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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2012, 5:51 PM EDT for Suwannee County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 30, 2012, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
County Suwannee County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 30, 2:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 239 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012 .SHORT TERM...THRU FRI NIGHT...WITH BERYL MOVING FURTHER AWAY FROM AREA...WE ARE LEFT WITH A WEAK CONVERGENCE ZONE WITH ENHANCED CUMULUS ST AUGUSTINE TO MIDDLEBURG TO JUST N OF GAINESVILLE...BEST CHANCE FOR A FEW SHRA/TSRA IN THIS AREA REMAINDER OF AFTN. ISOLATED SHRA POSSIBLE EARLY EVNG...OTHERWISE DRY TONIGHT. INCLUDED MENTION OF PATCHY FOG NCTRL INTO NE FL WHERE CHANCES APPEAR BEST...ALSO POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOW STRATUS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THIS AREA WITH LLVL FLOW OFF GULF OF MEX. VERY WARM DAY THURS WITH LOW-LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES SUPPORTING LOW-MID 90S FOR HIGH TEMPS...COOLER ALONG COAST. MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS SEA BREEZE INTERSECTION OVER EASTERN COUNTIES...SO SOMEWHAT HIGHER POPS THERE THAN WRN COUNTIES IN OUR FORECAST AREA. .LONG TERM...SAT THRU WED...WEAK FRONT MOVES ACRS SE GA LATE FRI NIGHT AND STALLS OVER NE FL SAT. LIMITED LOW POPS TO AREAS ALONG AND S OF FRONT ON SAT. SLIGHTLY COOLER HIGH TEMPS SE GA...WITH TEMPS STILL REACHING 90 MUCH OF NE FL. LOW-LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES RISE SUN AND MON WITH HIGH TEMPS BACK IN LOW-MID 90S ACROSS FORECAST AREA...EXCEPT A LITTLE COOLER ALONG THE COAST. GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY...WITH DAILY LOW POPS RETURNING MON-TUE. POPS SLIGHTLY HIGHER WED WITH BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SLIDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. && .AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR THIS AFTN AND EVENING...UNLESS A SHRA OR TS IMPACTS A TERMINAL THROUGH 00Z (8 PM) WHEN MVFR CIGS ARE POSSIBLE. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE A GNV AND SSI. TONIGHT SHALLOW SW FLOW SUPPORTS LOW IFR STRATUS POSSIBILITY AT GNV AND VQQ. HAVE JAX AND CRG DROPPING TO 5SM MVFR TONIGHT. && .MARINE...SSE FLOW THIS EVENING WITH THE SEA BREEZE WILL VEER BACK TO THE SSW TONIGHT WITH MAGNITUDES AROUND 10-15 KTS. SEAS SUBSIDED THROUGH THE DAY TODAY TO 2-4 FT. SCEC CONDITIONS DUE TO WINDS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE OFFSHORE LEGS FRI NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF APPROACHING WEAK SFC FRONT. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK TODAY AND TMRW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 68 94 69 90 / 10 30 20 40 SSI 73 87 73 87 / 10 30 20 30 JAX 69 92 70 90 / 20 30 20 30 SGJ 72 88 73 87 / 20 30 20 30 GNV 70 92 69 91 / 20 30 10 30 OCF 70 93 70 91 / 20 30 10 30 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && WOLF/ENYEDI/KEEGAN
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 12:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1227 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-311000- 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- 1227 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. A FEW STRONG STORMS...CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...ARE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN ACTIVITY TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET. PATCHY LATE NIGHT FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...AND HAIL. .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. PP/ABE
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 47 min |
| May 29, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Marion, Putnam | 41 min |
| May 29, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 41 min |
| May 30, 8:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Citrus | 51 min |
| May 30, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 44 min |
| May 30, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 39 min |
| May 30, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Putnam | 40 min |
| May 30, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 33 min |
| May 30, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 42 min | |
| May 30, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 25 min |
| May 30, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee, Union | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford | 28 min |
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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.