Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Jacksonville, FL

Issued

May 27, 1997, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 1997, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Jacksonville, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Clay County, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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WUUS1 KJAX 272006 RRA
SVRJAX
FLC019-272100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
404 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...CLAY COUNTY
 
AT 403 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN
THE ORANGE PARK AND DOCTORS INLET AREA WAS BECOMING SEVERE. THIS STORM
HAS THE POTENTAL TO DROP LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS STORM
WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTHWESTWARD OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND MAY DROP ONE TO
TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY FORM
ALONG THE RIVER THROUGH 5 PM EDT.
 
DIME SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE RIVER AT 405 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
SANDRIK
&

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 27, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
230 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 1997

CDFNT AT 18Z FM S OF SSI-NW GA WI E CST SEA BRZ PUSHING TO NR I-95
ATTM. OUTFLO BNDRY FM MCC HAS ALREADY GENERATED ONE LRG HAIL REPORT
IN JEFF DAVIS CO AND WL CAREFULLY WATCH AREAS FM AYS-N OF JAX WI
INTERACTION OF E CST SEA BRZ...OLD OUTFLO BNDRY AND ADDTNL MSTR FM THE
OKEFENOKEE SWAMP. AS OUTFLO AND CDFNT PUSH FURTHER S AND SW ACTVTY WL
START POPPING IN FL FA WHERE THERE ARE WDLY SCT SHRA/TSRA MAINLY ALG
THE CST ATTM. ACTVTY WL LINGER THRU SUNSET IN GA AND A FEW HRS LONGER
IN FL...THEN MAY HAVE SOME -RA/FG/LO ST LATE TNGT.

WI INCRSG EERLY FLO WED THRU THU AND GOOD SFC CONVERGENCE AND SOME
+VV WL HAVE A CHC OR GOOD CHC OF RA THRU THE PERIOD. SUGGEST BRZY OR
WINDY IN FCST FOR WED...SPCLY ALG CSTL COS WHERE THERE WL BE AT LEAST
15-20 KTS OF WND. MAY ALSO NEED SCEC OVR GAZ501 TNGT WHERE WNDS ARE
15-20 KTS AT FBIS1 AND BOY008.

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SSI CC 070/074 070/076 070 15444
JAX CC 071/079 069/079 069 15544
GNV EE 072/083 070/083 070 15444

MOHLIN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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