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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT for Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 5, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
County Glynn County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 886 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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 Jun 5, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 225 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR SE GA AND PARTS OF NE FL... .TONIGHT...COLD FRONT LOCATED NEAR ALTAMAHA RIVER IN SE GA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SEVERE STORMS ERUPTING. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG S INTO SE GA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SEVERE THREAT SHIFTING S INTO EXTREME NE FL BY EARLY EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...WITH A WEAKENING TREND EXPECTED THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING. .SHORT TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MODERATE NW FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY WITH IMPULSES ROTATING SE INTO THE AREA. SURFACE FRONT WILL SAG S INTO NE FL ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH LIKELY POPS CONTINUING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AS GULF MOISTURE INCREASES SOUTH OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SEVERE AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A LITTLE BELOW CLIMO THE NEXT TWO DAYS DUE TO EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO SE GA ON FRIDAY AS UPPER TROUGH AXIS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. SHIFTS INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...MODELS SHOW UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AND THEN SHIFTING EAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY WITH NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION...NUMEROUS STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SE GA AND MOVE INTO NE FL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVE. HAVE TEMPO GROUPS FOR TS...MVFR...GUSTY WINDS AT SSI BETWEEN 18Z-22Z...AT JAX...CRG...VQQ BETWEEN 20Z-23Z. WILL ALSO CONTINUE WITH SHRA AND VCTS INTO THE EVE TIL AROUND 04Z DUE TO FRONT DRIFTING SOUTH INTO THE AREA. STORMS EXPECTED TO BE MORE SCATTERED FURTHER SOUTH ALONG GULF SEA BREEZE AND HAVE VCTS WITH CB AT GNV AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVE. && .MARINE...WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT OFFSHORE AS FRONT SAGS SOUTH TOWARDS THE AREA AND HAVE AN EXERCISE CAUTION GOING FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS THRU WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS DECREASE THURSDAY AS FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. MAIN CONCERN FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVE WILL BE FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS THAT WILL BE MOVING OFFSHORE SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG OR SEVERE. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 69 87 67 90 / 70 60 40 20 SSI 73 84 72 82 / 70 70 60 40 JAX 71 87 69 87 / 60 70 60 50 SGJ 74 87 72 85 / 40 60 50 60 GNV 72 87 70 89 / 50 70 50 70 OCF 73 87 71 89 / 40 60 50 70 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ZIBURA/PETERSON/
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 12:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1240 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-061000- 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- 1240 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND A PORTION OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA UNTIL 9 PM... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AND IT INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND A PORTION OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA WHICH INCLUDES THE JACKSONVILLE METRO AREA...LAKE CITY...AND LIVE OAK. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THIS AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH SOME STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE. AS STORMS MAY TRAIN FROM WEST TO EAST...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THE WATCH AREA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. PP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:17 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
317 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
GAZ153-154-052000-
COASTAL GLYNN-INLAND GLYNN-
317 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL GLYNN
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID
UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 318 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOCK JUNCTION...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT
AREAS AROUND DOCK JUNCTION...COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES...BRUNSWICK...ST.
SIMONS...GLYNN HAVEN AND SEA ISLAND 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.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3124 8128 3120 8126 3120 8132 3116 8135
3113 8134 3112 8135 3113 8138 3109 8140
3116 8168 3128 8165 3125 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 285DEG 18KT 3117 8157
NELSONLocal storm report, Jun 5, 3:46 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:48 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
348 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0334 PM HAIL 3 NNW BRUNSWICK 31.18N 81.49W
06/05/2012 E1.00 INCH GLYNN GA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON PARKWOOD DRIVE IN
BRUNSWICK.
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MZSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 3:50 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 350 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012 GAZ136-151-152-052030- BRANTLEY-PIERCE-WAYNE- 350 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE...SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE AND NORTHERN BRANTLEY COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 350 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES WEST OF HORTENSE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PATTERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND PATTERSON...RAYBON... HORTENSE AND WAYNESVILLE THROUGH 430 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3144 8176 3122 8177 3124 8218 3141 8218 TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 267DEG 20KT 3132 8202 NELSON
Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:55 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
355 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM HAIL 5 N BRUNSWICK 31.21N 81.48W
06/05/2012 E0.50 INCH GLYNN GA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL FELL ON CARTERET ROAD IN BRUNSWICK.
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MZSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 4:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
GAZ153-154-165-166-052045-
COASTAL CAMDEN-COASTAL GLYNN-INLAND CAMDEN-INLAND GLYNN-
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN
CAMDEN...EASTERN GLYNN AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTIES FOR
STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 445 PM
EDT...
AT 403 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER DOCK JUNCTION...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND DOCK
JUNCTION...BRUNSWICK...BOYS ESTATE...COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES...GLYNN
HAVEN...ST. SIMONS...SEA ISLAND AND JEKYLL ISLAND THROUGH 445 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3124 8128 3120 8126 3120 8132 3116 8135
3113 8134 3113 8138 3111 8139 3101 8140
3108 8167 3136 8158 3132 8142 3128 8139
3129 8131 3127 8125 3125 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 292DEG 26KT 3119 8148
NELSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 74 min | |
| Jun 5, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 5, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 5, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 61 min | |
| Jun 5, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 93 min | |
| Jun 5, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Jeff Davis | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Jeff Davis | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Wayne | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Jeff Davis | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Jeff Davis | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 50 min |
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Sources
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