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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2003, 11:17 PM EDT for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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, 11:17 PM EDT (03:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2003, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marion County, FL
The radar
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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, 8:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 8:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 840 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2003 HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. ZONES WERE ALSO UPDATED TO RAISE POPS FOR THIS EVENING. WITH HEATING OF DAY OVER... EXPECT INTENSITY OF STORMS TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. CAN PROBABLY LOWER POPS LATE THIS EVE OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. .JAX... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. PP/ABE/MT/CWD
Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 1:49 PM EDT, 9 hours 28 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-190000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 149 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2003 UPDATED TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 413 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM... ...RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES ABOVE NORMAL... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 413 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM COMBINED WITH THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY AND A COLD FRONT JUST TO THE NORTH WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM NEAR THE HIGHWAY 301 CORRIDOR WEST TO THE I-75 CORRIDOR. STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING THE MAIN CONCERNS. THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL. PLEASE REFER TO THE SURF ZONE FORECAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TOMORROW THROUGH SATURDAY... A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY INCREASING THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. PP/HESS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 18, 9:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
FLZ037-190200- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 941 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PUTNAM COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM... AT 941 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOSTWICK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SAN MATEO...PALATKA...ORANGE MILLS...EAST PALATKA AND BOSTWICK THROUGH 1000 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, 9:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
FLZ032-033-037-190300- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 951 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CLAY...SAINT JOHNS AND PUTNAM COUNTIES THROUGH 11 PM... AT 951 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN CLAY COUNTY SOUTH OF KINGSLEY...OVER WEST CENTRAL SAINT JOHNS COUNTY NEAR RIVERDALE...AND ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS APPROACHING SOUTHWEST PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR ORANGE SPRINGS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. INTERESTS IN MIDDLEBURG...VERMONT HILLS...BOSTWICK...AND WELAKA SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING THEIR AREA. 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
Local storm report, May 18, 10:35 PM EDT, 42 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, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 89 min | |
| May 18, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 41 min |
| May 18, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 56 min |
| May 19, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 46 min |
| May 19, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 44 min |
| May 19, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 40 min |
| May 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia | 43 min |
| May 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 42 min |
| May 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Echols | 45 min |
| May 19, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.