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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2004, 6:53 PM EDT for Suwannee County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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 16, 2004, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2004, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Suwannee County, FL
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 16, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 150 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004 .SHORT TERM...DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROF AXIS HAS NOW PUSHED A BIT SE OF THE CWA (COUNTY WARNING AREA). SIGNIFICANT DRYING HAS OCCURRED PER 12Z KJAX SOUNDING AND H2O VAPOR LOOP. HOWEVER...MORE MOISTURE AND DISTURBANCES MOVING SE FROM UPSTREAM. AT THE SFC...CU FIELD SLOW TO DEVELOP...WITH MOST CU OVER S TIER AND NW ZONES. ISOLD TSTM DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN CONFINED TO MARION COUNTY AND POINTS S WITH MUCH LESS COVERAGE THAN THU AND WEAKER THUS FAR. THIS EVENING...EXPECT GREATEST TSTM COVERAGE GENERALLY ALONG AND S OF A KSGJ TO KGNV LINE. IN ADDITION...A WK SHORT WAVE IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO SE GA BY SUNSET...WITH A POSSIBLY TEMPORARY INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THAT AREA AS WELL. SAT...MODELS PUSH A RATHER POTENT 500 MB VORT MAX ACROSS GA LATE IN THE DAY. AS A RESULT...SHOULD SEE A WHOLESALE INCREASE IN POPS VS TODAY. DIFFERENCES IN MODELS REVOLVE AROUND RESULTING LOW-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT IN RESPONSE TO THIS FEATURE. GFS STILL INSISTS THAT A 1006 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS N OR CENTRAL GA...WITH ETA SHOWING WEAKER LOW DEVELOPMENT FARTHER N. GFS APPEARS TO HAVE A SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ISSUES...SO WOULD LEAN MORE TOWARD ETA FEATURES. THIS WILL RESULT IN LESS 850 MB WINDS AND LESS SEVERITY OF STORMS. HOWEVER...ACTIVITY WILL BE QUITE STRONG OVER N GA ZONES AND SPC HAS THIS AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK. SUN...MORE SHORTWAVE ENERGY AVAILABLE ROUNDING BASE OF UPPER TROF... BUT TIMING BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT. WILL CONTINUE HIGH CHANCE POPS FOR ENTIRE AREA. .LONG TERM...GFS STILL DEPICTING MID-LEVEL DRYING (ESP OVER N 2/3 OF THE AREA) EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALTHO UPPER TROF DAMPENS BY MID TO LATE WEEK...MOISTURE RETURNS ENUF FOR NEAR CLIMO POPS DURING THIS PERIOD. AS TROF WEAKENS...ABOVE CLIMO TEMPS BY MID TO LATE WEEK. && .MARINE...GRADIENT NOT QUITE AS STRONG OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT SO DO NOT EXPECT AS STRONG OF A NOCTURNAL SURGE. WENT CLOSE TO ETA FOR WIND GRIDS THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS GFS APPEARS WAY TO STRONG DUE TO FEEDBACK ISSUES. HOWEVER...MODELS DO AGREE ON OFFSHORE AREAS APPROACHING SCA CONDITIONS BY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 88 71 89 / 10 60 50 50 SSI 75 85 74 86 / 10 50 50 50 JAX 72 88 72 90 / 20 60 50 50 SGJ 74 84 74 86 / 20 60 50 40 GNV 72 88 72 88 / 30 60 50 50 OCF 72 87 72 87 / 30 60 40 40 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. && CARROLL/CAMP
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 12:15 PM EDT, 6 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1215 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-171000- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE- COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 1215 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. STORMS WILL BE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...OVERALL COVERAGE WILL BE MUCH LESS THAN ON THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... ...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. ARS/SEC
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 632 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004 FLZ021-022-035-036-162330- ALACHUA FL-COLUMBIA FL-GILCHRIST FL-SUWANNEE FL- 632 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST ALACHUA...SOUTHERN SUWANNEE...SOUTHERN COLUMBIA AND NORTHERN GILCHRIST COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 632 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WHITE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE... MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND OLENO STATE PARK...HIGH SPRINGS...FORT WHITE...ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE...HILDRETH AND COLUMBIA THROUGH 730 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH 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. ENYEDI
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 66 min | |
| Jul 15, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 40 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.