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Red Flag Warning 51, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 8, 2006Flagler County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2006, 2:22 PM EDT for Flagler County, Florida. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2006, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Flagler County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2006-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 491 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 2006-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Apr 8, 9:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 9:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 1:45 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
145 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-091100-
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-
145 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

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

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM EDT...

...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS MOVING INTO THE REGION.
SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH THE MAIN
CONCERNS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
POSSIBLE.

SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL THE AREA. REFER TO THE URGENT
WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

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

AN ABOVE NORMAL RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE AREAS BEACHES
IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

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

PP/MKT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 3:54 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAXBaker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more14 hr
Apr 8, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX86 min
Apr 8, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau46 min
Apr 8, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX60 min
Apr 8, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSuwannee29 min
Apr 8, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau47 min
Apr 8, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia38 min
Apr 8, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling47 min
Apr 8, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCoffee, Jeff Davis41 min
Apr 8, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCoffee43 min
Apr 8, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBacon33 min
Apr 8, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling29 min
Apr 8, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson38 min
Apr 8, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClinch, Echols49 min
Apr 8, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden, Glynn51 min
Apr 8, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden, Charlton46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.