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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2008, 9:02 AM EST for Columbia County, Hamilton County, Suwannee County, Florida. It was in force for 43 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2008, 9:02 AM EST (14:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2008, 9:45 AM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Columbia County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Suwannee County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:20 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Obrien, FL | A COUPLE OF TREES BLOWN DOWN IN TROY SPRINGS STATE PARK. TIME IS ESTIMATED BASED ON REPORT AND RADAR IMAGERY. |
| Mar 7, 9:45 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lake City, FL | A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES IN LAKE CITY. |
| Mar 7, 9:45 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Live Oak, FL | POWER IS OUT ALL OVER THE CITY OF LIVE OAK. |
| Mar 7, 9:45 AM EST | TORNADO 1 | 1 N Lake City, FL | START OF TORNADO TRACK AT NW STADIUM TERRACE IN WEST HILLSBORO WHERE IT WAS RATED AN EF1. TREES AND BLEACHERS BLOWN DOWN WITH STRUCTUAL HOME DAMAGE. A POWER POLE SNAPPED IN HALF. AN ABANDONED METAL WAREHOUSE RIPPED APART. |
| Mar 7, 9:45 AM EST | TORNADO 2 | 1 Ene Lake City, FL | *** 2 FATAL *** ONE DIRECT FATALITY WAS DUE TO TREE DOWN ON MOBILE HOME. FEMALE FATALITY WAS IN MOBILE HOME AT 649 NE GIBBS TERRACE. ONE INDIRECT FATALITY WAS DUE TO A POWER SURGE BUT DETAILS OF LOCATION OF EVENT ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. |
| Mar 7, 9:45 AM EST | TORNADO 2 | 1 Ene Lake City, FL | A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS DETERMINED EF2 TORNADO DAMAGE IN LAKE CITY. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE VORTEX WAS A QUARTER MILE WIDE AND TRAVELED AROUND A HALF MILE ON THE GROUND. HOMES WERE UN-ROOFED AND EXTERIOR WALLS COLLAPSED ALONG NORTHEAST DENVER |
| Mar 7, 9:45 AM EST | TORNADO | Lake City, FL | A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM IS ASSESSING SIGNIFICANT TORNADO DAMAGE IN LAKE CITY. AN ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE MAGNITUDE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED YET. INITIAL SURVEY REPORTS INCLUDE ABOUT 20 HOMES WITH SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED N |
| Mar 7, 9:50 AM EST | TORNADO | N Lake City, FL | WIDESPREAD DAMAGE NORTH SIDE OF LAKE CITY. OVERTURNED VEHICLES AND BUILDING DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 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 Mar 6, 2:38 PM EST, 18 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 2:38 PM EST, 18 hours 24 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 7, 3:45 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:45 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 35 min |
| Mar 7, 8:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 46 min |
| Mar 7, 8:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 9:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 9:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 9:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Union | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 9:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Suwannee and 1 more | 51 min |
| Mar 7, 9:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker | 39 min |
| Mar 7, 10:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Nassau | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 10:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker, Duval, Nassau | 13 min |
| Mar 7, 10:23 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 7, 10:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Gilchrist, Union | 48 min |
| Mar 7, 10:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 35 min |
| Mar 7, 10:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 11:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford, Clay | 25 min |
| Mar 7, 11:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 30 min |
| Mar 7, 11:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Marion, Putnam | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 11:32 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 118 min | |
| Mar 7, 11:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Saint Johns | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 12:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 12:35 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 115 min | |
| Mar 7, 1:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Marion, Putnam | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 1:34 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 116 min | |
| Mar 7, 1:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion, Putnam | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 2:41 PM EST | Freeze Watch | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union | 23 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Marion | 51 min |
| Mar 7, 3:33 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 117 min | |
| Mar 7, 4:18 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 117 min | |
| Mar 7, 4:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 7, 7:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton, Clinch, Ware | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 9:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Pierce, Ware and 1 more | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 9:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Ware | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 10:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Wayne | 46 min |
| Mar 7, 10:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 19 min |
| Mar 7, 10:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Wayne | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive.