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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 27, 2008Clay County, Duval County, Saint Johns County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 4:38 PM EDT for Clay County, Duval County, Saint Johns County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2008, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2008, 5:06 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, FL, Duval County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL

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NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 27, 2:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:40 AM EDT, 11 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
325 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008

FLZ022-035-272015-
COLUMBIA-GILCHRIST-
325 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN
COLUMBIA AND NORTHERN GILCHRIST COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL
HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 325 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND BELL AND FORT WHITE 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.

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

DEESE

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:10 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:13 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:21 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:31 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
431 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008

FLZ025-272115-
DUVAL-
431 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN DUVAL
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID
UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

AT 431 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAXVILLE...OR 13
MILES WEST OF LAKESIDE...MOVING EAST AT 11 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND MAXVILLE THROUGH 515 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.

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

DEESE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee	26 min
Jun 27, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua	28 min
Jun 27, 4:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Clay, Duval, Saint Johns	2 hr
Jun 27, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua, Marion	22 min
Jun 27, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clay, Duval, Nassau	29 min
Jun 27, 5:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Alachua, Marion	117 min
Jun 27, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		94 min
Jun 27, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		91 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.