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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 7, 20084 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2008, 4:15 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
Aug 7, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atkinson County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA, Ware County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2008-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1877 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 2008-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
1877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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 Aug 7, 2:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
221 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

..SHORT TERM...THUNDERSTORMS ARE QUICKLY DEVELOPING ALONG AND NORTH
OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR WITH SOME STORMS BECOME SEVERE. SHOULD BE A
BUSY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES HAVE
BEEN REACHED COUPLED WITH APPROACH OF MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVES...WITH
CONCERNS OF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING
AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THE REMAINDER OF TODAY IS EXPECTED NORTH OF KGNV-KSGJ LINE...WITH
CONVECTION LIKELY PERSISTING WELL AFTER SUNSET.

WET/UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AS SERIES OF
DISTURBANCES/SHORTWAVE TROUGHS/ CONTINUE TO CARVE A FULL SCALE
TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...FORCING SURFACE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. HAVE MAINTAINED LIKELY POPS
ACROSS THE BOARD DUE TO MOIST TROPICAL CONDITIONS INTERACTING
WITH MYRIAD OF LIFTING MECHANISMS.

CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY IMPROVE FROM THE NORTH FRIDAY
NIGHT IN EARNEST AS MEAN LAYER TROUGH BEGINS TO WORK SOUTHWARD
OVER THE AREA...WITH NORTHWEST/DRIER/FLOW REGIME DEVELOPING IN ITS
WAKE. SATURDAY...WILL CONTINUE N-S DISTRIBUTION OF POPS...
RANGING FROM 10 PERCENT OR LESS NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82 IN
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TO AROUND 60 PERCENT ACROSS MARION COUNTY AND
EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF PUTNAM AND FLAGLER COUNTIES WHERE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY RESIDE.

SUNDAY...DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF A
KGNV-KSGJ LINE. WILL MAINTAIN LOW-END POPS FOR AREAS SOUTH OF
THIS LINE DUE TO PROXIMITY TO FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER NORTH-CENTRAL
FLORIDA...ALTHOUGH DEEPENING NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME WILL CERTAINLY
LIMIT COVERAGE.

.LONG TERM...RETURN TO SUMMERTIME CONDITIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF UPPER TROUGH WEAKENS WITH DEEPENING
SOUTHWEST FLOW REGIME PROVIDING INFLUX OF MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY.

&&

.AVIATION...UPPER TROUGH WILL BE APPROACHING THE AREA LATE TODAY
WHICH SHOULD ENHANCE THE TSRA POTENTIAL OVER PREVIOUS DAYS. CURRENT
TERMINALS INCLUDE VCTS WORDING FOR THIS AFTERNOON....BUT MAY NEED TO
INCLUDE TEMPO GROUPS AS ATMOSPHERE IS QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE. WILL
DEFER INCLUSION OF TEMPO GROUPS UNTIL 18Z PACKAGE.

&&

.MARINE...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE NEXT 36 TO 48
HOURS AS SURFACE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. STILL LOOKS AS
THOUGH VALUES WILL BE LARGELY BELOW SCEC CRITERIA ALTHOUGH CANNOT
RULE OUT A BRIEF PERIOD OVER THE OFFSHORE PORTION THU NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL EASE AS TROUGH SLIDES THROUGH
THE WATERS BY THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  74  90  69  92 /  30  60  30  10
SSI  77  86  72  87 /  30  70  30  20
JAX  75  90  72  90 /  20  70  30  30
SGJ  76  87  72  86 /  20  60  30  40
GNV  74  88  71  88 /  20  70  40  40
OCF  74  88  72  87 /  20  70  40  60

&&

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

&&

ZAPPE/ENYEDI/
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 9:26 AM EDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
926 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-081000-
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-
926 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

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

...HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...
...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY...

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH AFTERNOON HEAT
INDEX VALUES OF 103 TO 107 DEGREES ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST FLORIDA.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS TO AVOID DEHYDRATION.
ALCOHOLIC AND CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES CAN INCREASE THE RATE OF WATER
LOSS IN YOUR BODY...INCREASING THE RISK OF HEAT EXHAUSTION OR
STROKE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT-COLORED...LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE BEST
CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE OVER INTERIOR AREAS...ALTHOUGH INCREASING
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND A WEAK DISTURBANCE MAY SHIFT THE FOCUS OF
STORMS TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST BY EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ADDITIONALLY...RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...
CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW
LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ON FRIDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH
DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES THE
AREA.

AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA...RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE ON
SATURDAY AND REMAIN LOW THROUGH MONDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER
NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR
YOUR AREA LATER TODAY.

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

ECZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:50 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:51 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
351 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

GAZ132>134-072030-
BACON-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-
351 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL COFFEE...
SOUTHWESTERN JEFF DAVIS AND NORTHWESTERN BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG
WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 351 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOUGLAS...MOVING EAST AT
13 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
DOUGLAS...BROXTON...WEST GREEN...NICHOLLS AND DENTON THROUGH 430 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.

ENYEDI
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
353 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

GAZ150-163-072045-
CLINCH-WARE-
353 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN CLINCH
AND WESTERN WARE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 353 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF
NEEDHAM TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DU PONT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 13 MPH.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND MANOR...
HOMERVILLE...DU PONT...COGDELL...ARGYLE AND NEEDHAM THROUGH 445 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.

ENYEDI
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:54 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
354 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

FLZ020-022-GAZ162-072030-
COLUMBIA-ECHOLS-HAMILTON-
354 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN
COLUMBIA...NORTHERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHERN ECHOLS COUNTIES FOR STRONG
WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 354 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT
13 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
JASPER...STATENVILLE AND NEEDMORE THROUGH 430 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.

HESS
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:04 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
404 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

GAZ135-136-072100-
APPLING-WAYNE-
404 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE
AND NORTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 404 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PLANT HATCH TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLANT HATCH...MOVING EAST AT
13 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
PLANT HATCH THROUGH 500 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.

ENYEDI
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:13 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
413 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

FLZ020-022-GAZ162-163-072045-
CLINCH-COLUMBIA-ECHOLS-HAMILTON-
413 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME NORTHERN
COLUMBIA...NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON...SOUTHWESTERN CLINCH AND ECHOLS
COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID
UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 413 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 11 MILES EAST OF STATENVILLE...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT
AREAS AROUND NEEDMORE...STATENVILLE AND MAYDAY THROUGH 445 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.

HESS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia, Hamilton27 min
Aug 7, 3:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXColumbia, Hamilton, Suwannee2 hr
Aug 7, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau58 min
Aug 7, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Duval, Nassau43 min
Aug 7, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval, Nassau47 min
Aug 7, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX118 min
Aug 7, 5:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval, Nassau115 min
Aug 7, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWayne40 min
Aug 7, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGlynn39 min
Aug 7, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCoffee, Jeff Davis43 min
Aug 7, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley, Charlton, Pierce, Ware28 min
Aug 7, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley, Glynn, Wayne41 min
Aug 7, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWayne36 min
Aug 7, 4:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBrantley, Camden, Glynn2 hr
Aug 7, 4:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAtkinson, Clinch, Ware118 min
Aug 7, 4:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAppling, Wayne111 min
Aug 7, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley, Camden, Glynn, Wayne1 min
Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden, Glynn44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.