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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 11, 2012Baker County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2012, 5:24 PM EDT for Baker County, Florida. 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: Jul 11, 2012, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Baker County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 70 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: 1920 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

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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 Jul 11, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 3:47 AM EDT, 13 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
347 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2012

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-121000-
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-
347 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2012

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

...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE SANTA FE RIVER...

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON...AND LINGER INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AN ISOLATED
SEVERE STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE.

MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG STRETCHES OF THE SANTA FE RIVER
BASIN. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS
FOR MORE DETAILS.

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

MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BE STRONG.

.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, Jul 11, 2:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
214 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012

FLZ024-111845-
NASSAU-
214 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL NASSAU
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 214 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 10 MILES EAST OF HILLIARD...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KINGSLAND...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND HILLIARD THROUGH 245 PM EDT.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
MINOR WIND DAMAGE.

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

LAT...LON 3059 8165 3058 8199 3080 8196 3075 8173
      3075 8170 3074 8165 3073 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 095DEG 6KT 3068 8175

SHASHY

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
221 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012

GAZ165-166-111845-
COASTAL CAMDEN-INLAND CAMDEN-
221 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN CAMDEN
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 221 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOODBINE...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS
AROUND WOODBINE...WAVERLY AND TARBORO THROUGH 245 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS
OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND
DAMAGE.

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

LAT...LON 3100 8157 3090 8165 3101 8187 3116 8178
      3106 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 121DEG 8KT 3103 8169

SHASHY

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:56 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:24 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	31 min
Jul 11, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	31 min
Jul 11, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Suwannee	42 min
Jul 11, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker	49 min
Jul 11, 5:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Baker, Columbia	2 hr
Jul 10, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bacon	29 min
Jul 10, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Bacon, Pierce, Ware	28 min
Jul 11, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	24 min
Jul 11, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	24 min
Jul 11, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Jeff Davis	51 min
Jul 11, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	52 min
Jul 11, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	45 min
Jul 11, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	39 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.