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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 25, 1995Camden County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 1995, 7:12 AM EDT for Camden County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 1995, 7:12 AM EDT (11:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1995, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Camden County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 582 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:15 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
FLZ020-021-023-023>025-030>033-035>038-040-241530-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
615 AM EDT FRI AUG 25 1995

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH AND NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT ...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION JERRY IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF NEAR CEDAR KEY
HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY OVERNIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHWEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY.

RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO TONIGHT
ESPECIALLY IN EXTREME NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF UP TO 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF MANY LOW
LYING AREAS AS WELL AS DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION
THE POTENTIAL WILL
EXIST FOR TORNADOES TO FORM LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY. FREQUENT SHOWERS AND
SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS
RESULTING IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS
THAN 1 NAUTICAL MILE.  WATER SPOUTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM JERRY TODAY WILL BE FLOODING FROM HEAVY
RAINS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES LATE TODAY.

KUYPER/PETERSON
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:19 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
FLZ020-021-023-023>025-030>033-035>038-040-241530-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
615 AM EDT FRI AUG 25 1995

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH AND NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT ...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION JERRY IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF NEAR CEDAR KEY
HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY OVERNIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHWEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY.

RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO TONIGHT
ESPECIALLY IN EXTREME NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF UP TO 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF MANY LOW
LYING AREAS AS WELL AS DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION
THE POTENTIAL WILL
EXIST FOR TORNADOES TO FORM LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY. FREQUENT SHOWERS AND
SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS
RESULTING IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS
THAN 1 NAUTICAL MILE.  WATER SPOUTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM JERRY TODAY WILL BE FLOODING FROM HEAVY
RAINS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES LATE TODAY.

KUYPER/PETERSON
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:20 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
FLZ020-021-023-023>025-030>033-035>038-040-251530-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
620 AM EDT FRI AUG 25 1995

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH AND NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT ...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION JERRY IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF NEAR CEDAR KEY
HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY OVERNIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHWEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY.

RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO TONIGHT
ESPECIALLY IN EXTREME NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF UP TO 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF MANY LOW
LYING AREAS AS WELL AS DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION
THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES TO FORM LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY. FREQUENT SHOWERS AND
SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS
RESULTING IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS
THAN 1 NAUTICAL MILE.  WATER SPOUTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM JERRY TODAY WILL BE FLOODING FROM HEAVY
RAINS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES LATE TODAY.

KUYPER/PETERSON
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:21 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
FLZ020-021-023-023>025-030>033-035>038-040-251530-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
620 AM EDT FRI AUG 25 1995

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH AND NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT ...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION JERRY IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF NEAR CEDAR KEY
HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY OVERNIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHWEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY.

RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO TONIGHT
ESPECIALLY IN EXTREME NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF UP TO 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF MANY LOW
LYING AREAS AS WELL AS DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION
THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES TO FORM LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY. FREQUENT SHOWERS AND
SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS
RESULTING IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS
THAN 1 NAUTICAL MILE.  WATER SPOUTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM JERRY TODAY WILL BE FLOODING FROM HEAVY
RAINS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES LATE TODAY.

KUYPER/PETERSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 2:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXDuval, Nassau6 hr
Aug 25, 8:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia56 min
Aug 25, 8:40 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXColumbia43 min
Aug 25, 1:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXCamden7 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.