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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 12, 2011Duval County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2011, 5:46 PM EDT for Duval County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2011, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2011, 6:11 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Duval County, FL, Nassau County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 12, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG9 Ene Callahan, FLA HOME WAS DAMAGED BY A FALLEN TREE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE TIME OF THE EVENT WAS BASED ON RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 15 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1012 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

810 
WUUS52 KJAX 122146
SVRJAX
FLC031-089-122230-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0252.110812T2146Z-110812T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
546 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
  CENTRAL NASSAU COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING       
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE
  STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST  
  OF CALLAHAN TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. MARYS...AND MOVING SOUTH   
  AT 5 MPH.

* THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT AREAS BETWEEN YULEE AND
  CALLAHAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3070 8181 3069 8158 3052 8158 3054 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 000DEG 2KT 3065 8178 3063 8163

$$

ZAPPE
1 follow-up statement
894 
WWUS52 KJAX 122211
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
611 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

FLC031-089-122220-
/O.CAN.KJAX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110812T2230Z/
DUVAL FL-NASSAU FL-
611 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL NASSAU AND EXTREME
NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

ALTHOUGH THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...HAIL UP TO THREE
QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3070 8181 3069 8158 3052 8158 3054 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 000DEG 2KT 3064 8178 3062 8163

$$

ZAPPE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler31 min
Aug 12, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion50 min
Aug 12, 3:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXMarion54 min
Aug 12, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler36 min
Aug 12, 3:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXFlagler65 min
Aug 12, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSuwannee46 min
Aug 12, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCitrus41 min
Aug 12, 4:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXFlagler, Marion, Putnam, Saint Johns59 min
Aug 12, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam28 min
Aug 12, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion, Putnam26 min
Aug 12, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau42 min
Aug 12, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSuwannee41 min
Aug 12, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion39 min
Aug 12, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion38 min
Aug 12, 4:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXMarion112 min
Aug 12, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion47 min
Aug 12, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion39 min
Aug 12, 5:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXMarion, Putnam2 hr
Aug 12, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau52 min
Aug 12, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXMarion2 hr
Aug 12, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau40 min
Aug 12, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker38 min
Aug 12, 5:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXNassau115 min
Aug 12, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClay52 min
Aug 12, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua50 min
Aug 12, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClay48 min
Aug 12, 5:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXNassau92 min
Aug 12, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX61 min
Aug 12, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau46 min
Aug 12, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua9 min
Aug 12, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua41 min
Aug 12, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua, Marion, Putnam23 min
Aug 12, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua, Bradford, Union72 min
Aug 12, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Duval, Saint Johns32 min
Aug 12, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker41 min
Aug 12, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXClay, Duval, Saint Johns110 min
Aug 12, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Duval, Saint Johns47 min
Aug 12, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Union27 min
Aug 12, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Columbia, Nassau26 min
Aug 12, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX93 min
Aug 12, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua17 min
Aug 12, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBradford, Clay, Union38 min
Aug 12, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval47 min
Aug 12, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval, Saint Johns27 min
Aug 12, 7:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXDuval, Saint Johns96 min
Aug 12, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX46 min
Aug 12, 7:18 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXAlachua, Marion49 min
Aug 12, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion42 min
Aug 12, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX84 min
Aug 12, 7:21 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Putnam, Union56 min
Aug 12, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXLevy52 min
Aug 12, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX38 min
Aug 12, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion24 min
Aug 12, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX52 min
Aug 12, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.