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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 28, 20088 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2008, 4:27 PM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 28, 2008, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2008, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 28, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

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 28, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
209 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

.SHORT TERM...
CONVECTION POPPING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT AS EXPECTED. WITH A
LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY STEERING FLOW WE SHOULD SEE CONVECTION
PROGRESS TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING. EXPECT HEAVY
RAINFALL...POSSIBLY SEVERE WINDS-HAIL AND SOME EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. CURRENTLY WE HAVE A GOO
LIGHTNING PRODUCER OVER THE ALACHUA-MARION COUNTY LINE AND NO
REASON NOT TO BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE A EARLY FOURTH OF JULY LIGHT
SHOW PROVIDED BY MOTHER NATURE.

CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH THE LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING.

OTHERWISE WERE GOING TO BE QUICK AS THINGS ARE GETTING ACTIVE
AROUND HERE. EXPECT THE SUMMER MONSOON TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS WITH A SIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE CONVECTION ON SUNDAY AS
WELL.

.AVIATION...
NO CHANGES.

&&

.MARINE...
NO CHANGES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  71  91  72  87 /  40  70  50  70
SSI  76  92  75  87 /  40  60  50  60
JAX  73  93  73  90 /  30  50  40  60
SGJ  74  91  74  88 /  20  50  30  50
GNV  72  93  74  91 /  20  40  30  60
OCF  72  93  73  91 /  10  40  20  50

&&

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

SANDRIK/PETERSON/KEEGAN

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 2:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
221 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-290000-
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-
221 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 632 IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.

A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS
NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. INSTABILITY IS STRONG
WITH A COLD POOL OF AIR ALOFT ENHANCING THE NORMAL AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THE CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INCREASING IN INTENSITY WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY
THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. A FEW
STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON MONDAY AND NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR.

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THE JACKSONVILLE FORECAST AREA AT
THIS TIME.

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

SANDRIK

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:55 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:19 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:23 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Hamilton, Suwannee	39 min
Jun 28, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Marion	50 min
Jun 28, 3:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Marion	2 hr
Jun 28, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker	36 min
Jun 28, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Union	17 min
Jun 28, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns	46 min
Jun 28, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clay, Duval, Saint Johns	51 min
Jun 28, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Flagler, Saint Johns	40 min
Jun 28, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		113 min
Jun 28, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		60 min
Jun 28, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols, Ware	45 min
Jun 28, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols, Ware	19 min
Jun 28, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee and 3 more	39 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.