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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 26, 2004Camden County, Georgia; Duval County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT for Camden County, Georgia; Duval County, Nassau 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

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Duval County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 26, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 23 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1754 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

490 
WUUS52 KJAX 262145
SVRJAX
FLC031-089-GAC039-262230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
545 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DUVAL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
  WESTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 545 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF
  HILLIARD TO 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAIFORD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORMS THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
  KINGS FERRY AND HILLIARD...
  BRYCEVILLE AND BALDWIN...
  CALLAHAN...
  KINGSLAND...
  NASSAU VILLAGE-RATLIFF...
  HARRIETTS BLUFF...

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH.

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 3024 8179 3025 8204 3041 8204 3056 8199
      3074 8199 3081 8194 3082 8189 3093 8189
      3097 8185 3090 8160 3087 8156
$$

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 Jun 26, 2:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
240 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM...

.SHORT TERM...WILL BE BRIEF AS SQUALL LINE JUST W OF THE CWA WILL BE
PUSHING INTO THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 850H LLVL JET AND
MID LEVEL DYNAIMCS DRIVING THE MCS TODAY WILL PUSH NE OF THE
FORECAST AREA FOR SUNDAY...ALLOWING FOR MORE CLIMO TYPE POPS...
WHILE MONDAY WILL FEATURE ANOTHER LOW PRES SYSTEM TRACK JUST N OF
THE REGION WITH TRAILING SQUALL LINE FEATURES IMPACTING THE CWA AND
INTERACTING WITH SEA BREEZES ACRS NE FL...AND THUS THE PUSH TO A
MORE LIKELY POP COVERAGE.

.LONG TERM...BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL ATTEMPT TO MAKE A
PUSH NORTHWARD OVER THE FORECAST AREA BY MID WEEK...THEN RE-FORM
NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. SWLY FLOW
SHOULD BE REPLACED BY A MORE SELY FLOW BY THE THU/FRI/SAT TIME
FRAME. 00Z GFS ENSEMBLES STILL SHOW CLIMO TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE POPS
WITH MOISTURE ASSOCD WITH EASTERLY WAVES POSSIBLY MOVING IN FROM
THE ATLANTIC. STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINITY WITH THIS PATTERN SHIFTM
AND HAVE LEFT POPS NEAR CLIMO (40-50%) ACRS MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AREA.
&&

.MARINE...NO HEADLINES. MARINERS WILL NEED TO MONITOR EVOLUTION OF
SQUALL LINE CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 70 92 72 91 / 20 30 30 60
SSI 76 90 76 88 / 20 20 30 50
JAX 72 92 73 91 / 20 40 30 60
SGJ 74 89 75 88 / 20 30 20 50
GNV 71 92 72 91 / 10 40 30 60
OCF 72 93 72 91 / 10 30 30 60
&&

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

HESS/TRABERT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 1:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
148 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-271000-
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-
148 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM ...

ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INCLUDING
BAKER...COLUMBIA...DUVAL...HAMILTON...NASSAU...ST JOHNS AND SUWANNEE
COUNTIES ARE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT. CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND
HAIL...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE GENERALLY TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...
BUT MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOWER AND MORE ERRATIC ALONG THE EAST COAST
SEABREEZE AND IN THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COUNTIES NOT INCLUDED IN THE
WATCH AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

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.

TRABERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:47 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
447 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0447 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S STATENVILLE         30.63N 83.03W
06/26/2004                   ECHOLS             GA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 129 SOUTH
            OF STATENVILLE ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF THE STATE LINE.

&&

HESS

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:54 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
454 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

FLZ021-022-262145-
COLUMBIA FL-SUWANNEE FL-
454 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN SUWANNEE
AND NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND
HAIL VALID UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 454 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
16 MILES SOUTH OF FARGO TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIVE OAK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO
AFFECT AREAS AROUND SUWANNEE SPRINGS...NEWBURN...LIVE
OAK...HOUSTON...WELLBORN...SUWANNEE VALLEY...WINFIELD AND FIVE
POINTS THROUGH 545 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.

HESS

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:06 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
506 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

FLZ023-030-031-262145-
BAKER FL-BRADFORD FL-UNION FL-
506 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BRADFORD...UNION
AND BAKER COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL
545 PM EDT...

AT 506 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 6 MILES NORTH OF LAKE
BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LAKE BUTLER...JOHNSTOWN...SANDERSON...
RAIFORD AND ELLERBEE THROUGH 545 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. 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.

HESS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:16 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
516 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0447 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S STATENVILLE         30.63N 83.03W
06/26/2004                   ECHOLS             GA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 129 SOUTH
            OF STATENVILLE ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF THE STATE LINE.

0450 PM     TSTM WND GST     HOMERVILLE              31.04N 82.75W
06/26/2004  60 MPH           CLINCH             GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTING 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS IN
            HOMERVILLE.

0500 PM     HAIL             ORANGE PARK             30.17N 81.70W
06/26/2004  1.00 INCH        CLAY               FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0508 PM     HAIL             ORANGE PARK             30.17N 81.70W
06/26/2004  0.88 INCH        CLAY               FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN ORANGE PARK NEAR KINGSLEY
            AVE. DURATION 15 MINUTES.

&&

HESS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:20 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
520 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     HAIL             MANDARIN                30.15N 81.64W
06/26/2004  0.75 INCH        DUVAL              FL   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF PENNY SIZE HAIL IN BAYMEADOWS

&&

HESS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:22 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
522 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     TSTM WND GST     GAINESVILLE             29.67N 82.34W
06/26/2004  60 MPH           ALACHUA            FL   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            WIND GUST TO 60 MPH REPORTED AT THE GAINESVILLE AIRPORT
            ASOS

&&

HESS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols	66 min
Jun 26, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton	50 min
Jun 26, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Camden	43 min
Jun 25, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		63 min
Jun 26, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Marion	48 min
Jun 26, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Hamilton	27 min
Jun 26, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clay, Duval	49 min
Jun 26, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		58 min
Jun 26, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Putnam	41 min
Jun 26, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker, Union	47 min
Jun 26, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua	41 min
Jun 26, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Saint Johns	39 min
Jun 26, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		67 min
Jun 26, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Nassau	47 min
Jun 26, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Duval, Saint Johns	48 min
Jun 26, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
Jun 26, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua, Putnam	44 min
Jun 26, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		117 min
Jun 26, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Duval, Nassau	46 min
Jun 26, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Saint Johns	43 min
Jun 26, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Flagler	43 min
Jun 26, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		114 min
Jun 26, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Putnam, Saint Johns	47 min
Jun 26, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Flagler	45 min
Jun 26, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Marion	42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2004 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.