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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 8, 2005Union County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2005, 4:01 PM EDT for Union County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
Jun 8, 2005, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 646 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 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
646 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 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 Jun 8, 3:13 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:13 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 6:15 AM EDT, 9 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
615 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-091000-
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-
615 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...SCATTERED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS INTERIOR
SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...

THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST SEA BREEZES ARE AGAIN FORECAST TO
SHIFT WELL INLAND...AND WILL BE THE FOCUS OF AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE STORMS WILL HAVE A VERY SLOW AND
ERRATIC MOTION WITH MOVEMENT AT LESS THAN 10 MPH...AND WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AS WELL AS HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN A FEW STORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-75 CORRIDOR.
STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET...WITH STORMS DISSIPATING
BY MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE PERIOD. HIGHER THAN NORMAL RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED
BEGINNING FRIDAY DUE TO INCREASING EASTERLY SWELLS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER SPOTTERS SHOULD
SELF-ACTIVATE AND RELAY STORM REPORTS IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR
THEIR AREA.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
216 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

FLZ036-037-081845-
ALACHUA FL-PUTNAM FL-
216 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALACHUA AND PUTNAM
COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 245 PM
EDT...

AT 216 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTH OF JOHNSON...
OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERLACHEN...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
JOHNSON...INTERLACHEN...LOCHLOOSA AND GROVE PARK THROUGH 245 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 8, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
220 PM EDT WED JUN 08 2005

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

0214 PM     HAIL             OCALA                   29.19N 82.13W
06/08/2005  0.50 INCH        MARION             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            1900 BLOCK SILVER SPRINGS ROAD

&&

HESS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
242 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

FLZ036-037-081930-

ALACHUA FL-PUTNAM FL-
242 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALACHUA AND PUTNAM
COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 330 PM
EDT...

AT 240 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE PUTNAM ALACHUA COUNTY
BORDER...MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.  THIS CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND PUTNAM
HALL...MANNVILLE...INTERLACHEN...FLORAHOME...JOHNSON...MELROSE...LOCH
LOOSA AND GROVE PARK THROUGH 330 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 IS ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH MAY PRODUCE MINOR
FLOODING.

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.

WOLF
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:06 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.