OF RAIN IN
LESS THAN A HALF HOUR.

THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
SMALL CREEKS..DRAINAGE DITCHES..AND UNDERPASSES.

PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS OR INSIDE THIER VEHICLE TO
AVOID LIGHTNING. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY SEVERE WEATHER PLEASE CALL A
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO YOUR REPORT CAN BE RELAYED TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.