Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 370, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 9, 2008, 9:15 AM EDT for Appling County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
- Oct 9, 2008, 9:15 AM EDT (13:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2008, 9:57 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Appling County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Oct 9, 4:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 4:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 8:45 AM EDT, 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 845 AM EDT THU OCT 9 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-100930- 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- 830 AM EDT THU OCT 9 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... ...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE REGION WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE WEST HALF OF THE AREA THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY BE ENHANCED BY AN EAST COAST SEABREEZE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE AN ENHANCED THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ONSHORE FLOW AND LINGERING SWELLS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL KEEP AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. JDS/SEC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 9, 7:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 720 AM EDT THU OCT 9 2008 GAZ135-136-091145- APPLING-WAYNE- 720 AM EDT THU OCT 9 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 745 AM EDT... AT 720 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SURRENCY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SURRENCY THROUGH 745 AM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. CARROLL
Special weather statement, Oct 9, 8:58 AM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 858 AM EDT THU OCT 9 2008 GAZ134>136-091345- APPLING-BACON-WAYNE- 858 AM EDT THU OCT 9 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE...SOUTHERN APPLING AND BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 945 AM EDT... AT 858 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER ALMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND ALMA...NEW LACY...SURRENCY AND ODUM THROUGH 945 AM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. CARROLL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 48 min | |
| Oct 8, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 60 min | |
| Oct 8, 9:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 2 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 25 min |
| Oct 8, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia | 45 min |
| Oct 8, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Oct 9, 12:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 93 min | |
| Oct 9, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Oct 9, 10:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 66 min |
| Oct 9, 11:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Hamilton | 67 min |
| Oct 9, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee | 61 min |
| Oct 9, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee | 57 min |
| Oct 9, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union | 46 min |
| Oct 9, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Union | 53 min |
| Oct 9, 1:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Union | 46 min |
| Oct 9, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 57 min | |
| Oct 9, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Marion, Putnam | 59 min |
| Oct 9, 2:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Alachua, Gilchrist | 84 min |
| Oct 9, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Putnam | 42 min |
| Oct 9, 2:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Bradford, Clay, Putnam | 82 min |
| Oct 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 88 min | |
| Oct 9, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Marion, Putnam, Saint Johns | 66 min |
| Oct 9, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 115 min | |
| Oct 9, 3:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Marion | 64 min |
| Oct 9, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Putnam | 57 min |
| Oct 9, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 38 min |
| Oct 9, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Marion, Putnam, Saint Johns | 116 min |
| Oct 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 30 min |
| Oct 9, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 118 min | |
| Oct 9, 8:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch | 39 min |
| Oct 9, 9:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Wayne | 41 min |
| Oct 9, 10:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Ware | 34 min |
| Oct 9, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 21 min |
| Oct 9, 11:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols, Ware | 26 min |
| Oct 9, 11:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Charlton, Clinch, Ware | 31 min |
| Oct 9, 12:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Pierce, Ware | 28 min |
| Oct 9, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Pierce, Ware | 44 min |
| Oct 9, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton | 27 min |
| Oct 9, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton | 17 min |
| Oct 9, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Ware | 36 min |
| Oct 9, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Jeff Davis | 25 min |
| Oct 9, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 21 min |
| Oct 9, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 25 min |
| Oct 9, 3:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Wayne | 113 min |
| Oct 9, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn | 46 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.