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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 26, 1997Marion County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1997, 3:13 PM EDT for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1997, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1997, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 4:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindOcala, FLLarge trees were blown down. One house was damaged.

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KNIP), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1670 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
1670 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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 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 Jun 26, 3:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-
501-501-261915-

HAZADOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK UPDATE FOR NE FLORIDA AND SE GEORGIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
930 AM EDT THU JUN 26 1997

A SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND MOISTURE
TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY A SLIGHT RISK OF PULSE SEVERE WEATHER WILL
DEVELOP. A MIDLEVEL DRY INTRUSION WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF
DOWNBURSTS AND HAIL OVER THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS.

A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIMITS AND PRODUCE
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL....HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG DOWNBURST
WINDS AS THEY TRACK SLOWLY EASTWARD.  THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE
HAIL AND DOWNBURST WINDS.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY PARTICULARLY
ALONG THE FLORIDA/GEORGIA BORDER AREA FROM THE SUWANNEE VALLEY
EASTWARD TO THE EAST COAST.

WELSH
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:34 AM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-
501-501-261915-

HAZADOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK UPDATE FOR NE FLORIDA AND SE GEORGIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
930 AM EDT THU JUN 26 1997

A SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND MOISTURE
TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY A SLIGHT RISK OF PULSE SEVERE WEATHER WILL
DEVELOP. A MIDLEVEL DRY INTRUSION WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF
DOWNBURSTS AND HAIL OVER THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS.

A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIMITS AND PRODUCE
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL....HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG DOWNBURST
WINDS AS THEY TRACK SLOWLY EASTWARD.  THE PRIMARY THREATSJ WILL BE
HAIL AND DOWNBURST WINDS.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY PARTICULARLY
ALONG THE FLORIDA/GEORGIA BORDER AREA FROM THE SUWANNEE VALLEY
EASTWARD TO THE EAST COAST.

WELSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua, Marion60 min
Jun 26, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam65 min
Jun 26, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSaint Johns55 min
Jun 26, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay56 min
Jun 26, 3:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXMarion3 hr
Jun 26, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXFlagler51 min
Jun 26, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGilchrist56 min
Jun 26, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSuwannee60 min
Jun 26, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGlynn62 min
Jun 26, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden66 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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