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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Jacksonville, FL

December 16, 2007Hamilton County, Suwannee County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 16, 2007, 12:14 AM EST for Hamilton County, Suwannee County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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
Dec 16, 2007, 12:14 AM EST (05:14 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2007, 1:00 AM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hamilton County, FL, Suwannee County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 15, 9:42 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 00:00Z on 2007-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 884 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 00:00Z on 2007-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
884 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.4

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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 Dec 15, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 15, 9:42 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 15, 10:40 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1040 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

GAZ132>135-149-150-160430-
APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-WARE-
1040 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN
ATKINSON...NORTHWESTERN WARE...EASTERN COFFEE...APPLING...JEFF DAVIS
AND BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 1130 PM EST...

AT 1040 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
FROM HAZLEHURST TO  DOUGLAS AND PEARSON...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND WEST GREEN...SNIPESVILLE...DENTON...NICHOLLS...AXSON...MILLWOOD
AND BICKLEY THROUGH 1130 PM EST. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

DEESE
Special weather statement, Dec 15, 11:42 PM EST, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1142 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

FLZ020-021-160530-
HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-
1142 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN SUWANNEE
AND WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 1230 AM
EST...

AT 1142 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWLING PARK...OR
2 MILES EAST OF PERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND DOWLING PARK...NEWBURN...
BLUE SPRINGS AND SUWANNEE RIVER STATE PARK THROUGH 1230 AM EST. GUSTY
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND
DAMAGE.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

PETERSON
Special weather statement, Dec 15, 11:56 PM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1156 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

GAZ150-163-160530-
CLINCH-WARE-
1156 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL CLINCH AND
NORTHERN WARE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 1230 AM...

AT 1156 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARGYLE...OR 8
MILES SOUTH OF HOMERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND ARGYLE...MANOR...NEEDHAM...
WAYCROSS...SUNNYSIDE AND DEENWOOD THROUGH 1230 AM. GUSTY WINDS OF 40
TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
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CARROLL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 1:45 AM ESTFreeze WatchJAXBaker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union25 hr
Dec 16, 1:45 AM ESTFreeze WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union31 hr
Dec 16, 1:45 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryJAXBaker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more16 hr
Dec 16, 2:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGilchrist30 min
Dec 16, 2:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua, Bradford, Columbia, Union33 min
Dec 16, 2:42 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXAlachua, Bradford, Clay, Putnam, Union33 min
Dec 16, 2:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua, Marion49 min
Dec 16, 3:10 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX2 hr
Dec 16, 3:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Duval45 min
Dec 16, 3:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Saint Johns42 min
Dec 16, 3:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam, Saint Johns40 min
Dec 16, 3:28 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX2 hr
Dec 16, 4:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion49 min
Dec 16, 2:04 PM ESTRed Flag WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union27 hr

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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.