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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 167

April 25, 200316 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 25, 2003, 2:15 PM EDT for 16 counties in Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2003, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Alachua County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Clay County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Lake County, FL, Levy County, FL, Marion County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Union County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXUnion51 min
Apr 25, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLevy51 min
Apr 25, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval, Nassau41 min
Apr 25, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion, Putnam42 min
Apr 25, 3:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXAlachua32 min
Apr 25, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval29 min
Apr 25, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange, Volusia41 min
Apr 25, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXFlagler, Putnam, Saint Johns42 min
Apr 25, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion22 min
Apr 25, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus34 min
Apr 25, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia44 min
Apr 25, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXFlagler29 min
Apr 25, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia45 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 4:05 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEscambia85 min
Apr 25, 6:40 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more65 min
Apr 25, 7:05 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more6 hr
Apr 25, 8:41 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more94 min
Apr 25, 10:22 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison and 1 more113 min
Apr 25, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison and 3 more5 hr
Apr 25, 1:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 15 more119 min
Apr 25, 3:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 10 more118 min
Apr 25, 6:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCitrus, Hernando, Lake, Orange, Pasco, Seminole and 2 more55 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.