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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 31, 2004Camden County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2004, 3:18 PM EDT for Camden County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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: Aug 31, 2004, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2004, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Camden County, GA

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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 Aug 31, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
204 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004

.CURRENTLY...LAST OF SWLY STREAK OF WINDS ROUNDING THE WEAK TROF TO
OUR WEST IS PUSHING SCTD LINE OF TSTMS TOWARD THE JAX METRO AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. MOSTLY STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS
AFTERNOON.

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...1000-500H HIGH PRES
RIDGE EXTENSION OVER THE CNTRL FL PENINSULA WITH SWLYS TO THE NORTH
ACRS THE JAX CWA WILL WEAKEN OVERNIGHT...WITH A TRANSITION DAY
EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY WITH VERY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS IN THE 0-
6KM LAYER. ON THURSDAY THE E TO NE FLOW OUT AHEAD OF FRANCIS STARTS
TO TAKE SHAPE AND WILL ALLOW ATLC SEA BREEZE TO PUSH MUCH FARTHER
INLD THU AFTN. FOR THIS EVENING STILL EXPECTING A FAIRLY GOOD
MERGER OF WCSB/ECSB ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR WITH CONVECTION WINDING
DOWN AFTER SUNSET. SOME PATCHY FOG EXPECTED AGAIN OVERNIGHT...WITH
ONE OR TWO SPOTS SEEING SOME DENSE FOG AGAIN FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF
TIME. FOR WED...MAX TEMPS AGAIN EXPECTED ARND 90 WITH ECSB/WCSB
MEETING ACRS THE CENTER OF THE CWA...WITH POPS NEAR CLIMO VALUES OF
30% TO CLOSE TO 50% WHERE THE SBRZS MERGE. FOR THU...WITH ENELY 0-6
KM FLOW SETTING UP AND A STRONGER ECSB OFF THE ATLC...EXPECT MAX
TEMPS TO COME DOWN A NOTCH INTO THE MID/UPPER 80S ACRS THE ERN CWA
WITH TEMPS STILL CLOSE TO 90 ACRS THE WRN CWA. MODELS ARE PUSHING
LINGERING MOISTURE AXIS SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD WITH 50-60% POPS ACRS
SERN GA AND 40-50% ACRS NE FL.

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...ALL EYES CONTINUE TO BE ON
FRANCES AS 12Z MODEL SUITE HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE MORE TO THE RIGHT
AND THE TPC 120HR POSITION VERY CLOSE TO JAX...WILL CONTINUE TO
PLACE HIGH WINDS/HEAVY RAIN IN THE GRIDS...AS POTENTIALLY VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION UNFOLDS. LATEST 12Z GFS MODELS PUSHES FRANCES TO
THE N OF THE REGION ON LABOR DAY...ALTHOUGH ITS TIMING ON FRANCES
APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 6-12HRS SLOWER THAN THE TPC TRACK. HAVE LEFT
HIGHER THAN CLIMO WINDS IN THE GRIDS FOR MONDAY WITH A DECREASE IN
PCPN CHANCES DOWN TO 30%...TUESDAY APPEARS TO BE SOMEWHAT DRIER AS
WELL WITH WLY FLOW AND HAVE KEPT MOST OF THE POPS IN THE 30% RANGE
AS WELL.
&&

.MARINE...BOUY 41012(E OF SGJ) BACK IN SERVICE TODAY WITH DATA NOW
AVAILABLE. BOUY 41012 AS WELL AS BOUYS 41008 41010 AND 41009 SHOW LONG
PERIOD SWELLS HAVE ARRIVED FROM FRANCES WITH WAVE PERIOD OF 13 TO 15
SECONDS. WAVE HEIGHTS STILL ONLY AROUND 2 FEET BUT THIS WILL BE ON THE
RISE THURSDAY AS FRANCES APPROACHES. WINDS WILL BECOME ONSHORE LATE
WEDNESDAY AND BEGIN INCREASE THURSDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 70 91 72 86 / 30 50 50 60
SSI 76 88 75 84 / 20 40 30 60
JAX 73 91 74 87 / 20 40 30 50
SGJ 75 88 76 84 / 30 30 30 40
GNV 71 91 71 90 / 20 50 40 40
OCF 72 91 71 91 / 30 50 30 40
&&

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

HESS/ZIBURA

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 11:12 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 31, 2:39 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 2:48 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
248 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004

GAZ165-166-311930-

COASTAL CAMDEN GA-INLAND CAMDEN GA-
248 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CAMDEN COUNTY FOR
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 247 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
COLESBURG...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF WOODBINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND KINGSLAND...COLESBURG...WOODBINE...HARRIETTS BLUFF...WAVERLY
AND DOVER BLUFF THROUGH 330 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND 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.

SHASHY

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 31, 1:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua	47 min
Aug 31, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Duval	41 min
Aug 31, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		60 min
Aug 31, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Saint Johns	43 min
Aug 31, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		59 min
Aug 31, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Marion	27 min
Aug 31, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton	50 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2004 Every 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.