Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1998, 7:57 PM EST for Hamilton County, Suwannee County, Florida. It was in force for 63 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
- Mar 8, 1998, 7:57 PM EST (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1998, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, FL, Suwannee County, FL
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper, FL | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 8:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 59 min |
| Mar 8, 9:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Union | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 10:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 58 min |
| Mar 8, 10:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 10:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 10:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 10:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 7:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Jeff Davis | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 59 min |
| Mar 8, 7:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Echols | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 9:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Jeff Davis | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 20 min |
| Mar 9, 12:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 20 min |
| Mar 9, 12:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Appling | 4 hr |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.