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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 12, 2007Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 8:16 AM EDT for Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia. It was in force for 59 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 12, 2007, 8:16 AM EDT (12:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2007, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2007-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1068 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 2007-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1068 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.4

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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 Jun 12, 3:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
335 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION MOST OF TODAY...

A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE AND A COLD FRONTAL
SYSTEM AT LOW LEVELS WILL PROVE TO THE BE FOCUSING MECHANISMS FOR
SOME SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. THINGS ARE ALREADY FIRED UP OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA IN THE
VICINITY OF MACON. SINCE WE ARE NEAR MAX DIURNAL COOLING AND
DEW POINTS ARE RUNNING IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S AND A LOCAL STORM
REPORT FROM ATLANTA INDICATES THAT A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A
HOUSE AS THOSE STORMS MOVED THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTY...IT DOESNT
BODE WELL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY I COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME
GOING THROUGH ALL THE SEVERE WEATHER INDICES OR I COULD GET TO THE
MAIN POINT...EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT WITH THE
PEAK FROM THE MID-MORNING HOURS UNTIL AFTER SUNSET.

LOOKS LIKE GFS IS TRYING TO GET OUR SUMMER MONSOON CONVECTION
GOING...LETS HOPE THE MODEL IS ONTO SOMETHING HERE DESPITE BARRY
WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH A MAJOR RAINFALL DEFICIT. STAYED CLOSE
TO GFS GUIDANCE FOR THE EXTENDED PERIODS.

&&

.AVIATION...WILL TRANSITION RAPIDLY FROM TEMPO CIG AND VSBY CONCERNS
EARLY THIS MORNING TO STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS LATER THIS MORNING AND
THRU THE REST OF THE DAY. HAVE CONTINUED TIMING OF PREVIOUS PACKAGE
WHICH STARTS THUNDER AT MOST SITES BEFORE NOONTIME. WILL LIKELY
BEEF UP CONVECTIVE WIND GUSTS WITH NEXT ISSUANCE AS WELL AS FURTHER
REFINE TIMING.

&&

.MARINE...SHORT TERM CONCERNS REVOLVE AROUND STRONG TSTMS OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS. WE HAVE ALREADY ISSUED 2 SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS FOR
SOME NASTY STORMS OFF THE SE GA AND EXTREME NE FL COAST. HAVE
MENTIONED STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL IN THE 1ST TWO PERIODS OF THE
NEW CWF PACKAGE. SFC LOW DEVELOPMENT OFF THE CENTRAL FL ATLC COAST
WILL LEAD TO A FAIRLY SHORT-LIVED INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS OVER
THE WATERS WED AND THU. CONDITIONS WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON STRENGTH
OF LOW AND THE HIGH TO THE N...BUT FOR NOW LOOKS LIKE CAUTION
CRITERIA IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS FOR MID-WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  88  65  86  63 /  70  40  40  20
SSI  84  71  81  70 /  80  40  60  30
JAX  85  67  82  64 /  80  50  50  20
SGJ  84  69  78  67 /  90  50  60  30
GNV  88  67  83  65 /  70  40  40  20
OCF  87  68  86  64 /  60  40  40  20

&&

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

SANDRIK/CARROLL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 4:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:19 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
719 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

GAZ152-165-121200-
BRANTLEY-INLAND CAMDEN-
719 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BRANTLEY AND
CAMDEN COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
VALID UNTIL 800 AM EDT...

AT 719 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF NAHUNTA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND NAHUNTA...ATKINSON...WAVERLY AND TARBORO THROUGH 800 AM 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.

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

ZAPPE
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:55 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
755 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

FLZ020-GAZ162-163-121300-
CLINCH-ECHOLS-HAMILTON-
755 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CLINCH...ECHOLS
AND HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE
AREA...

AT 755 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST OF VALDOSTA MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD
THE HOMERVILLE...JASPER AND STATENVILLE AREAS. IF THIS STORM
MAINTAINS ITS CURRENT INTENSITY IT SHOULD ENTER PORTIONS OF CLINCH...
ECHOLS AND HAMILTON COUNTIES BETWEEN 830 AND 930 AM EDT. EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND SHOULD CONTINUE...IT WOULD
BE PRUDENT TO SECURE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO THE STORMS
ARRIVAL. REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
STORM.

SANDRIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 1:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX2 hr
Jun 12, 3:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX53 min
Jun 12, 4:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX89 min
Jun 12, 5:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX92 min
Jun 12, 7:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX2 hr
Jun 12, 8:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX117 min
Jun 12, 8:37 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX113 min
Jun 12, 9:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Columbia45 min
Jun 12, 10:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX2 hr
Jun 12, 10:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Saint Johns54 min
Jun 12, 10:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval23 min
Jun 12, 10:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBradford47 min
Jun 12, 11:09 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXSaint Johns40 min
Jun 12, 11:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXFlagler63 min
Jun 12, 12:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion67 min
Jun 12, 9:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClinch, Echols, Ware43 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.