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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2009, 3:53 PM EDT for Camden County, Charlton County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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 5, 2009, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2009, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 2509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 5, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 219 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 .SHORT TERM...SHORTWAVE TROUGH ENERGY STRETCHES OVER SC TO S/CTRL GA AND OVER FL PANHANDLE. AN ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT IS NW OF OUR AREA. BANDS OF CONVECTION HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND E OF UPPER TROUGH AXIS. ISOLD SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AND ONE STORM ALREADY PRODUCED 50 DBZ ECHO UP TO 45 KFT. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL LINGER OVER THE ERN U.S. THURSDAY THEN BEGIN TO LIFT N FRIDAY. SCT TO NUMEROUS STORMS WILL CONTINUE THURS WITH UPR DISTURBANCES AGAIN PROVIDING IMPETUS FOR ISOLD SVR ACTIVITY. GFS INDICATES A RIBBON OF VORTICITY WILL BE LEFT BEHIND ALONG THE FL/GA BORDER AND WILL KEEP 40-50% POPS FOR NE FL. .LONG TERM...RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH LIGHT E TO SE FLOW. TEMPS WILL WARM INTO THE MID 90S INLAND UNDER INCREASED SUBSIDENCE ALOFT. HEAT INDICES WILL SOAR INTO THE 100-105 RANGE ESPECIALLY SE GA AS UPR HIGH BUILDS OVER CAROLINAS. MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL YIELD ONLY A SLGT CHANCE FOR A SHOWER ACRS MOST OF AREA AND 30% OVER SRN TIER. && .AVIATION...HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO FOR TSRA AT SSI AS STORMS ARE CURRENTLY W OF TERMINAL. OTHER TAF SITES HAVE VCTS THIS AFTN AND WILL AMEND WHEN TSRA APPEARS IMMINENT. MVFR VIS AT VQQ AFTER MID. && .MARINE...NO HEADLINES. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER IN SCT STORMS EACH AFTN AND EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SELY THIS WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 93 70 95 / 20 40 20 30 SSI 75 89 75 89 / 20 30 20 20 JAX 72 92 72 93 / 20 40 20 30 SGJ 74 90 74 90 / 20 40 20 20 GNV 71 91 71 93 / 20 50 20 50 OCF 71 91 71 93 / 20 60 20 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && WOLF/TRABERT/KEEGAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:53 AM EDT, 12 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 353 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-061000- 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- 353 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS INLAND SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM ACTIVITY WILL PROMOTE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING CONCERNS. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE EAST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY WITH A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A GRADUAL DECREASE IN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:19 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 319 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 GAZ150-163-164-052000- CHARLTON-CLINCH-WARE- 319 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN CHARLTON...EASTERN CLINCH AND SOUTHERN WARE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 320 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER CLINCH COUNTY...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARGO...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND THROUGH 400 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. IF FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OCCURS A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3086 8234 3072 8232 3071 8259 3087 8264 TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 260DEG 6KT 3079 8251 ZAPPE
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:20 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 320 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 GAZ150-163-164-052000- CHARLTON-CLINCH-WARE- 320 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN CHARLTON...EASTERN CLINCH AND SOUTHERN WARE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 320 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARGO...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS THROUGH 400 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. IF FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OCCURS A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3086 8234 3072 8232 3071 8259 3087 8264 TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 260DEG 6KT 3079 8251 ZAPPE
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:30 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
330 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009
FLZ021-052000-
SUWANNEE-
330 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN SUWANNEE
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 400 PM
EDT...
AT 331 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWBURN...OR 6
MILES WEST OF LIVE OAK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND NEWBURN...LIVE OAK AND
HOUSTON THROUGH 400 PM EDT. 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.
LAT...LON 3042 8302 3022 8285 3012 8312 3017 8323
3038 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 327DEG 12KT 3031 8308
ZIBURALocal storm report, Aug 5, 3:42 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 84 min | |
| Aug 5, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 3:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 53 min | |
| Aug 5, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 38 min | |
| Aug 5, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 67 min | |
| Aug 5, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 34 min | |
| Aug 5, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 87 min |
| Aug 5, 5:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Marion | 54 min |
| Aug 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 77 min | |
| Aug 5, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 5:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Duval | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Lake | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 117 min | |
| Aug 5, 5:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns | 85 min |
| Aug 5, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn, Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 3:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Camden, Charlton, Glynn | 115 min |
| Aug 5, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 4:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Jeff Davis | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 6:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 116 min |
| Aug 5, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.