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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 15, 2012Charlton County, Clinch County, Ware County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2012, 3:29 PM EDT for Charlton County, Clinch County, Ware County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 15, 2012, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Ware County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 15, 3:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Stephen Foster State Pa, GA	TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE CABIN AREA AT THE STEPHEN FOSTER PARK.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 53 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: 2279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

054 
WUUS52 KJAX 151929
SVRJAX
GAC049-065-299-152015-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0192.120815T1929Z-120815T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
329 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  EXTREME EASTERN CLINCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  NORTHERN CHARLTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HOMELAND AND FOLKSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3094 8246 3098 8192 3082 8192 3083 8195
      3078 8198 3079 8202 3076 8202 3075 8204
      3071 8204 3069 8204 3066 8234 3075 8253
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 273DEG 16KT 3083 8229

$$

SHASHY

3 follow-up statements

481 
WWUS52 KJAX 151944
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
344 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

GAC049-065-299-152015-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-120815T2015Z/
WARE GA-CLINCH GA-CHARLTON GA-
344 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN CHARLTON...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CLINCH AND SOUTHERN WARE
COUNTIES...

AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOMELAND AND FOLKSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3082 8192 3083 8195 3078 8198 3079 8202
      3076 8202 3075 8204 3070 8204 3069 8206
      3066 8234 3072 8247 3095 8243 3095 8236
      3094 8224 3098 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 283DEG 12KT 3081 8225

$$

SHASHY

852 
WWUS52 KJAX 151956
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
356 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

GAC065-152006-
/O.CAN.KJAX.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-120815T2015Z/
CLINCH GA-
356 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CLINCH
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3082 8192 3083 8195 3078 8198 3079 8202
      3076 8202 3075 8204 3069 8206 3066 8234
      3070 8242 3095 8243 3094 8224 3098 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 294DEG 13KT 3078 8220

$$

GAC049-299-152015-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-120815T2015Z/
WARE GA-CHARLTON GA-
356 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN CHARLTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WARE COUNTIES...

AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOMELAND AND FOLKSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3082 8192 3083 8195 3078 8198 3079 8202
      3076 8202 3075 8204 3069 8206 3066 8234
      3070 8242 3095 8243 3094 8224 3098 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 294DEG 13KT 3078 8220

$$

SHASHY

371 
WWUS52 KJAX 152015
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
415 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

GAC049-299-152024-
/O.EXP.KJAX.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-120815T2015Z/
WARE GA-CHARLTON GA-
415 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHARLTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN WARE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...

ALTHOUGH THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...SMALL HAIL...
FREQUENT 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 3082 8192 3083 8195 3079 8199 3079 8202
      3076 8202 3075 8204 3069 8206 3066 8234
      3070 8242 3095 8243 3094 8224 3098 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 294DEG 13KT 3075 8213

$$

SHASHY

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 Aug 15, 2:50 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 2:50 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
250 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...
...SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...

.CURRENTLY...LAPS ANALYSES SHOW SBCAPE VALUES OF 3-4 K J/KG AND WITH
AN EARLY START TO CONVECTION SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE TURNED
OVER. NONETHELESS...ONGOING SCT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTN MAINLY IN NE FL. LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS LOCATED OVER SRN FL
INTO CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS SOME DRY AIR
ALOFT THAT MAY SUPPORT SOME STRONG DOWNDRAFT AIR IN STRONG TSTMS
CELLS.

&&

.TONIGHT...LINGERING SFC TROUGH FROM OVER THE CAROLINAS TO CENTRAL
AND N GA WILL DRIFT A BIT SWD WHILE ALOFT A NARROW VORT LOBE WILL
EXIST OVER N HALF OF THE CWA. MORE THAN SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER
MOISTURE AND LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES WILL EXIST FOR ISOLD TO SCT
CONVECTION IN THE EVENING HOURS. TROUGHING OVER THE AREA AND PWATS
HOVERING JUST UNDER 2 INCHES MAY KEEP SOME WEAK ISOLD CONVECTION
GOING PAST MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S.

