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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 2, 20084 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2008, 6:15 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 2, 2008, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brantley County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2008-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1853 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 2008-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 2, 3:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:30 AM EDT, 13 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
430 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2008

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-030810-
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-
430 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2008

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

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

...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TODAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT AS A
SURFACE TROUGH AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
REGION. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH...HAIL...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES
UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND
10 TO 15 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT THE AREA
ON TUESDAY AND THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH THE BEST RAIN CHANCES
EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS
ARE ASKED TO SELF ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING IN THEIR AREA.

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

ARS

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia, Hamilton52 min
Jun 2, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau48 min
Jun 2, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Duval48 min
Jun 2, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSuwannee24 min
Jun 2, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Duval33 min
Jun 2, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX42 min
Jun 2, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Columbia28 min
Jun 2, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Clay, Duval, Nassau41 min
Jun 2, 3:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXClay, Duval114 min
Jun 2, 3:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval2 hr
Jun 2, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX61 min
Jun 2, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval46 min
Jun 2, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Union51 min
Jun 2, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia36 min
Jun 2, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Union49 min
Jun 2, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX60 min
Jun 1, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWayne26 min
Jun 1, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCoffee, Jeff Davis44 min
Jun 2, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley, Camden, Charlton, Ware41 min
Jun 2, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden, Charlton64 min
Jun 2, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton, Clinch, Ware48 min
Jun 2, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden26 min
Jun 2, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley, Camden, Glynn66 min
Jun 2, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClinch, Ware38 min
Jun 2, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGlynn26 min
Jun 2, 3:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXCamden, Glynn2 hr
Jun 2, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBacon, Brantley, Pierce, Ware46 min
Jun 2, 6:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXPierce, Ware116 min
Jun 2, 7:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBrantley, Pierce, Wayne53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.