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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2012, 9:39 PM EDT for Charlton County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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
- May 22, 2012, 9:39 PM EDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
County Charlton County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 May 22, 9:35 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 9:35 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 935 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...SCATTERED STRONG STORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... .UPDATE...A DEEP LAYER UPPER VORTEX CONTINUED TO TRIGGER SCATTERED STRONG STORMS ACROSS OUR SE GA ZONES THIS EVENING...WITH VERY COLD TEMPS ALOFT PER EVENING RAOBS. THE 00Z TAE RAOB REPORTED -16 DEG C TEMPS AT 500 MB AND JAX HAD -13 DEG C. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED THAT THE UPPER LOW WAS BEGINNING TO LIFT NE. DESPITE LOW LEVEL DESTABILIZATION THIS EVENING DUE TO THE LOSS OF INSOLATION AND COLD GUST FRONTS...STILL ANTICIPATE THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION TO CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 2 AM ACROSS OUR SE GA ZONES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL A LARGE AREA OF SUBSIDENCE...CURRENTLY ROTATING ESE ACROSS AL AND THE FL PANHANDLE...MAKES IT TO THE SE GA ATLANTIC COAST LATE TONIGHT/EARLY WED MORNING. THE MAIN CONVECTIVE HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SURFACE TEMPS WERE ALL ACROSS THE MAP THIS EVENING DUE TO COLD POOLS. HOMERVILLE AND DOUGLAS WERE ALREADY AT 64 DEG AROUND 9 PM...WHILE GAINESVILLE WAS STILL REPORTING 81 DEG. POSSIBLE THAT MAINLY OF OUR INLAND SE GA ZONES WERE ALREADY NEAR THEIR LOW TEMPS FOR TONIGHT...AND WILL TWEAK THE FORECAST TO INDICATE TEMPS NEAR STEADY WITH MINS IN THE LOW 60S. FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS NE FL...AFTN DEW PTS MIXED OUT INTO THE MID/UPPER 50S ACROSS THE SUWANNEE VALLEY TO OCALA...AND WILL CARRY MINS NEAR 60 TO LOW 60S ACROSS THESE AREAS. TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST AND ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN...MINS WILL BE WARMER IN THE MID/UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 ALONG THE COAST. && .AVIATION...TEMPO TS POSSIBLE AT SSI WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...OTHERWISE PREVAILING VFR TONIGHT LESS GNV WHERE MVFR DUE TO LOW BR/CIGS MAY DEVELOP PRIOR TO SUNRISE WED MORNING. && .MARINE...SSW WINDS 10-15 WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT WITH SEAS 2-4 FT. RIP CURRENTS: ELEVATED RISK ANTICIPATED AGAIN ON WED DUE TO LINGERING ENE SWELLS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 89 63 90 64 / 60 60 10 10 SSI 84 69 87 72 / 60 50 10 10 JAX 90 65 90 67 / 60 40 20 20 SGJ 90 69 86 70 / 50 30 20 20 GNV 90 63 91 65 / 30 20 20 20 OCF 90 64 93 66 / 30 10 20 20 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ENYEDI/SHULER/WALKER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 1:05 PM EDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 105 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-230700- ALACHUA- ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-APPLING- ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-CAMDEN (COASTAL)- CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS- FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT TO 20 NM-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST- GLYNN (COASTAL)-GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU- PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE- UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 105 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...SLIGHT RISK FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA TODAY AND COMBINED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BY MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE FOCUSED OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE EASTERN ZONES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. MARINE INTERESTS OPERATING IN THE COASTAL WATERS AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS...BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS WITH STORMS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST INTO THE WATERS...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. WITH CONTINUED EASTERLY SWELL...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PREVAIL TODAY AT LOCAL BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO CONTINUED EASTERLY SWELLS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 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, May 22, 8:41 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
841 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAZ133-135-230130-
APPLING-JEFF DAVIS-
841 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN
JEFF DAVIS AND NORTHERN APPLING COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL
HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 930 PM EDT...
AT 841 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES NORTH OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND HAZLEHURST...GRAHAM AND PLANT HATCH THROUGH 930 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.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 3196 8241 3197 8239 3194 8233 3194 8228
3191 8222 3191 8216 3187 8214 3181 8263
3192 8267 3193 8263 3197 8254 3195 8250
3198 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 256DEG 21KT 3192 8256
PETERSONSpecial weather statement, May 22, 8:52 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
852 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAZ135-136-230145-
APPLING-WAYNE-
852 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN
WAYNE AND EASTERN APPLING COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 945 PM EDT...
AT 853 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTH OF SURRENCY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND SURRENCY AND ODUM THROUGH 945 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.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 3182 8201 3179 8199 3180 8196 3177 8195
3176 8191 3173 8190 3171 8187 3168 8185
3167 8185 3156 8221 3173 8229 3185 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 245DEG 31KT 3168 8215
PETERSONSpecial weather statement, May 22, 9:03 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 903 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 GAZ152>154-164>166-230145- BRANTLEY-CHARLTON-COASTAL CAMDEN-COASTAL GLYNN-INLAND CAMDEN-INLAND GLYNN- 903 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN BRANTLEY...NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON...NORTHERN CAMDEN AND WESTERN GLYNN COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 945 PM EDT... AT 903 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER WINOKUR...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF NAHUNTA... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WINOKUR...TARBORO AND WAVERLY THROUGH 945 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. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3124 8164 3100 8154 3097 8207 3108 8209 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 255DEG 25KT 3105 8197 SHULER
Special weather statement, May 22, 9:04 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 904 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 GAZ150-152-164-230130- BRANTLEY-CHARLTON-WARE- 904 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN WARE... SOUTHWESTERN BRANTLEY AND NORTHWESTERN CHARLTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 930 PM EDT... AT 905 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 10 MILES WEST OF RACE POND...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND RACE POND THROUGH 930 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. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3113 8206 3092 8202 3091 8235 3101 8238 TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 264DEG 29KT 3099 8224 SHULER
Special weather statement, May 22, 9:20 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 920 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 GAZ150-163-164-230145- CHARLTON-CLINCH-WARE- 920 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN WARE...EASTERN CLINCH AND WESTERN CHARLTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 945 PM EDT... AT 920 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 12 MILES WEST OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF FARGO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK THROUGH 945 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. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3093 8216 3075 8214 3072 8262 3084 8264 TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 256DEG 36KT 3080 8252 SHULER
Special weather statement, May 22, 9:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 939 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 FLZ024-GAZ164-165-230230- CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-NASSAU- 939 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN CHARLTON...WESTERN CAMDEN AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NASSAU COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 1030 PM EDT... AT 940 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF HOMELAND TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOMELAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND HOMELAND... FOLKSTON...TARBORO...WOODBINE AND COLESBURG THROUGH 1030 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. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3104 8172 3082 8168 3075 8215 3098 8212 TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 251DEG 24KT 3099 8203 3082 8206 SHULER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 44 min |
| May 22, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 96 min | |
| May 22, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 95 min | |
| May 22, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 42 min |
| May 22, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 90 min | |
| May 22, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 40 min |
| May 22, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 43 min |
| May 22, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 45 min |
| May 22, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 40 min |
| May 22, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 49 min |
| May 22, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 53 min |
| May 22, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 42 min |
| May 22, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 26 min |
| May 22, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 25 min |
| May 22, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn | 51 min |
| May 22, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Charlton | 45 min |
| May 22, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 36 min |
| May 23, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 38 min |
| May 23, 1:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 47 min |
| May 23, 1:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce, Wayne | 40 min |
| May 23, 2:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 33 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.