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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 27, 2011Ware County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2011, 3:13 PM EDT for Ware County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2011, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Ware County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2011-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 311 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1298 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 27, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
209 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...SCATTERED STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...

TONIGHT THRU WED...VERY TYPICAL SUMMERLIKE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
AS WEAK TROUGH LINGERS IN THE MID LEVELS ACRS THE REGION. PRECIP
WATER AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE JUST BELOW 2 INCHES AND EXPECT NUMEROUS
SHOWER AND TSTM COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS BOTH
TUE/WED WITH VERY SIMILAR CONDS TO TODAY WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE
LOWER/MID 90S AND HEAT INDICES TOPPING OUT CLOSE TO 105 DEGREES.
SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE
SCTD STRONG/ISOLD SVR STORMS WITH WINDS/HAIL...AS WELL AS SLOW AND
ERRATIC STORM MOTION TO PROMOTE LOCALIZED FLOODING DURING STRONGER
STORMS.

THU...MODELS ALL DEPICTING SOME SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR PUSHING INTO
THE SERN U.S. AROUND LARGE SCALE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WEST OF THE
REGION AND THIS SHOULD CUT BACK TSTM COVERAGE ACRS SERN GA TO SCTD
(30-40%) DURING THE PERIOD...WHILE NERN FL WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE
(40-60%) RANGE DURING THE AFTN/EVE HOURS.

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH THE 4TH OF JULY...

JUST ENOUGH DRIER AIR IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS WILL SETTLE OVER THE
REGION AS WEAK RIDGING BUILDS IN TO SUPPORT NEAR NORMAL TSTM CHANCES
IN THE 30-50% RANGE EACH DAY...WITH MAX TEMPS REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL
VALUES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S EACH DAY.

&&

.AVIATION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT TAF SITES THROUGH
AROUND 00Z. HAVE TEMPO IFR CONDITIONS IN FORECAST FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
VFR AFTER 00Z AS CONVECTION DECREASES.

&&

.MARINE...LIGHT WINDS AND SEAS TO CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
NOCTURNAL SW WIND SURGES UP TO 15 KNOTS POSSIBLE EACH NIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE WATERS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING GIVEN SW STEERING FLOW.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  70  95  70  95 /  30  60  30  60
SSI  72  90  72  90 /  20  40  20  40
JAX  71  91  71  92 /  30  50  20  60
SGJ  73  90  73  92 /  20  40  20  50
GNV  72  93  72  94 /  30  60  30  70
OCF  72  92  72  94 /  30  70  30  70

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...NONE.
&&

HESS/ZIBURA/PRESNALL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 9:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
915 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-280930-
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-
915 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

...SCATTERED STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
INLAND AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED STRONG AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG SEA BREEZE AND OTHER BOUNDARY
COLLISIONS WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. STORM MOTION WILL BE SLOW AND ERRATIC
AND THIS WILL LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE MINOR
FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.

HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S OVER INLAND AREAS WILL
LEAD TO HEAT INDICES TOPPING OUT CLOSE TO 105 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS IF
YOUR PLAN TO SPEND TIME OUTDOORS TODAY.

PATCHES OF SMOKE WILL PRIMARILY REMAIN CONFINED TO AREAS NEAR AND
JUST NORTHEAST OF THE HONEY PRAIRIE WILDFIRE COMPLEX AND OTHER
WILDFIRE LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

NUMEROUS STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...OTHERWISE SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY.
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IN THE EVENT THAT WARNINGS
ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.

JDS/JCH

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler30 min
Jun 27, 3:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXFlagler46 min
Jun 27, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClay24 min
Jun 27, 5:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXNassau56 min
Jun 27, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker52 min
Jun 27, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau49 min
Jun 27, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBaker63 min
Jun 27, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau42 min
Jun 27, 5:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBaker, Nassau65 min
Jun 27, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton39 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker41 min
Jun 27, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval, Nassau33 min
Jun 27, 6:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBaker, Union52 min
Jun 27, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXUnion43 min
Jun 27, 7:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXUnion113 min
Jun 27, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford40 min
Jun 27, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXUnion40 min
Jun 27, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua47 min
Jun 26, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Pierce, Wayne44 min
Jun 26, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXJeff Davis33 min
Jun 27, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPierce51 min
Jun 27, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton51 min
Jun 27, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton41 min
Jun 27, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden40 min
Jun 27, 5:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXClinch, Echols66 min
Jun 27, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClinch51 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.