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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 2, 2004Duval County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2004, 8:45 PM EDT for Duval County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2004, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2004, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Duval 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 Jul 2, 2:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 11:45 AM EDT, 9 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1145 AM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-031000-
ALACHUA FL-APPLING GA-ATKINSON GA-BACON GA-BAKER FL-BRADFORD FL-
BRANTLEY GA-CHARLTON GA-CLAY FL-CLINCH GA-COASTAL CAMDEN GA-
COASTAL GLYNN GA-COFFEE GA-COLUMBIA FL-DUVAL FL-ECHOLS GA-FLAGLER FL-
GILCHRIST FL-HAMILTON FL-INLAND CAMDEN GA-INLAND GLYNN GA-
JEFF DAVIS GA-MARION FL-NASSAU FL-PIERCE GA-PUTNAM FL-ST. JOHNS FL-
SUWANNEE FL-UNION FL-WARE GA-WAYNE GA-
1145 AM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING
AND SEABREEZES WHICH WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 10 MPH
WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERAL OF
THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST COAST AND INTO THE
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS AS WELL. STORMS SHOULD BE FORMING SHORTLY
AFTER THE NOON HOUR AND CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST 10 PM TONIGHT.

THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 40
MPH...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

HESS/ARS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
649 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004

FLZ032-033-037-022330-
CLAY FL-PUTNAM FL-ST. JOHNS FL-
649 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CLAY...ST. JOHNS
AND PUTNAM COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID
UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 649 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PICOLATA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT
AREAS AROUND GREEN COVE SPRINGS...PICOLATA...BAKERSVILLE...GUANA
RIVER STATE PARK AND DURBIN THROUGH 730 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.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.

PETERSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
658 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004

GAZ153-154-022330-
COASTAL GLYNN GA-INLAND GLYNN GA-
658 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GLYNN COUNTY FOR
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 658 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
8 MILES NORTH OF EVERETT TO 4 MILES EAST OF THALMANN TO 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOCK JUNCTION...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND THALMANN...EVERETT...
DOCK JUNCTION...BOYS ESTATE...COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES...BRUNSWICK...
ST. SIMONS AND LITTLE ST. SIMONS ISLAND THROUGH 730 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.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.

CARROLL
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:43 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval, Nassau37 min
Jul 2, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX57 min
Jul 3, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion38 min
Jul 3, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau48 min
Jul 3, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval45 min
Jul 3, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXFlagler, Saint Johns44 min
Jul 3, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX84 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.