THU...BOTH NAM AND GFS SHOW PREVAILING LOW LEVEL SW TO WLY FLOW OVER
THE FORECAST REGION AND BROAD MID/UPPER TROUGHING EXTENDING OVER THE
SE STATES. WEAK SFC TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM S CAROLINA TO S CENTRAL
AL. MODELS SHOW GENERALLY WEAK LIFT ASSOCD WITH SHORTWAVE IMPULSES
WHICH WILL ENHANCE CONVECTIVE CHANCES. MAV GUIDANCE POPS WERE
UNDERDONE TODAY AND APPEARS THE SAME ON THU...SO FEEL FAIRLY
CONFIDENT GOING ABOVE THE 20% IT HAS PAINTED FOR OUR AREA. HIGHS
AGAIN MAINLY IN THE LOWER 90S AND POPS WILL BE ADVERTISED AROUND
40-50%. THU NIGHT...MORE WELL-DEFINED SHORTWAVE IMPULSE IS FCST TO MOVE
ACROSS THE SE STATES FROM AL TO NE FL. WILL HAVE MID CHANCE POPS IN
THE FORECAST ATTM...MAINLY FOR EVENING BUT MAINTAIN LOW END CHANCE
POPS OVERNIGHT.

FRI THROUGH SAT...MODELS MAINTAIN RELATIVELY HIGH MOISTURE
LEVELS WITH PWATS NEAR 1.8 TO 2 INCHES. THIS COMBINED WITH 500 MB
TEMPS NEAR -7/-8C AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL EASILY SUPPORT HIGH END
CHANCE (40-50%) POPS. GENERAL STORM MOTION WILL BE W TO E...MAKING
TO THE E COAST BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTN. HIGHS MAY BE A BIT
LOWER THAN CLIMATOLOGY GIVEN THE ONSET/BETTER LIKELY-HOOD OF
CONVECTION/CLOUD COVER. AT NIGHT...SCT MAINLY EVENING
CONVECTION...BUT AGAIN AT LEAST SOME LATE NIGHT CONVECTION IS
POSSIBLE GIVEN THE BROAD TROUGHING THAT WILL EXIST AND ASSOCD
SHORTWAVE IMPULSES.

&&

.LONG TERM...SUN-WED...
THE 12Z MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PRIOR FCST
WITH A MID/UPPER TROUGH FROM THE ERN GREAT LAKES TO THE ERN GULF...
AND DISTURBANCES PIVOTING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH.
CHANCE POPS SEEM VERY REASONABLE AT THIS TIME...WITH TEMPS
HOVERING WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGS OF CLIMATE VALUES.

&&

.AVIATION...TEMPO FOR TSRA WITH MAINLY MVFR CONDS THOUGH GIVEN THE
HIGHER PWATS IFR VSBY POSSIBLE. SO FAR GUSTS HAVE BEEN AROUND 25-30
KT IN TSRA BUT RECENT REPORT NEAR 50 MPH AT VAD JUST W OF OUR GA
COUNTIES. OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...VFR.

&&

.MARINE...S TO SW WINDS NEAR 10-15 KTS. SEAS OF ABOUT 3 FT OR LESS.
SCEC CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FRI NIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
STRENGTHENS AS SFC FRONT/TROUGH SAGS FARTHER SOUTH
OVER S-CENTRAL GA.

RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK TODAY AND THU.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  73  94  72  91 /  20  40  40  40
SSI  76  91  76  90 /  30  30  30  40
JAX  73  93  73  91 /  30  40  40  50
SGJ  74  90  74  89 /  30  50  40  40
GNV  72  93  72  90 /  30  40  30  40
OCF  72  93  72  90 /  30  40  30  40

&&

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

SHASHY/HESS/LETRO

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
220 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-160930-
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-
220 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

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

...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AND MOVE SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE BULK OF THE STORMS WILL BE
JUST NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOST OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

SCATTERED DIURNAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
PERIOD. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY.

.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, Aug 15, 1:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
107 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

GAZ132-149-151745-
ATKINSON-COFFEE-
107 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ATKINSON AND
SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
VALID UNTIL 145 PM EDT...

