Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Jacksonville, FL

Issued

Jul 16, 2000, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 2000, 2:00 PM EDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Jacksonville, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Bradford County, FL

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS52 KJAX 161719
SVRJAX
FLC007-161800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
119 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 119 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER NEW
  RIVER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE BUTLER...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
  NEW RIVER...
  SAMPSON...
  STARKE...
  HAMPTON...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM IN
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

$$

SHASHY

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 16, 9:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
925 AM EDT SUN JUL 16 2000

RADAR LOOP SHOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING
ACROSS CWA. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWED LOW PRES NEAR CHS WITH FRONT
EXTENDING BACK THROUGH CENTRAL GA. A PERSISTENT PREFRONTAL TROUGH
WAS LOCATED FROM THE UPPER GA COAST TO THE FL PANHANDLE. WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY INDICATES THE SHORTWAVE TO AFFECT THE AREA TODAY WAS OVER N
CENTRAL AL AND CENTRAL GA...WITH WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATING SWATH
OF MOISTURE FROM SE LA TO OUR CWA. SHORTWAVE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE
S AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIFT FOR CONVECTION. INDEED OUR PWATER HAS
INCREASED FROM LAST NIGHTS 0.80 INCHES TO 1.55 THIS MORNING. IN
ADDITION...12Z SOUNDING INDICATED KI 38 AND LI -7. MODIFIED SOUNDING
GIVES CAPES OF OVER 6000 J/KG. SO IN OTHER WORDS HAVE NO DOUBTS
ABOUT STRONG TSRA POTENTIAL TODAY WITH SOME SEVERE STORMS ALSO
EXPECTED. FOR ZONES...THINK BEST POPS CHANCES WILL BE OVER SUWANNEE
VALLEY AND POINTS TO THE S WHERE BEST INSTABILITY IS LOCATED. WILL
BUMP UP POPS FOR INTERIOR CO OVER N FL BUT MORE UNCERTAIN ABOUT POPS
ALONG THE COAST. WILL PROBABLY TWEAK WINDS UPWARD TOO AS SOUNDING
INDICATED 25 TO 30 KT WINDS AT 800-1000 FT.

MARINE...GRAYS REEF BUOY AT 9AM WSW17G21KT WITH SEAS 4 FT. SAUF1
REPORT AT 9AM WAS SW 14G17KT. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK BASED
ON VWP PROFILE AND 25 KT LOW LEVEL WIND FROM 12Z SOUNDING. ONLY
CHANGE ANTICIPATED FOR UPDATE IS FOR INCREASE TO SHOWERS AND TSRA
COVERAGE.

.JAX...
.GA...NONE
.FL...NONE

ARS

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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.