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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 7, 2004Alachua County, Putnam County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2004, 3:42 PM EDT for Alachua County, Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
Jul 7, 2004, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Alachua County, FL, Putnam County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2298 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 7, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
230 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004

.SHORT TERM...VERY HIGH INSTABILITY ALONG WITH A BETTER MOISTURE
PROFILE THIS AFTERNOON IS LEADING TO AN EARLY START TO CONVECTION
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. WILL STILL BE LOOKING FOR PULSE SEVERE
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS MID LEVEL DRY AIR SHOULD LEAD TO SOME WET
MICROBURSTS IN CONTINUED HIGH CAPE ENVIRONMENT. GPS DERIVED
SOUNDINGS CONTINUING TO INDICATE INCREASING PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES WHICH WILL LEAD TO HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL AS WELL.

MODELS...ESPECIALLY THE MESO-ETA...HAVE BACKED OFF ON DEEP LAYER
DRY AIR OVER THE KEYS ROTATING INTO THE WESTERN ZONES FOR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND INSTEAD KEEP THIS FEATURE LARGELY WEST OF OUR AREA.
DESPITE MODEL AGREEMENT IN ADEQUATE MOISTURE...SIGNIFICANT
DISCREPANCIES REMAIN WRT POPS. WESTERN ZONES VARY BY SOME 30% TO 40%
IN THESE AREAS WITH THE GFS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE. WITH SOME VORTICITY
ADVECTION PROGGED FOR THE FLORIDA PORTION...WILL GO HIGHER THAN
THE MET GUIDANCE WITH GENERALLY HIGH END SCATTERED EXPECTED FOR MOST
AREAS...TAPERING SLIGHTLY LESS TO THE NORTH AND WEST. WILL STILL SEE
THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE STORMS AS 500 TEMPS REMAIN
-7 TO -8 AND RESIDUAL MID LEVEL DRY AIR COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL
MICROBURSTS.

FOR FRIDAY...WILL BEGIN TO SEE UPPER RIDGE BUILD BACK IN FORCE FROM
THE EAST WITH 593 DM HEIGHTS BY AFTERNOON.  GFS MAINTAINS HIGH POPS
DESPITE THIS AS IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO DRY OUT THE MID LEVELS.
WILL GENERALLY GO WITH A BLEND FOR THE POPS BUT LEAN SLIGHTLY TOWARD
THE DRIER ETA NUMBERS. WILL ALSO STAY ON THE HIGH SIDE OF GUIDANCE
FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS GIVEN WARMING MID-LEVELS.

WILL SEE CONTINUING TREND OF BUILDING RIDGE ALOFT THROUGH THE
WEEKEND WITH 595DM HIGH CENTERED DIRECTLY OVER THE CWA. GUIDANCE IS
SLOW TO RESPOND TO THIS AND HAVE GONE ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR MAX TEMPS
AND BELOW FOR POPS. MAY STILL BE TOO HIGH FOR POPS AS ETA SHOWS
SIGNIFICANT DRYING FROM THE SOUTH...BUT WILL AT LEAST TRIM POPS FOR
NOW AND LET LATER SHIFTS RE-EVALUATE.

.LONG TERM...UPPER RIDGE HOLDS STRONG THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE
SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY AND OFFSHORE THE
CAROLINAS BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL SUPPRESS THE RIDGE
SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA LEADING TO MORE IN THE WAY OF CLIMO POPS AND
TEMPS.
&&

.MARINE...RIDGE TO REMAIN MAINLY S OF THE AREA WITH W TO SW FLOW
EXPECTED ALTHOUGH RIDGE MAY MOVE BRIEFLY UP TO NRN FL FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. OCCASIONAL SW SURGES AT NIGHT AOB 15 KT. SEAS TO REMAIN AOB 3
FT. NO HEADLINES REQUIRED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 72 93 73 94 / 20 40 30 30
SSI 76 91 76 90 / 20 40 30 30
JAX 73 91 75 93 / 20 50 30 40
SGJ 75 90 76 89 / 20 40 30 30
GNV 72 92 72 93 / 20 50 30 40
OCF 72 92 71 93 / 20 50 30 50
&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&

PUBLIC...JTD/MH
MARINE/FIRE WX...ARS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 11:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1100 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-081000-
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-
1041 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

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

...HEAT INDICES 100 TO 105 THIS AFTERNOON...

HIGH MOISTURE VALUES COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER
90S WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDICES TOPPING THE 100 DEGREE MARK THIS
AFTERNOON. IF POSSIBLE...IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT RESIDENTS REMAIN
INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE DURING THE WARMEST PART OF THE DAY. IF
YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...BE SURE TO TAKE IN PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND LIMIT
EXPOSURE AS NECESSARY.

DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH THE SEABREEZES TO PRODUCE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS
ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

MZ/JTD

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion42 min
Jul 7, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam45 min
Jul 7, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay49 min
Jul 7, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval44 min
Jul 7, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX96 min
Jul 7, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX64 min
Jul 7, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSaint Johns43 min
Jul 7, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam49 min
Jul 7, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval47 min
Jul 7, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXHamilton48 min
Jul 7, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX60 min
Jul 7, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX93 min
Jul 7, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWare41 min
Jul 7, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden39 min
Jul 7, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.