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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 6:54 PM EDT for Duval County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 26, 2008, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2008, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Duval County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 2213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 26, 2:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 233 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SCTD TSTM ACTIVITY SHOULD FILL-IN ACRS THE FORECAST AREA WITH ISOLD TO SCTD STRONG TSTMS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACRS MARION COUNTY AND THE SRN PORTION AS BOTH SBRZS SHOULD MAKE THEIR WAY ACRS WITH GOOD CONVERGENCE THERE. OTHERWISE CONVECTION WILL WIND DOWN AFTER SUNSET AND END BY MIDNIGHT WITH PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL SLIP SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AND A VERY MOIST WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL SET-UP OVER THE REGION WITH 1000-700MB FLOW INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS OFF THE NERN GOMEX AND THIS WILL SET UP MORNING TSTMS OVER THE BIG BEND REGION THAT WILL TRACK ACRS THE FORECAST AREA AND EXPECT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS TO IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TRAINING OF CELLS WILL PROMOTE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SPECIALLY OVER THE INLD NERN FLORIDA PORTION. ABUNDANT RAINFALL AND CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP MAX TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 80S EXCEPT FOR LOWER 90S WHERE PCPN HOLDS OFF UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... DEPENDING ON WHICH MODEL AND WHICH RUN YOU CHOOSE WHETHER THE MID LEVEL TROF AXIS WITH DRIER AIR BEHIND IT WILL MAKE IT INTO SERN GA IS UP FOR GRABS. THE LATEST TREND KEEPS THE FORECAST AREA IN FAIRLY MOIST SWLY FLOW WITH SCTD TO NUMEROUS TSTM ACTIVITY EACH DAY WITH MAX TEMPS REMAINING NEAR NORMAL IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. && .AVIATION...CURRENT OBSERVATIONS INDICATE A SUBSTANTIAL DRY SLOT OVER THE FLORIDA TERMINALS AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL DELAY THE ONSET OF ANY TSRA ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL PUSH BACK THE TEMPOS UNTIL THE 21Z-00Z TIMEFRAME FOR THIS PACKAGE. WITH THE SEABREEZE MOVING INLAND...THIS DRY SLOT SHOULD BEGIN TO DISSIPATE AND ALLOW FOR STRONG TO SEVERE ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP. STILL TOO ISOLATED TO INCLUDE STRONG WINDS OR HAIL IN THE TAFS BUT TERMINALS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE EARLIER DEVELOPING FOR FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER KGNV WHERE I WILL INDICATE BKN030 AFT 12Z. && .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL SINK TO THE SOUTH ALLOWING FOR A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW REGIME TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH THE GRADIENT TIGHTENING AND NOCTURNAL SURGES BECOMING STRONGER...SOME SCEC MAY BE NEEDED BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING. THE SEABREEZE WILL INTERRUPT THE FLOW EACH AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG THE NEARSHORE PORTIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 68 91 69 87 / 20 50 30 70 SSI 74 88 74 85 / 20 40 30 60 JAX 70 90 71 89 / 30 50 40 60 SGJ 71 87 72 88 / 30 50 30 60 GNV 68 88 70 88 / 40 70 50 70 OCF 68 88 70 90 / 30 70 30 70 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && HESS/DEESE/KERNS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 9:51 AM EDT, 9 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 951 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-271000- 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- 951 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...SCATTERED STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 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. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY TODAY WILL LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED EACH DAY. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED IN YOUR AREA. PLEASE RELAY ANY DAMAGE REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER OFFICE IN JACKSONVILLE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. MKT/HESS
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Suwannee | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Baker, Duval, Nassau | 88 min |
| Jun 26, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 64 min | |
| Jun 26, 7:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2008Severe 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.