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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 11, 2012Coffee County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2012, 4:19 PM EDT for Coffee County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 11, 2012, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Coffee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1210 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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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 11, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
257 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012

...STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.SHORT TERM...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY...

REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...CONVECTION HAVING A TOUGHER TIME FIRING OFF
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NE FL WITH RIDGING ALOFT AND SLIGHTLY DRIER
AIRMASS WITH PWATS DOWN AROUND 1.60 INCHES. THIS WILL LEAD TO
SCATTERED COVERAGE OF CONVECTION THROUGH SUNSET...WHILE ACROSS SE GA
IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE AND CLOSER TO TROF AXIS...WILL SEE AT LEAST
NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/STORMS THERE WITH HIGHER
RAINFALL THREAT BUT SINCE SE GA HAS MISSED OUT ON SOME OF THE RECENT
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME.
MAX TEMPS AROUND 90 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER DEWPOINTS IN
THE LOWER/MID 70S. CAPE VALUES NEAR 3000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON WILL
HELP TO KICK OFF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IN TWO LOCATIONS...ONE
ALONG ONGOING MCS ACRS SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND THE OTHER ALONG SEA
BREEZE FRONTS AND OUTFLOW ACRS NE FL. STORM MOTION STILL GENERALLY
TOWARDS THE EAST AT 10-15 MPH ACROSS SE GA WITH A MORE ERRATIC
MOTION ACROSS NE FL DUE TO SEA BREEZE FRONTS AND OTHER OUTFLOWS.

TONIGHT...SCATTERED TSTM ACTIVITY ACROSS NE FL WILL FADE AFTER
SUNSET WHILE CONCERN WILL SHIFT ALONG THE ONGOING LINE OF STORMS
THAT WILL BE ACRS SE GA WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT
CONTINUING THERE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE
TO SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST AND COULD HAVE RE-DEVELOPMENT OF AT
LEAST SCTD CONVECTION ACROSS NE FL AFTER MIDNIGHT...WILL JUST HAVE
TO SEE HOW LINE OF STORMS BEHAVES AFTER SUNSET AND THE LOSS OF
DIURNAL HEATING TO KEEP THE CONVECTION ONGOING TOWARD MORNING.
IF CONVECTION REMAINS ONGOING AND PUSHES INTO NE FL TOWARD MORNING
AND CONTINUES ON TUESDAY...A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED.

TUESDAY...A TRICKIER FORECAST DEPENDING ON EVOLUTION OF OVERNIGHT
CONVECTION. IF STORMS ARE STILL ONGOING...THEN MAIN IMPACT WILL BE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT WITH THE STORMS. IF A BREAK IN
CONVECTION EXISTS...THEN SOME HEATING WILL TAKE PLACE WITH STORMS
RE-IGNITING BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. EITHER WAY...HIGH POPS
ARE IN PLACE WITH CATEGORICAL ACRS SE GA AND LIKELY ACRS NE FL AND
THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BE PUSHED EVEN HIGHER IF ORGANIZED CONVECTION
HOLDS OVER FROM THE MONDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. PRECIP WATER AMOUNTS
REBOUNDING CLOSE TO 2 INCHES AND SLOWER STORM MOTION WILL CONTINUE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT AND A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED. MAX
TEMPS WILL BE A NOTCH COOLER THAN TODAY AROUND 90 DEGREES AND
POSSIBLY ONLY AROUND THE MID 80S IF CONVECTION ONGOING DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS LIMITS AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED.

TUE NIGHT...DEEP MOISTURE AXIS REMAINS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND
EXPECT LIKELY CONVECTION DURING THE EVENING HOURS TO BECOME
SCATTERED OVERNIGHT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

WEDNESDAY...BOTH GFS/NAM STILL HAVE DEEP MOISTURE (PRECIP WATER
AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES) AND EXPECT ANOTHER DAY WITH AT LEAST
LIKELY COVERAGE OF STORMS WITH ENOUGH DIURNAL HEATING IN THE MORNING
TO TRIGGER LIKELY COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON. STRONG STORMS WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAIN
IMPACTS.

