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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 5, 2007Coffee County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2007, 7:11 PM EDT for Coffee County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 5, 2007, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2007, 7:44 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Coffee County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2007-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1038 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 2007-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
1038 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 5, 2:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
220 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...

.SHORT TERM...SERIES OF VORTICITY MAXES ROTATING AROUND BROAD UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL AREAS OF
CONVECTION OVER THE SE. GOOD INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL SPEED SHEAR
HAS RESULTED IN A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. UPPER TROUGH
AXIS WILL SHIFT EAST TONIGHT REACHING THE ATLANTIC WATERS
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MID AND UPPER LEVEL DRYING AND SUBSIDENCE WILL
MEAN LESS OF A THUNDERSTORM CHANCE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SE. LIGHTER SW FLOW WILL ALLOW SEABREEZE
FRONTS TO MOVE INLAND WHICH WILL BE MAIN FOCUS FOR ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE CLIMO THE REST OF THE
WEEK WITH READINGS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER
RIDGE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT
PUSHES INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA AND STALLS. THIS WILL PUSH POPS BACK
TO AT LEAST CLIMO.

&&

.AVIATION...MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS IN TSTMS...STARTING OUT MAINLY
AT KJAX AND KCRG...BUT EVENTUALLY DEVELOPING AND AFFECTING THE
REMAINING AIRPORTS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. HAVE BUMPED TSTM WIND
GUST WORDING AS WELL. HAVE INCLUDED LIGHT FOG AT KGNV LATE
TONIGHT.

&&

.MARINE...WILL INCLUDE SMALL CRAFT CAUTION TONIGHT FOR THE OFFSHORE
WATERS TO COVER CONTINUING 15 TO 20 KT WINDS. WILL ALSO CONTINUE
TO MENTION HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS IN TSTMS AND SVR STORMS IN WATCH
AREA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  68  95  69  95 /  40  10   0  10
SSI  73  90  74  86 /  30  10   0  10
JAX  70  92  70  92 /  30  20  20  20
SGJ  72  87  72  88 /  30  20  20  20
GNV  71  92  70  93 /  30  20   0  30
OCF  71  89  69  93 /  30  30   0  30

&&

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

ZIBURA/CARROLL/MCALLISTER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 1:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
145 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-061000-
HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY-
ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE-
JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-
INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-
COASTAL CAMDEN-
145 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
PARTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MOST
NUMEROUS ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND IN
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREAT.

.MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON WILL PUSH
INTO THE COASTAL WATERS WITH SOME STORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS
OVER 35 KNOTS.

.FIRE AND SMOKE IMPACT...
SEVERAL LARGE WILDFIRES CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA WITH WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS PUSHING SMOKE TO THE EAST OF THE FIRES. RESIDENTS
ARE URGED TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. PEOPLE WITH
RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AND THE ELDERLY SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS IN AREAS
WITH THICK SMOKE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH
THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED
LATER TODAY.

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

HESS/ZIBURA

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
607 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

GAZ133-052245-
JEFF DAVIS-
607 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN JEFF
   DAVIS COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 607 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND
HAZLEHURST THROUGH 645 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH IS
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

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

ZIBURA
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:01 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
701 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

GAZ132-060000-
COFFEE-
701 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COFFEE COUNTY FOR
STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 701 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF PRIDGEN...OR 9 MILES
NORTH OF BROXTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND PRIDGEN...AMBROSE AND
BROXTON THROUGH 800 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

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

ZIBURA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 11:53 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX38 min
Jun 5, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Columbia40 min
Jun 5, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval39 min
Jun 5, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval43 min
Jun 5, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSaint Johns20 min
Jun 5, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX84 min
Jun 5, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX42 min
Jun 4, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPierce27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.