Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1997, 6:49 PM EDT for Saint Johns County, Florida. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1997, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1997, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saint Johns County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 25, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 544 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 1997 MESOSCALE BNDRIES ABOUND THIS EVENING. RECENTLY HAD AN INTERSECTION BTWN THE C BRZ AND A GUST FRNT NR ORANGE PARK. NIP HAD A GUST TO 32 KTS. SAT IMGRY SHOWS THE BNDRY IN CNTRL GA FAIRLY STNRY...BUT SM CNVCTN HAS PUSHED INTO MY XTRM NRN COUNTIES. XPCT CNVCTN WILL LAST UNTIL NR MIDNIGHT. THEN HAZY AND HUMID FOR THE BAL OF THE NIGHT. AGN SM LGT FG NR SR...BUT NOTHING TO GET EXCITED OVER. SANDRIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 57 min |
| Jul 25, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 50 min |
| Jul 25, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval | 41 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.