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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 4:12 PM EDT for Putnam County, Saint Johns County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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 22, 2008, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2008, 4:39 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 22, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 915 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-231000- 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- 915 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A WEAK FRONT AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AFFECT THE REGION. STORM MOTION WILL GENERALLY BE EAST AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING LIGHTNING STORMS...FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR CAR. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFF THE COAST IN THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PROVIDE A HIGHER RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA POSSIBLY CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ISOLATED BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ANY HAIL...AND HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. ARS/ECZ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:30 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 330 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 GAZ150-164-222015- CHARLTON-WARE- 330 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL CHARLTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WARE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 330 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER WARE COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND THROUGH 415 PM EDT. 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. ZIBURA
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:33 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 333 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 GAZ132-134>136-149-150-222015- APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-COFFEE-WARE-WAYNE- 333 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN ATKINSON...NORTHWESTERN WARE...SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE...NORTHWESTERN WAYNE...CENTRAL APPLING AND BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 333 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF SURRENCY TO 8 MILES WEST OF BICKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND NICHOLLS...BAXLEY...ALMA...SURRENCY...BICKLEY AND NEW LACY THROUGH 415 PM 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. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ZIBURA
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:39 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Putnam | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 2:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 118 min |
| Jun 22, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Coffee | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 4:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Ware | 117 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 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.