Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...AMENDMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
945 AM EST MON JAN 24 2000

...AMENDED TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...

LINE OF TSTMS INCREASING OVER NERN GULF OF MEXICO AND FL PANHANDLE
AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. RUC INDICATES INCREASING
INSTABILITY AS THE FRONTAL WAVE NR VPS/PAM BEGINS TO DEEPEN AND
APPROACH N FL/SE GA. STORMS WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL TO 2
INCHES WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF NORTH
FLORIDA EXCEPT FLAGLER COUNTY AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
OF EXTREME SERN GA...CAMDEN...CHARLTON...CLINCH...ECHOLS...WARE.
WAYCROSS...BRUNSWICK AND ST. SIMONS ISLAND ARE JUST NORTH OF THE
ACTUAL WATCH BOX...BUT REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE WATCH BOX...INTERESTS IN
THOSE COMMUNITIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

.JAX...
GA...SCA ALTAMAHA SOUND-FERNANDINA BEACH.
     SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THRU 10 AM EXTREME SERN GA.
FL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THRU 10 AM N FL.

UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM ECHOLS
AND CLINCH COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...AND HAMILTON AND
SUWANNEE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. WILL UPDATE THE
REMAINDER OF THE ZONE PACKAGE TO REMOVE WATCH FROM REMAINDER OF
THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA ZONES.

SCOTT

AMZ435-450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-241000-

NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
450 AM EST MON JAN 24 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR MOST OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

CAMDEN...CHARLTON...CLINCH...ECHOLS AND WARE.

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA ARE ALSO INCLUDED...

ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...DUVAL...GILCHRIST...
HAMILTON...MARION...NASSAU...PUTNAM...SAINT JOHNS...SUWANNEE AND
UNION.

A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OVER NORTH FLORIDA...IN COMBINATION WITH
STRONG UPPER LEVEL ENERGY...WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE MOST
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG A SQUALL LINE WHICH WILL MOVE
RAPIDLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INTO THE AREA BY EARLY TO MID
MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.NWSJAX.NOAA.GOV.

CARROLL/DEESE

FLZ020-021-GAZ162-163-241500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
930 AM EST MON JAN 24 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...ECHOLS AND CLINCH

IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...HAMILTON AND SUWANNEE.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WAS PRODUCING SEVERE
WEATHER HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE A
THREAT TO THE AREA. ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT THEY ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

SCOTT