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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2004, 3:39 PM EDT for Baker County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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 8, 2004, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baker County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 8, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 214 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 .CURRENTLY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING...ALTHO LESS INTENSITY THAN ON WED. ALOFT...HIGH PRES RIDGE CENTER N OF THE BAHAMAS AND SHORT WAVE FROM THE OH VALLEY TO THE TX/LA BORDER. GENERAL WK SW TO W FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CWA (COUNTY WARNING AREA). .SHORT TERM...EXPECT A BIT LESS TOTAL COVERAGE OF STORMS THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTN AND INTO THE EVENING. STORMS SHOULD BE A BIT WEAKER THAN WED AS WELL...AS 500 MB TEMPS PROGGED TO RISE A DEG OR TWO BY EVENING. BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL INITIALLY BE NEAR MID- LEVEL SHEAR AXIS OVER SE GA. STRONGER W-SW FLOW OVER SE GA SHOULD LIMIT OR CUT OFF ATLC SEABREEZE PENETRATION...BUT MESO-ETA SHOWS SEABREEZE MAKING IT TO AT LEAST THE ST JOHNS RIVER OVER NE FL. THIS WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER FOCUS FOR STORMS THIS AFTN AND EVENING. MODELS AGREE ON WRAPPING DRIER AIR FROM S FL AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE INTO THE W PORTION OF THE AREA FOR FRI. AS A RESULT...POPS FROM BOTH THE MAV AND ETA MOS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN TODAY. ETA POPS APPEAR TOO LOW...SO WILL FOLLOWER CLOSER TO THE MAV. && .LONG TERM...NO MAJOR CHANGES. SW FLOW PROGGED TO INCREASE AHEAD OF A FRONT WHICH THE GFS MOVES INTO THE N PORTION OF OUR CWA BY FRI. WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BIT MORE CONTINUITY WITH THIS FEATURE...BUT DOESNT AFFECT THE EXTENDED THRU THU OTHER THAN TO INCREASE SW FLOW. NEAR CLIMO POPS AND TEMPS THRU THE PERIOD. && .MARINE...OTHER THAN MINOR FLUCTUATIONS IN RIDGE POSITION...LITTLE CHANGE TO WINDS AND SEAS WITH NO HEADLINES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 72 93 72 95 / 40 40 20 30 SSI 76 91 77 90 / 40 30 20 30 JAX 73 94 74 93 / 50 30 20 40 SGJ 75 90 77 88 / 40 20 20 30 GNV 70 94 72 93 / 40 20 10 40 OCF 71 94 73 93 / 30 30 10 40 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. && SC/EK/ARS/MH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 12:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1230 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-091000- 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- 1230 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT MAINLY NEAR BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE 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/SC
In the hours before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 229 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 FLZ020>023-GAZ150-164-081915- BAKER FL-CHARLTON GA-COLUMBIA FL-HAMILTON FL-SUWANNEE FL-WARE GA- 229 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUWANNEE... BAKER...COLUMBIA...HAMILTON...CHARLTON AND WARE COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 229 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF TAYLOR TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF SUWANNEE RIVER STATE PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTH OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF SUWANNEE RIVER STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SUWANNEE RIVER STATE PARK...SUWANNEE SPRINGS... NEWBURN...LIVE OAK...WINFIELD...WHITE SPRINGS...WELLBORN AND TAYLOR THROUGH 315 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. 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. LETRO
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:36 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
FLC003-125-082000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
336 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BAKER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 336 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER
ELLERBEE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF RAIFORD...MOVING SOUTH AT 5
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
ELLERBEE...
RAIFORD AND JOHNSTOWN...
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT
SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3015 8213 2996 8232 2993 8238 2997 8255
3008 8252 3012 8243 3058 8245 3058 8237
3056 8223 3038 8220 3036 8216 3035 8206
3015 8206
WELSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 96 min | |
| Jul 8, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 62 min | |
| Jul 8, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 90 min |
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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.