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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2003, 2:56 PM EDT for Ware County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2003, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2003, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ware County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 May 18, 9:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 9:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 18, 2:21 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
GAZ135-181845- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 221 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM... AT 221 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF SURRENCY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SURRENCY THROUGH 245 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER... DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HESS
Special weather statement, May 18, 2:25 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
FLZ040-181900- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 225 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EXTREME WESTERN MARION COUNTY THROUGH 3 PM... AT 225 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES WEST OF RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES... MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES AND ROMEO THROUGH 300 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HESS
Special weather statement, May 18, 2:48 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 18, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 31 min |
| May 18, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion, Putnam | 41 min |
| May 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 47 min |
| May 18, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 37 min |
| May 18, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion, Putnam | 40 min |
| May 18, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 59 min |
| May 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia | 56 min |
| May 18, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Union | 50 min |
| May 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 62 min |
| May 18, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 56 min | |
| May 18, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 45 min |
| May 18, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce | 40 min |
| May 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 30 min |
| May 18, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce, Wayne | 34 min |
| May 18, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton, Ware | 40 min |
| May 18, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Jeff Davis | 35 min |
| May 18, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton, Ware | 55 min |
| May 18, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley | 60 min |
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Sources
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