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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2012, 11:39 AM EDT for Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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 30, 2012, 11:39 AM EDT (15:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2012, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
County Nassau County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 2934 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 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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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 30, 9:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 9:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 919 AM EDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...SCATTERED STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... .UPDATE... REGIONAL SOUNDINGS SHOWING A NICE JUICY ATMOSPHERE WITH PRECIP WATER AMOUNTS WELL OVER 2 INCHES AND RELATIVELY COOL MID LEVEL 500MB TEMPS AT -7C/-8C. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH MID LEVEL TROF AXIS AND VORTICITY SPOKES OF ENERGY SLIDING THROUGH THE REGION TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARDS THE EAST AT 15-20 MPH WITH SCATTERED STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING THE MAIN THREATS ALTHOUGH SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL ALWAYS POSSIBLE. SLIGHTLY EARLIER START TO THE STORM ACTIVITY WILL HOLD MAX TEMPS INTO THE LOWER 90S WHILE SOME TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA. ACTIVITY SHOULD FADE A BIT AFTER SUNSET WITH MINIMAL ACTIVITY AFTER MIDNIGHT MAINLY LIMITED TO THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE ATLC AND NORTHEAST GOMEX. && .AVIATION... GENERAL VFR CONDS EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING THEN WITH SCTD/NUMEROUS TSTM ACTIVITY PUSHING INTO TAF LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TEMPO GROUPS...MAINLY AFTER 18Z WITH GUSTY WINDS AND AT LEAST MVFR CIGS AND IFR VSBYS AT TIMES. CONDS WILL IMPROVE AFTER SUNSET WITH LINGERING VFR MID/HIGH CLOUDS AFTER 01Z/02Z TIME FRAME. && .MARINE... GENERAL SWLY FLOW AT 10-15 KNOTS WITH SEAS OF 2-3 FT EXPECTED TODAY WITH A SLIGHTLY STRONGER NOCTURNAL SWLY SURGE AROUND 15 KNOTS EXPECTED TONIGHT. RIP CURRENTS: A GENERAL LOW RISK WILL CONTINUE WITH THE OFFSHORE FLOW OUTWEIGHING ANY LINGERING 2 FEET EASTERLY SWELLS PUSHING ONSHORE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 93 71 94 73 / 60 30 60 40 SSI 89 75 90 77 / 60 40 50 40 JAX 91 74 92 75 / 60 40 60 40 SGJ 90 74 92 75 / 60 40 40 30 GNV 92 71 93 72 / 60 40 40 30 OCF 92 72 92 73 / 60 40 40 30 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && HESS/CHASE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 4:24 AM EDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 11:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 35 min |
| Jul 30, 11:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Union | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 12:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford, Union | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 12:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 52 min |
| Jul 30, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 30, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 52 min |
| Jul 30, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 59 min |
| Jul 30, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 50 min |
| Jul 30, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 58 min | |
| Jul 30, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 93 min | |
| Jul 30, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 52 min |
| Jul 30, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.