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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 16, 2012Coffee County, Jeff Davis County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this areal flood warning at Mar 16, 2012, 6:27 PM EDT for Coffee County, Jeff Davis County, Georgia. It was in force for 93 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: Mar 16, 2012, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 93 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Coffee County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 16, 5:51 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 5:51 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
551 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS NEAR THE ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN THIS EVENING...

.UPDATE...DISCRETE CELLS WERE FIRING ACROSS OUR NORTHERN SE GA
ZONES IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. COLD
TEMPS ALOFT COUPLED WITH VERY WARM SFC TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID
80S AND A THERMAL LOW FOCUSED ENOUGH MOISTURE TO SPARK HAIL STORMS
WITH GUSTY WINDS. UPDATED THE FORECAST FOR 50-60% POPS ACROSS OUR
NORTHERN GA ZONES THROUGH ABOUT 8 PM. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE ACROSS SE GA AND BETWEEN
THE SEA BREEZES IN NE FL THROUGH SUNSET. TEMPS WILL FALL FROM THE
UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S THIS EVENING UNDER
CLEAR SKIES NEAR THE COAST TO PARTLY CLOUDY INLAND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  58  84  59  86 /  30  30  30  20
SSI  60  77  61  76 /  10  10  10  10
JAX  57  83  59  85 /  10  10  10  10
SGJ  61  78  62  78 /  10  10  10  10
GNV  56  84  57  84 /  10  10  10  10
OCF  57  84  56  83 /  10   0  10  10

&&

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

ENYEDI

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 9:30 AM EDT, 8 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
930 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-171000-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-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-
930 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

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

THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

AREAS OF FOG CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS.

A FEW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED INLAND SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.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, Mar 16, 3:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
351 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012

GAZ133-134-162015-
BACON-JEFF DAVIS-
351 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL JEFF
DAVIS AND EXTREME NORTHERN BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 351 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING SOUTH
AT 5 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
SNIPESVILLE...HAZLEHURST AND DENTON THROUGH 415 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO
THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.

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

LAT...LON 3175 8252 3175 8255 3174 8255 3173 8252
      3169 8251 3168 8278 3186 8278 3186 8276
      3191 8269 3193 8268 3192 8264 3196 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 353DEG 4KT 3189 8266

TRABERT

Local storm report, Mar 16, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
436 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0421 PM     HAIL             S HAZLEHURST            31.87N 82.60W
03/16/2012  E0.25 INCH       JEFF DAVIS         GA   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZE HAIL.

&&

MCALLISTER

Local storm report, Mar 16, 5:47 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
547 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNE WEST GREEN        31.65N 82.71W
03/16/2012                   COFFEE             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            COFFEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TREES BLOWN
            DOWN AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AT 1163 CEDAR RIDGE DUE TO
            STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THE TIME OF THE EVENT WAS
            ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR IMAGERY.

&&

AENYEDI

Local storm report, Mar 16, 6:18 PM EDT, 9 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
Mar 16, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Jeff Davis	24 min
Mar 16, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Wayne	27 min
Mar 16, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Jeff Davis	40 min
Mar 16, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	49 min
Mar 16, 5:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	2 hr
Mar 16, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Bacon, Coffee	35 min
Mar 16, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Coffee	46 min

Nearby

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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.