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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 13, 1998Baker County, Columbia County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1998, 8:00 PM EDT for Baker County, Columbia County, Florida. It was in force for 65 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: Aug 13, 1998, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 1998, 9:05 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Baker County, FL, Columbia County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 Aug 13, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Columbia	47 min
Aug 14, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Flagler, Saint Johns	64 min
Aug 14, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Duval	32 min
Aug 14, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Nassau	61 min
Aug 14, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Duval	63 min
Aug 14, 5:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Charlton	50 min
Aug 14, 6:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden	62 min
Aug 14, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Glynn	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1998 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.