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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Jacksonville, FL

December 2, 2009Duval County, Nassau County, Florida; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 2, 2009, 5:40 PM EST for Duval County, Nassau County, Florida; 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 65 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: Dec 2, 2009, 5:40 PM EST (22:40 UTC)
Expired: Dec 2, 2009, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Duval County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 2, 2:46 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 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 Dec 2, 2:40 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 2:40 PM EST, 3 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 11:00 AM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 2, 4:51 PM EST, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 2, 4:53 PM EST, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 2, 5:15 PM EST, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 2, 5:16 PM EST, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 2, 5:20 PM EST, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 2, 5:23 PM EST, 17 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
Dec 2, 4:21 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union	14 hr
Dec 2, 1:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton, Suwannee	43 min
Dec 2, 1:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton	47 min
Dec 2, 2:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton, Suwannee	46 min
Dec 2, 3:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton, Suwannee	48 min
Dec 2, 3:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia	52 min
Dec 2, 4:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Baker, Columbia	24 min
Dec 2, 4:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia	42 min
Dec 2, 4:34 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		116 min
Dec 2, 4:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Union	39 min
Dec 2, 5:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval, Nassau	55 min
Dec 2, 5:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Gilchrist, Union	52 min
Dec 2, 6:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bradford, Union	66 min
Dec 2, 6:29 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
Dec 2, 12:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Echols	47 min
Dec 2, 1:24 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	36 min
Dec 2, 1:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Coffee	12 min
Dec 2, 1:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Coffee	28 min
Dec 2, 1:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch, Coffee, Echols	61 min
Dec 2, 1:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Echols, Ware	41 min
Dec 2, 2:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Jeff Davis	40 min
Dec 2, 2:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	40 min
Dec 2, 2:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, Ware	49 min
Dec 2, 2:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Ware	43 min
Dec 2, 2:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Jeff Davis	51 min
Dec 2, 2:56 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Pierce	49 min
Dec 2, 3:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Wayne	41 min
Dec 2, 3:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Pierce, Wayne	65 min
Dec 2, 3:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch, Echols, Ware	49 min
Dec 2, 4:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Charlton, Pierce, Ware, Wayne	65 min
Dec 2, 4:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Wayne	21 min
Dec 2, 4:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Charlton, Ware	11 min
Dec 2, 6:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2009 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.