Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Jacksonville, FL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
643 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 860 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH AND NORTHEAST
FLORIDA UNTIL 9PM EDT...

...MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO THE AREA...

AT 643 PM EDT WEATHER RADARS SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED
OF SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED INTO
DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING
JUST WEST OF PALATKA AND ALSO HAD MOVED IN FROM THE GULF NORTHEAST OF
CEDAR KEY AND WERE JUST WEST OF NEWBERRY IN ALACHUA COUNTY. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY
RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY
MOVE THROUGH PUTNAM...SOUTHWESTERN ST JOHNS COUNTY AS WELL AS
GILCHRIST...COLUMBIA...AND ALACHUA COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY IN COMBINATION WITH THE
CONTINUOUS RAINS OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAS RESULTED IN
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ST
JOHNS COUNTY...THE BEACHES...IN GAINESVILLE... AND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
ROADS FLOODED IN CLAY COUNTY. THE RIVER GUAGE READING AT BLACK CREEK
AT MIDDLEBURG WAS 7.5 FEET AND RISING. THE CREEK WILL CONTINUED TO BE
MONITORED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST FLORIDA ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND
TO AVOID FLOODED AREAS OR AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. ALSO BE PREPARED TO
TAKE QUICK ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

FLZ008-007-009-040400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1105 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 1992

AT 1100 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE
BUTLER NORTHEAST THROUGH THE WESTSIDE OF JACKSONVILE TO JACKSONVILLE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE ARLINGTON AREA OF JACKSONVILLE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 12 MPH AND WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY
WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL. REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.

HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY HAS CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF STREETS AND
ROADS ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
BLACK CREEK SUNDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT ALONG BLACK
MORNING  FOR RISING WATERS. BOATERS IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF NASSAU
AND DUVAL COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OFFSHORE DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.