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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 19, 1998Marion County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 1998, 3:03 PM EST for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 1998, 3:03 PM EST (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 1998, 9:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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 1998-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 262 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 1998-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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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.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 19, 2:20 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 2:20 PM EST, 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
220 PM EST THU MAR 19 1998

WDSPRD PCPN HAS PROPAGATED FM THE FLG AND NOW COVERS ALL OF N FL
PNSULA EXCEPT THE EXTRM NE CORNER. BAND HAS BEEN ADVANCING EWD WITH
ONLY A FEW STORMS ADVECTING INTO EXTRM SRN GA SO FAR...MAINLY TO THE
SOUTH OF HOMERVILLE TO FOLKSTON.
OHP AMTS HAVE BEEN AVERAGING 1/2 IN/HR OVR MUCH OF AREA WITH LCL AMTS
IN THE 1 INCH RANGE.
IR SATL SHOWING SOME COOLING OF TOPS NOW MVG INLAND FM THE BIG BEND AREA.
AN AREA OF U/L DIFFLUENCE ENHANCING LIFT EXTENDS FM THE BIG BEND REGION
AND OVR THE NRN FL PNSULA...HWVR DEGREE OF DIFFLUENCE SEEMS TO DAMPEN
OUT LTR TNGT.
MDL TIME XSECTIONS SHOW VERY DEEP LYRED MSTR TO HOLD IN OVR NE FL
THRU 18Z FRI BUT WITH A PERIOD OF DRIER AIR ALF BTN 06Z-12Z.
SFC LO OVR AR TO MOVE NE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FRI EVE. ASSOCD FNT TO
SHIFT EWD OVR CWA LATE FRI WITH CCA AND DRIER AIR SPILLING IN FOLLOWING
FROPA.
.
PRELIM
SSI WB 063/075 054/066 03551
JAX WB 064/075 053/067 03751
GNV WB 065/076 052/066 03751

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 11:48 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA
1148 AM EST THU MAR 19 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0920 AM    ANTHONY                   FL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/19/98   MARION                         DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          ANTHONY AND ALONG US-441.
                                          ALSO, HAIL 6 INCHES DEEP
                                          NEAR CR-326 AND CR-35
                                          NORTH OF SILVER SPRINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 19, 11:48 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA
1148 AM EST THU MAR 19 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0920 AM    ANTHONY                   FL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/19/98   MARION                         DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          ANTHONY AND ALONG US-441.
                                          ALSO, HAIL 6 INCHES DEEP
                                          NEAR CR-326 AND CR-35
                                          NORTH OF SILVER SPRINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 10:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJAXMarion4 hr
Mar 18, 10:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam63 min
Mar 19, 9:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion60 min
Mar 19, 11:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.