THURSDAY...HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD NORTH OF THE REGION AND THIS WILL
SHIFT STEERING FLOW TO THE NORTHEAST AND ADVECT SOME DRIER AIR INTO
SE GA BY THE AFTERNOON WITH THE LAST OF THE LINGERING MOISTURE
ACROSS NE FL STILL EXPECTED TO TRIGGER SCATTERED/NUMEROUS CONVECTION
WITH ISOLD/SCTD CONVECTION ACROSS SE GA. MAX TEMPS NEAR NORMAL
AROUND 90 DEGREES.

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTING UP NORTH OF THE REGION A E/NE STEERING
FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH AIRMASS DRYING OUT AND
EXPECT DIURNAL CONVECTION COVERAGE TO COME DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL TO
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL LEVELS AROUND 20-30%. MAX TEMPS WILL BE BELOW
NORMAL IN THE MID/UPPER 80S COAST AND CLOSER TO THE NORMAL 90
DEGREES OVER INLAND AREAS.

&&

.AVIATION...

ATLANTIC SEABREEZE HAS CLEARED CRG AND WILL MOVE THROUGH JAX
AROUND 20Z. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND BECOME GUSTY AT
TIMES BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE SEABREEZE BETWEEN 20 AND 22Z. VQQ AND JAX STAND THE BEST
CHANCES OF BEING IMPACTED DIRECTLY...AND TEMPO GROUPS ARE IN
PLACE. WILL GO WITH VCTS ELSEWHERE. A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER NEAR
SSI INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING...VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

&&

.MARINE...

EVENING SOUTHERLY SURGE WILL ONCE AGAIN CREATE NEAR SCEC
CONDITIONS TONIGHT. WILL GO WITH A SOLID 15 KNOTS...JUST BELOW
HEADLINE CRITERIA. RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS ARE THEN ANTICIPATED
THROUGH MID WEEK. A FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH ON THURSDAY AND
A SURGE OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL TRAIL THE FRONT POSSIBLY REACHING
HEADLINE CRITERIA BY THURSDAY EVENING.

RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK TODAY AND TOMORROW.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  71  90  70  92 /  80  90  70  50
SSI  74  85  73  87 /  60  80  50  60
JAX  70  90  70  91 /  60  70  60  70
SGJ  72  87  72  87 /  30  60  60  60
GNV  69  90  70  92 /  60  60  60  70
OCF  70  91  71  92 /  50  40  30  60

&&

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

HESS/SHULER/WALKER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 12:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1205 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-120838-
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-
1205 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012

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

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY...

...SCATTERED STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HEAVY THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN STRONGER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND THIS
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS AND CAUSE
FLOODING PROBLEMS.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET.

HEAT INDICES WILL NEAR 100 TO 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
INLAND NORTHEAST FLORIDA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

NUMEROUS TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. RAIN CHANCES
WILL DECREASE TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES BY THURSDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND
AS ONSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IN THE EVENT THAT WARNINGS
ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATIONS.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.

ENYEDI/JCH

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton37 min
Jun 11, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton41 min
Jun 11, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion25 min
Jun 11, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval36 min
Jun 11, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval40 min
Jun 11, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker, Columbia, Nassau28 min
Jun 11, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua40 min
Jun 11, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval24 min
Jun 11, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval, Saint Johns35 min
Jun 11, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSaint Johns46 min
Jun 11, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX116 min
Jun 11, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX115 min
Jun 11, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam, Saint Johns48 min
Jun 11, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau53 min
Jun 11, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval, Nassau41 min
Jun 10, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBacon35 min
Jun 11, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXJeff Davis45 min
Jun 11, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAtkinson, Coffee52 min
Jun 11, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne35 min
Jun 11, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAtkinson31 min
Jun 11, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn29 min
Jun 11, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling, Wayne32 min
Jun 11, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPierce, Ware28 min
Jun 11, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne31 min
Jun 11, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley, Glynn, Wayne43 min
Jun 11, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden29 min
Jun 11, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton, Glynn23 min
Jun 11, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden, Glynn48 min
Jun 11, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden, Glynn45 min
Jun 11, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden30 min

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