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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2013, 6:40 PM EDT for Duval County, Saint Johns County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2013, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Duval County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 15, 1:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 1:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 155 PM EDT THU AUG 15 2013 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OVER SE GEORGIA TODAY... .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... SURFACE FRONT HAS STALLED OVER SE GEORGIA NEAR A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF HAZELHURST TO JUST NORTH OF JESUP. WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER SE AL HAS FORMED WITH BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING TO THE EAST...OVER SW GA. STRONG INSTABILITY INDICATED SOUTH OF THE FRONT BY LAPS ANALYSIS WITH CAPE VALUES NOW 3000+ J/KG OVER SE GA. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPC HAS INCLUDED THIS AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS A POSSIBLITY. OVER NE FL THE MAIN FOCUS WILL BE A SEABREEZE COLLISION LATE AFTN/EVE IN THE VICINITY...OR JUST WEST OF THE ST. JOHNS RIVER. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO SLOWLY DECREASE BY MIDNIGHT BUT MAY RETURN TO THE SUWANNEE VALLEY LATE TONIGHT AS TROPICAL MOISTURE SURGE OVER S FL MOVES NORTH. HAVE LIKELY POPS AREA WIDE ON FRIDAY AS TROPICAL MOISTURE SPREADS NORTH ACROSS THE AREA WITH PWATS PROGGED TO INCREASE TO 2.3". AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH GA NEAR STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE WEEKEND...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO HOVER ACROSS SE GA...WITH A DEEP MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUING OVER THE REGION. HAVE CATEGORICAL POPS FRIDAY EVENING OVER THE SUWANNEE VALLEY INTO SE GA AND LIKELY POPS ELSEWHERE. WILL CONTINUE LIKELY POPS FOR THE NRN PORTION LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TAPERING TO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE SE PORTION. LIKELY POPS RETURN AGAIN EACH AFTN/EVENING THIS WEEKEND...THEN DECREASING TO 20-30% CHANCES AFTER MIDNIGHT. CLOUDS AND HIGH PRECIP COVERAGE WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES DOWN...WITH UPPER 80S/NEAR 90 FOR NE FL...AND MID 80S FOR MUCH OF SE GA. NEAR NORMAL LOW TEMPS ARE EXPECTED. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC IS EXPECTED TO BUILD WEST OVER FL PENINSULA EARLY NEXT WEEK...THEN WEAKEN MID WEEK. FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LINGER TO OUR NORTH. EXPECT POPS TO DECREASE TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS. TEMPS WILL BE SEASONABLE ALSO. && .AVIATION... HAVE TEMPO TSRA IN ALL TAF SITES 21Z-01Z AS STORMS INCREASE IN COVERAGE. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH DECREASING RAIN CHANCES BY 02Z. && .MARINE... SOUTH TO SE FLOW WILL PERSIST THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE WATERS. SEAS WILL REMAIN MOSTLY IN 2-3 FOOT RANGE. LATE DAY STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AS WESTERLY STEERING FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 87 72 86 / 70 80 80 70 SSI 75 84 75 86 / 60 70 70 60 JAX 73 88 74 89 / 60 70 70 60 SGJ 74 84 74 88 / 60 60 60 60 GNV 73 87 71 89 / 50 70 70 60 OCF 74 87 72 90 / 50 60 60 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ZIBURA/TRABERT/MCALLISTER
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 3:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 351 PM EDT THU AUG 15 2013 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-161000- 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- 351 PM EDT THU AUG 15 2013 ...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ALONG THE ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STORM MOTION IS NORTHEAST AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MAINTAIN INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO WORK INTO THE REGION...PRODUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ALTHOUGH SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE...TWITTER...FACEBOOK OR CALL OUR OFFICE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. ARS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 15, 5:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
534 PM EDT THU AUG 15 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM TSTM WND GST JACKSONVILLE INTL ARPT 30.48N 81.71W
08/15/2013 M51.00 MPH DUVAL FL ASOS
THE JACKSONVILLE AIRPORT ASOS MEASURED A GUST TO 51 MPH.
&&
CORRECTED TIME.
ARSSpecial weather statement, Aug 15, 5:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
538 PM EDT THU AUG 15 2013
FLZ036-040-152230-
ALACHUA-MARION-
538 PM EDT THU AUG 15 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALACHUA AND WESTERN MARION COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 538 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF
MCINTOSH TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
FLEMINGTON...MICANOPY...MCINTOSH...REDDICK...CROSS CREEK...
ROCHELLE...LOWELL...SPARR...LOCHLOOSA AND GROVE PARK THROUGH 630 PM
EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 2916 8239 2958 8231 2968 8206 2967 8205
2922 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 239DEG 10KT 2945 8227 2918 8232
TRABERTLocal storm report, Aug 15, 6:08 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 14, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 14, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 8:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 112 min |
| Aug 14, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 95 min | |
| Aug 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 118 min | |
| Aug 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 5:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Flagler | 113 min |
| Aug 15, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 90 min | |
| Aug 15, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 116 min | |
| Aug 15, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 15, 6:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clay, Duval, Saint Johns | 118 min |
| Aug 15, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler, Putnam | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 117 min | |
| Aug 15, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 9:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 112 min |
| Aug 15, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon, Pierce | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Ware, Wayne | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Glynn | 113 min |
| Aug 15, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee, Ware | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 4:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Ware | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 5:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden | 37 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.