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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

October 19, 2011Putnam County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 19, 2011, 2:21 AM EDT for Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 54 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
Oct 19, 2011, 2:21 AM EDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2011, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Putnam County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 490 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
490 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

365 
WWUS82 KJAX 190621
SPSJAX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
221 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

FLZ032-036-037-190715-
ALACHUA-CLAY-PUTNAM-
221 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN ALACHUA AND NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES FOR
STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS VALID UNTIL 315 AM EDT...

AT 221 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER LOCHLOOSA...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF CITRA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO
AFFECT AREAS AROUND LOCHLOOSA...CROSS CREEK...GROVE PARK...JOHNSON...
MELROSE...MANNVILLE...INTERLACHEN...PUTNAM HALL...LAKE GENEVA AND
HOLLISTER THROUGH 315 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. DOPPLER RADAR HAS
INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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 2950 8195 2950 8201 2947 8206 2944 8206
      2942 8215 2948 8221 2950 8225 2972 8206
      2972 8205 2973 8205 2998 8183 2980 8160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 222DEG 22KT 2951 8210

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HESS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 2:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion53 min
Oct 19, 2:56 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXMarion49 min
Oct 19, 3:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion45 min
Oct 19, 3:46 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXMarion44 min
Oct 19, 3:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam39 min
Oct 19, 3:53 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAXBaker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more15 hr
Oct 19, 4:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler52 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.