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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2009, 1:25 AM EDT for Wayne County, 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
- Jun 13, 2009, 1:25 AM EDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2009, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 Jun 12, 9:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 9:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 926 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2009 .UPDATE...WATER VAPOR AND IR IMAGERY CONTS TO SHOW LARGE MCS OVER MS AND AL MOVING SEWD RAPIDLY. CLOUD TOP TEMPS STILL COLD IN THIS COMPLEX AROUND -70C. UNCERTAIN WHETHER SOME OF THIS STRONG ACTIVITY WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE IT DOWN INTO OUR GA ZONES LATE TONIGHT BUT BASED ON SOME OF THE GUIDANCE INDICATES MOST OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MUCH WEAKER AS IT TRANSLATES SEWD. THERE ARE A FEW CELLS MOVING TOWARD JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN OUR NW ZONES. SOME OF THESE CELLS WILL LIKELY AFFECT AREAS N OF A LINE FROM ABOUT DOUGLAS TO JESUP OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS. IN ADDITION...W COAST SEA BREEZE AS MOVED WELL INTO OUR GA ZONES WHICH MAY SERVE AS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ISOLD CONVECTION THERE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. AVERAGING LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS CAPE OF ABOUT 3000J IN SE GA. INDEED...JAX 00Z SOUNDING SHOWED SBCAPE OF 2800J. BASED ON THIS WILL CONTINUE WITH A SMALL POP IN SE GA...BUT PROBABLY DROP POPS FOR REMAINDER OF NE FL AS CU FIELD HAS ALL BUT DISSIPATED PER SATELLITE AND OBSERVATIONS. LIKE EARLY THIS MORNING...PATCHY FOG EXPECTED MAINLY ACROSS NE FL WHERE SFC WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND ANY HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS WILL BE THINNER. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. PER PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR SAT...WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH AND SOMEWHAT WEAKER CAP SHOULD ALLOW ISOLATED TSTMS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTN. MAX TEMPS IN THE MID 90S EXPECTED MOST AREAS. && .AVIATION...SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS NIGHTS...PREVAILING VFR FOR THE TAFS EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE FOG DEVELOPMENT MAINLY IN MVFR RANGE AT KGNV AND KVQQ. WE HAVE VCTS FOR SSI THIS EVENING WHERE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION IS WEAKER BUT CB ARE MENTIONED FOR REMAINING TAFS. FOR SAT AFTERNOON...HAVE MENTIONED VCTS AT ALL TAFS FOR NOW. && .MARINE...S WINDS AROUND 10-15 KT OBSERVED AT THIS TIME AND SEAS OF 2-3 FT. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAVE PLACED A SMALL POP IN FOR OUR GA WATERS AS CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT THERE. && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHASHY/LETRO/KEEGAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 7:52 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 752 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2009 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-131050- 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- 752 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2009 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ...MINOR FLOODING ON THE SATILLA RIVER AT ATKINSON... THE SATILLA RIVER NEAR ATKINSON IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .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, Jun 13, 12:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1221 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
GAZ136-130500-
WAYNE-
1221 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WAYNE COUNTY FOR
STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 100 AM
EDT...
AT 1221 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JESUP...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
JESUP...GARDI AND MOUNT PLEASANT THROUGH 100 AM 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.
LAT...LON 3158 8169 3157 8169 3154 8165 3150 8164
3147 8161 3140 8168 3140 8170 3152 8202
3162 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 288DEG 17KT 3156 8193
ZAPPESpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 1:02 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
102 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
GAZ136-130545-
WAYNE-
102 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN WAYNE
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID
UNTIL 145 AM EDT...
AT 102 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER JESUP...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND JESUP...
DOCTORTOWN...GARDI AND MOUNT PLEASANT THROUGH 145 AM 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 3165 8179 3162 8176 3160 8171 3158 8169
3157 8169 3154 8165 3150 8164 3148 8161
3146 8161 3142 8164 3141 8170 3155 8203
3170 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 292DEG 17KT 3158 8190
ZAPPESpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 1:12 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
112 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
GAZ136-130600-
WAYNE-
112 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN WAYNE
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID
UNTIL 200 AM EDT...
AT 112 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...11 MILES
EAST OF SURRENCY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS THROUGH 200 AM 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.
LAT...LON 3176 8193 3175 8191 3174 8190 3173 8190
3171 8188 3167 8184 3166 8184 3173 8207
3178 8205 3179 8199 3179 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 292DEG 17KT 3176 8201
ZAPPESpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 1:16 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 116 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 GAZ136-130545- WAYNE- 116 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 145 AM EDT... AT 116 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ODUM...OR 8 MILES EAST OF SURRENCY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ODUM THROUGH 145 AM 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 3166 8192 3161 8196 3167 8210 3172 8206 TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 289DEG 21KT 3169 8205 ZAPPE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 13, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Saint Johns | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 2:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clay, Duval, Saint Johns | 112 min |
| Jun 13, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Putnam, Saint Johns | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 97 min | |
| Jun 13, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford, Union | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Union | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Marion, Putnam | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Marion, Putnam | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Putnam | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Union | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 5:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 95 min | |
| Jun 12, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 11:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 12:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 12:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Appling, Wayne | 86 min |
| Jun 13, 1:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 1:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 1:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 1:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Appling | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 2:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 2:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Jeff Davis | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 52 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.