Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1255 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 1992

AT 1255 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO SHOW A
LARGE AREA OF RAIN...SOME HEAVY WITH THUNDERSTORMS...SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM SAVANNAH TO ALBANY GEORGIA AND AS FAR SOUTH AS A LINE FROM
MELBOURNE TO TAMPA.

HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS FROM GAINESVILLE SOUTHWARD TO WILLISTON
AND TAMPA AND ALSO NEAR MIDDLEBURG AND PENNEY FARMS. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTH AT 20 MPH.

SINCE THESE STORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT IS
NEARLY STATIONARY THEY WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS.
LYING AREAS...DRAINAGE DITCHES...AND UNDERPASSES THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON. PERSONS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND
AVIOD ALL FLOODED AREAS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AS WELL AS AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING.

SO FAR 2.05 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN RECORDED AT JACKSONVILLE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE LATE FRIDAY EVE&NING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1255 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 1992

AT 1255 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO SHOW A
LARGE AREA OF RAIN...SOME HEAVY WITH THUNDERSTORMS...SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM SAVANNAH TO ALBANY GEORGIA AND AS FAR SOUTH AS A LINE FROM
MELBOURNE TO TAMPA.

HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS FROM GAINESVILLE SOUTHWARD TO WILLISTON
AND TAMPA AND ALSO NEAR MIDDLEBURG AND PENNEY FARMS. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTH AT 20 MPH.

SINCE THESE STORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT IS
NEARLY STATIONARY THEY WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
...LOW LYING AREAS...DRAINAGE DITCHES...AND UNDERPASSES THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON. PERSONS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND
AVIOD ALL FLOODED AREAS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AS WELL AS AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING.

SO FAR 2.05 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN RECORDED AT JACKSONVILLE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINC>E LATE FRIDAY EVENING.

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

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 860 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT...

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

AT 445 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LARGE AREA
OF RAIN WITH IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA TO MOST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF INTERLACHEN NEAR THE PUTNAM COUNTY
MARION COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A
POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR OCALA AT 3PM EDT. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
OCALA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY
MOVE THROUGH PUTNAM COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THEY WILL ALSO LIKELY
RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...DRAINAGE DITCHES...UNDERPASSES
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

SO FAR RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTANT RANGING FROM 1.5
INCHES NEAR MIDDLEBURG...2.29 INCHES AT JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...2.10 INCHES AT ST AUGUSTINE...TO 4.10 INCHES AT JACKSONVILLE
BEACH...AND AROUND 4 INCHES IN GAINESVILLE. THIS HEAVY RAIN RESULTED
LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE AREA. BLACK CREEK AT
MIDDLEBURG HAS BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE RISEN AND WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE
MONITORED SINCE MORE HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

AS A REMINDER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR TORNADOES AND RESIDENTS IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA SHOULD KEEP
ABREAST OF THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGNHTED. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.