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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 9, 1998Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1998, 5:04 AM EDT for Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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: Apr 9, 1998, 5:04 AM EDT (09:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 1998, 6:05 AM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 9, 5:30 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Fargo, GA	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Apr 9, 5:30 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville, GA	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
Apr 9, 2:30 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 Apr 9, 2:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:29 AM EDT, 35 minutes before

AMZ435-450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-091330-

SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
429 AM EDT THU APR 9 1998

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... ECHOLS...CLINCH... ATKINSON... COFFEE...
JEFF DAVIS... APPLING... BACON... WARE... CHARLTON... PIERCE...
BRANTLEY... WAYNE... CAMDEN... AND GLYNN.

IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA... HAMILTON... SUWANNEE... COLUMBIA...
BAKER... UNION... BRADFORD... BAKER... NASSAU... DUVAL... CLAY...
AND ST. JOHNS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING... ACROSS
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT THE
ATMOSPHERE IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES.

AT 430 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED MAINLY NORTHWEST OF US-84 IN
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 50 MPH.

FOR MARINE INTEREST...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR
THE COASTAL WATERS.

SKYWARN STORM SPOTTERS LOCATED IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD ACTIVATE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS... YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 4:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Hamilton	62 min
Apr 9, 6:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Suwannee	63 min
Apr 9, 6:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Columbia	47 min
Apr 9, 7:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Duval, Nassau	77 min
Apr 9, 8:06 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Duval	64 min
Apr 9, 2:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling	63 min
Apr 9, 3:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Jeff Davis	60 min
Apr 9, 3:53 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Jeff Davis	47 min
Apr 9, 4:48 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Jeff Davis	47 min
Apr 9, 5:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Coffee	49 min
Apr 9, 5:59 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling	66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.