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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2003, 2:44 PM EDT for Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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 19, 2003, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2003, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Putnam County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 19, 9:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 9:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 12:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-200000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1240 PM EDT MON MAY 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES... SEA BREEZE FRONTS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY JUST EAST OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR IN FLORIDA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE BIGGEST CONCERN FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES... PLEASE REFER TO THE SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR FURTHER DETAILS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY INCREASING THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS BOTH DAYS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WEATHER CONDITIONS DETERIORATE OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. CARROLL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 19, 2:07 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
FLZ040-191845- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 207 PM EDT MON MAY 19 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN MARION COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM... AT 207 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNIPER SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND JUNIPER SPRINGS...MOSS BLUFF...SILVER SPRINGS SHORES...LYNNE AND BURBANK THROUGH 245 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. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HESS
Special weather statement, May 19, 2:12 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
FLZ032-191845- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 212 PM EDT MON MAY 19 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CLAY COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM... AT 212 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER PENNEY FARMS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRUIT COVE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND PENNEY FARMS...MIDDLEBURG AND KINGSLEY THROUGH 245 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. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HESS
Special weather statement, May 19, 2:15 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
FLZ037-191845- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 215 PM EDT MON MAY 19 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM... AT 215 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 6 MILES WEST OF BOSTWICK... OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALATKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND BOSTWICK AND PALATKA THROUGH 245 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. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HESS
Special weather statement, May 19, 2:29 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
GAZ149-150-191900- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 229 PM EDT MON MAY 19 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN WARE AND EASTERN ATKINSON COUNTIES THROUGH 3 PM... AT 229 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTH OF MILLWOOD... OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF ARGYLE...NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND MILLWOOD...AXSON...FAIRFAX AND TALMO THROUGH 300 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. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HESS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 18, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.