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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 25, 2005Jeff Davis County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2005, 7:37 AM EST for Jeff Davis County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
Mar 25, 2005, 7:37 AM EST (12:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2005, 8:15 AM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jeff Davis County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 243 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.4

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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 Mar 25, 2:30 AM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 2:30 AM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
230 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

.SYNOPSIS...WARM FRONT IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA TONIGHT
WHILE A PEEK AT SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOWS SOME INTERESTING
FEATURES. A SHORTWAVE IS RAPIDLY MOVING EWD ALONG THE SUB-TROPICAL
JET THAT STRETCHES ALONG THE GULF COAST AND NORTH FLORIDA. NUMEROUS
TSTMS ARE NOW IN THE NERN GULF. THIS IMPULSE HAS BEGUN TO INTERACT
WITH THE WARM FRONT AND QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING WITH
A BAND OF SHOWERS MOVING INTO MARION COUNTY. AT THIS HOUR LIGHTNING
REMAINS OVER THE OPEN WATERS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...GFS DOES WELL WITH INITIALIZATION OF THE SHORTWAVE
ENERGY AND WARM FRONT...AND SHOWS IMPRESSIVE OMEGA FIELD OVER THE
REGION THIS MORNING WITH MOSTLY ELEVATED CONVECTION PRODUCING
INTENSE LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL
PUSH TEMPS INTO MID/UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80. MODERATE LLVL JET AND
DEEP LAYER SHEAR COULD PRODUCE A FEW SEVERE TSTMS BY AFTN. LIKELY
POPS EXPECTED FOR SRN TIER TAPERING TO 40% FOR SE GA. TONIGHT WILL
BRING A LULL IN ACTIVITY.

STORMS RETURN ON SATURDAY AND THE CWA IS ONCE AGAIN IN SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE TSTMS. IN A NUTSHELL...SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL PUMP GULF
MOISTURE INTO THE WARM FRONT OVER THE REGION CREATING VERY UNSTABLE
AIR MASS. STRONG STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM FRONT AS IT
LIFTS NWD...THEN ON SUNDAY A SQUALL LINE WITH MORE STRONG STORMS
PRECEDING A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.LONG TERM...THE DEEP SHORTWAVE TROUGH FINALLY EXITS THE EAST COAST
ON MONDAY DRIVING THE COLD FRONT SE OF THE AREA. DRIER AND MORE
SEASONABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

&&

.MARINE...GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. NEXT SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN WINDS EXPECTED MONDAY ONCE THE COLD FRONT PUSHES
THROUGH. NO HEADLINES FOR TODAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  75  59  81  63 /  40  20  30  60
SSI  73  62  75  63 /  40  20  30  60
JAX  79  63  80  64 /  40  20  40  50
SGJ  78  65  76  66 /  50  20  40  50
GNV  80  63  82  65 /  50  20  40  40
OCF  80  64  83  66 /  50  20  30  40

&&

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

&&

PUBLIC...TRABERT
MARINE/FIRE WX....CAMP
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 6:03 AM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
603 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-261100-
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-
603 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST...

A WARM FRONT OVER THE REGION IN COMBINATION WITH A SERIES OF UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CAUSE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP TODAY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...

A SERIES OF STRONG DISTURBANCES WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH EASTER SUNDAY. STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO
STATION FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS...WATCHES AND STATEMENTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO ACTIVATE WHEN STORMS ARE IN THE AREA.

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

MKT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:22 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
522 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

FLZ020-GAZ162-251045-

ECHOLS GA-HAMILTON FL-
522 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HAMILTON AND
ECHOLS COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL
545 AM EST...

AT 522 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER HAMILTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND NEEDMORE THROUGH 545 AM EST. EXCESSIVE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL AS ONE HALF INCH HAIL.
UNPLUG COMPUTERS...TELEVISION SETS...AND OTHER HOME APPLIANCES AS
THEY ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POWER SURGES AND MAY BE DAMAGED BY NEARBY
LIGHTNING STRIKES.

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.

TRABERT
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 6:37 AM EST, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
637 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

GAZ165-166-251215-
COASTAL CAMDEN GA-INLAND CAMDEN GA-
637 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CAMDEN COUNTY FOR
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 715 AM EST...

AT 637 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 9 MILES WEST OF COLESBURG...OR ABOUT 9
MILES EAST OF FOLKSTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND COLESBURG...WOODBINE...
HARRIETTS BLUFF...HIGH POINT AND DOVER BLUFF THROUGH 715 AM EST. HAIL
UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 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.

SHASHY
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 7:04 AM EST, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
704 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

GAZ153-251230-
INLAND GLYNN GA-
704 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GLYNN COUNTY FOR
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 730 AM EST...

AT 704 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER EVERETT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF
DARIEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL
ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND EVERETT THROUGH 730 AM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE
HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 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.

SHASHY
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 7:05 AM EST, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
705 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

FLZ035-251300-

GILCHRIST FL-
705 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GILCHRIST COUNTY
FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 800 AM EST...

AT 705 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 15 MILES WEST OF
TRENTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF CROSS CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND TRENTON THROUGH 800 AM EST. 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.

DEESE
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 7:34 AM EST, 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 25, 7:36 AM EST, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
736 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

GAZ149-251330-

ATKINSON GA-
736 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ATKINSON COUNTY
FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 830 AM EST...

AT 736 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PEARSON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKELAND...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND PEARSON AND AXSON THROUGH 830 AM EST. 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.

DEESE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 2:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSuwannee52 min
Mar 25, 3:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia, Hamilton40 min
Mar 25, 4:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau48 min
Mar 25, 5:53 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX67 min
Mar 25, 6:54 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX66 min
Mar 25, 8:00 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX45 min
Mar 25, 8:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia, Hamilton, Suwannee38 min
Mar 25, 8:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXHamilton50 min
Mar 25, 8:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSuwannee52 min
Mar 25, 9:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXHamilton47 min
Mar 25, 9:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia42 min
Mar 25, 10:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Duval39 min
Mar 25, 10:41 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXUnion49 min
Mar 25, 10:46 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXBradford29 min
Mar 25, 11:03 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXClay42 min
Mar 25, 11:05 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX85 min
Mar 25, 11:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam48 min
Mar 25, 11:51 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXPutnam39 min
Mar 25, 12:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSaint Johns49 min
Mar 25, 12:13 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXFlagler47 min
Mar 25, 12:25 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX95 min
Mar 25, 12:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion, Putnam45 min
Mar 25, 12:58 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXFlagler17 min
Mar 25, 1:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXFlagler45 min
Mar 25, 5:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden40 min
Mar 25, 5:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson, Coffee45 min
Mar 25, 5:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton38 min
Mar 25, 5:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWare47 min
Mar 25, 6:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClinch52 min
Mar 25, 6:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBacon30 min
Mar 25, 6:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Wayne28 min
Mar 25, 6:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley24 min
Mar 25, 7:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWayne45 min
Mar 25, 7:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCoffee, Ware48 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.