AT 107 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLACOOCHEE...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND WILLACOOCHEE...PEARSON AND AXSON THROUGH 145 PM EDT. 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 3148 8304 3153 8259 3147 8260 3147 8263
      3128 8263 3129 8267 3128 8270 3123 8270
      3119 8267 3118 8272 3129 8306 3133 8307
      3134 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 286DEG 17KT 3137 8297

HESS

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
108 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

GAZ136-152>154-151800-
BRANTLEY-COASTAL GLYNN-INLAND GLYNN-WAYNE-
108 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WAYNE...NORTHEASTERN BRANTLEY...GLYNN AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MCINTOSH
COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 200 PM
EDT...

AT 109 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER HORTENSE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF
NAHUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO
AFFECT AREAS AROUND RAYBON...HORTENSE...BROADHURST...ATKINSON...
WAYNESVILLE...THALMANN...MOUNT PLEASANT...EVERETT...DOCK JUNCTION AND
COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES THROUGH 200 PM EDT. 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 3113 8141 3122 8201 3130 8199 3131 8200
      3154 8197 3150 8164 3148 8161 3145 8162
      3136 8152 3134 8144 3128 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 272DEG 23KT 3135 8188

HESS

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
224 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

FLZ023-024-GAZ150-164>166-151915-
BAKER-CHARLTON-COASTAL CAMDEN-INLAND CAMDEN-NASSAU-WARE-
224 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WARE...NORTHERN BAKER...CHARLTON...SOUTHERN CAMDEN AND WESTERN NASSAU
COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 315 PM
EDT...

AT 224 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WINOKUR TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAYLOR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WINOKUR...
HOMELAND...FOLKSTON...TAYLOR...FOLKSTON...KINGS FERRY...HILLIARD...
WOODBINE...TARBORO AND ST. GEORGE THROUGH 315 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 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 3034 8206 3045 8246 3058 8246 3059 8242
      3061 8242 3062 8243 3107 8202 3106 8199
      3105 8193 3093 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 279DEG 12KT 3094 8205 3054 8239

HESS

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:36 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
236 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

FLZ020-GAZ162-163-151915-
CLINCH-ECHOLS-HAMILTON-
236 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN
CLINCH...ECHOLS AND NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 236 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MAYDAY TO 11 MILES EAST OF STATENVILLE TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WEST LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WEST LAKE...JENNINGS...BLUE SPRINGS...
STATENVILLE...MAYDAY...JASPER...BELMONT...NEEDMORE AND FARGO THROUGH
315 PM EDT. 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 3064 8314 3079 8314 3086 8309 3086 8302
      3088 8298 3094 8297 3095 8263 3076 8243
      3059 8261 3060 8270 3056 8273 3050 8271
      3048 8273 3047 8323 3064 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 268DEG 17KT 3087 8295 3074 8282
          3054 8305

HESS

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:02 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
302 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

GAZ149-150-163-164-151945-
ATKINSON-CHARLTON-CLINCH-WARE-
302 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL WARE...
SOUTHERN ATKINSON...CLINCH AND NORTHWESTERN CHARLTON COUNTIES FOR
STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 302 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DU PONT TO 14 MILES WEST OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT
AREAS AROUND DU PONT...STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...HOMERVILLE...
NEEDHAM...MANOR...COGDELL AND ARGYLE THROUGH 345 PM EDT. 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 3110 8221 3101 8213 3106 8205 3064 8245
      3080 8284 3084 8285 3087 8298 3118 8298
      3119 8305 3127 8304 3132 8307
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 215DEG 16KT 3096 8294 3084 8258

HESS

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:16 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
316 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

GAZ164-165-152000-
CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-
316 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN
CHARLTON AND EXTREME WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL
HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 317 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RACE POND...OR 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND STEVEN FOSTER
STATE PARK...RACE POND...HOMELAND AND FOLKSTON THROUGH 400 PM EDT.
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. 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 3101 8191 3084 8192 3080 8213 3081 8238
      3100 8232
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 271DEG 14KT 3092 8221

SHASHY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson	38 min
Aug 15, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	52 min
Aug 15, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden, Charlton	51 min
Aug 15, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch, Echols	39 min
Aug 15, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch, Ware	43 min
Aug 15, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	44 min
Aug 15, 3:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Charlton	116 min
Aug 15, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	28 min
Aug 15, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Pierce, Ware	27 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.