Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2001, 6:12 PM EDT for Clay County, Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min. 3 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
- Aug 6, 2001, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2001, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Clay County, FL, Putnam County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Green Cove Spgs, FL | |
| Aug 6, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatka, FL | Church roof damaged. |
| Aug 6, 7:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Bostwick, FL |
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 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 6, 3:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL145 303 PM EDT MON AUG 06 2001 CURRENTLY/TONIGHT...PLENTY OF CIRRUS (FROM THE EFFECTS OF BARRY) HAS KEPT TEMPS DOWN WHICH DELAYED CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. WSR 88D WAS INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO ERUPT ACROSS MARION AND ALACHUA COUNTIES AS WELL AS ACROSS THE SUWANNEE RIVER AREA. EXPECT MORE DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS... ALTHOUGH COVERAGE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE AS MUCH AS EARLIER THOUGHT. WENT WITH 30 PCT ALL AREAS THIS EVE. DO NOT THINK FOG WILL BE MUCH OF A PROBLEM AS A RESULT OF EXTENSIVE HIGH CLOUDS. TUE/WED/EXTENDED...WESTERN ATLANTIC HIGH BUILDS IN...WENT WITH ETA/MESOETA WHICH PUTS RIDGE AXIS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN CWA. THIS REGIME FAVORS BOTH WEST AND EAST COAST SEABREEZES DURING THE AFTERNOON...CONVERGING JUST WEST OF I-95. MESOETA MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A DECREASE IN PW (FROM AROUND 1.8 TO 1.5) BY WEDNESDAY...SO WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE POPS BUT STILL GO CHANCE IN THE EXTENDED. MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS. WINDS MAINLY SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST NEAR 10 KNOTS...WITH AFTERNOON SEABREEZE NEAR COAST. PRELIM AMG 71/91/72/92 2534 SSI 75/88/75/89 2534 JAX 72/92/73/92 3534 GNV 71/91/72/92 3543 08 .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. PETERSON/HESS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 65 min |
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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.