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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 18, 2003Hamilton County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2003, 4:31 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Florida. It was in force for 59 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, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2003, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hamilton County, FL

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, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 1:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

FLZ037-040-182015-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
329 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PUTNAM AND MARION COUNTIES
THROUGH 415 PM...

AT 329 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOG VALLEY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF
INTERLACHEN...NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO
AFFECT AREAS AROUND ORANGE SPRINGS AND EDGAR. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF
INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST MARION
COUNTY NEAR DUNNELLON AND CITRUS SPRINGS. PLEASE TAKE SHELTER IF
LIGHTNING IS IN YOUR AREA.

BROYLES

Special weather statement, May 18, 3:41 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

FLZ020-182030-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
341 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HAMILTON COUNTY...

AT 341 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 8 MILES WEST OF
CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUWANNEE RIVER STATE
PARK...NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND CROSSROADS AND JENNINGS THROUGH 430 PM EDT.
HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.

BROYLES

Special weather statement, May 18, 3:55 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

GAZ132-149-182045-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
355 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING ATKINSON AND
COFFEE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM...

AT 355 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER WILLACOOCHEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
WILLACOOCHEE...DOUGLAS AND WEST GREEN THROUGH 445 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO
ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE.

TRABERT

Special weather statement, May 18, 3:57 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 4:08 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 4:26 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 4:34 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, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Ware	34 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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