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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2013, 6:33 PM EDT for Brantley County, Pierce County, Wayne 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2013, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2013, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brantley County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Wayne County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 May 19, 1:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 1:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 148 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. .SHORT TERM...THROUGH TONIGHT... CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE AND LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES MAINLY OVER EASTERN COUNTIES. A STRONG IMPULSE/COLD POOL PUSHING SOUTHWARD ACRS GA IS PRODUCING SOME SEVERE STORMS. RADAR MOSAICS SHOWS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHING TOWARD JEFF DAVIS/COFFEE COUNTIES. THE COLLISION OF THESE STORMS AND THE SEA BREEZE WILL PRODUCE ISOLD TO SCTD SEVERE STORMS MAINLY OVER SE GA AND OVER THE BORDER INTO EXTREME NE FL. THE VORTICITY ASSOCD WITH THE COLD POOL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE DRIFTING SOUTH THROUGH THE NIGHT AND POSSIBLY SPARK A FEW STORMS WITH HAIL OVERNIGHT AS IT DRIFTS INTO THE NE GULF OF MEXICO NEAR SUNRISE. MONDAY...WEAK MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION WITH H5 TEMPS IN -11C RANGE WILL LIKELY INTERACT WITH THE SEA BREEZE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED AFTN/EVENING STORMS. WILL KEEP 40-50% POPS AND EXPECT ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MAX TEMPS WILL BE IN LOW/MID 80S. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY EARLY MONDAY EVENING WILL DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT AS SURFACE HEATING IS LOST. A PERSISTENT PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK...WITH AFTERNOON/EVENING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO DIURNAL EFFECTS AND SEABREEZE INTERACTIONS. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... GFS/ECMWF IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CROSSING THE AREA THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ENHANCE THE DIURNAL/SEABREEZE CONVECTION...AND WILL USE CHANCE POPS FOR MOST AREAS. MAINLY AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL BE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON SO EXPECT VCTS BEGINNING AT 18Z FOR JAX...VQQ AND CRG THEN SSI AND GNV AFTER 20Z. TEMPO TSRA BETWEEN 20Z AND 23Z HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR ALL SITES LESS SSI. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH OVERNIGHT WITH MVFR RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE AT VQQ AND GNV EARLY TOMORROW MORNING IN BR AND POSSIBLE LOW CIGS. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS POINT SO HAVE CHOSEN NOT MENTIONED. && .MARINE... SE FLOW WILL GENERALLY PREVAIL THROUGH MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. WINDS/SEAS WILL REMAIN UNDER SCEC CRITERIA...WITH MINOR MAINLY NIGHTTIME SURGES TO AROUND 15 KNOTS. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK THROUGH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO MODERATE MONDAY AS LONGER PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS DEVELOP. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 67 85 64 89 / 40 50 30 30 SSI 71 80 69 81 / 20 30 20 20 JAX 68 83 67 86 / 30 50 30 30 SGJ 69 81 68 82 / 20 40 10 20 GNV 67 85 65 88 / 40 50 30 30 OCF 67 86 67 89 / 50 50 30 30 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && TRABERT/ALLEN/GUILLET
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 1:01 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 101 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-201715- 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- 101 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND AREAS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR ARE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH THE PERIOD...MAINLY OVER INLAND AREAS. ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PROMOTE AN ENHANCED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED LATER TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. MKT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 5:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 19, 5:47 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
547 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 ENE ST. GEORGE 30.56N 81.96W
05/19/2013 NASSAU FL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED A FEW TREES DOWN ALONG RIVER ROAD NEAR
HURST DRIVE OUTSIDE OF CALLAHAN. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
&&
SCHASESpecial weather statement, May 19, 5:56 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
556 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
GAZ135-136-151-192245-
APPLING-PIERCE-WAYNE-
556 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN
WAYNE...NORTHEASTERN PIERCE AND SOUTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTIES FOR
STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
AT 556 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCREVEN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND SCREVEN AND BROADHURST THROUGH 645 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE
QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS
AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.
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 700 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3154 8181 3134 8207 3153 8223 3156 8225
3168 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 317DEG 4KT 3155 8210
ALLENSpecial weather statement, May 19, 5:58 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
558 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
FLZ040-192245-
MARION-
558 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL MARION
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
AT 558 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES EAST OF FLEMINGTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND MCINTOSH...FLEMINGTON...REDDICK...CITRA...LOWELL...SPARR AND
ANTHONY THROUGH 645 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER
AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF
LOW-LYING AREAS.
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.
LAT...LON 2940 8240 2949 8230 2949 8222 2946 8219
2946 8221 2943 8221 2943 8217 2942 8214
2943 8214 2943 8211 2933 8197 2915 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 314DEG 8KT 2940 8225
ALLENSpecial weather statement, May 19, 6:17 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
617 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
FLZ040-192300-
MARION-
617 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 700 PM
EDT...
AT 617 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURBANK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND BURBANK...SANTOS...WEIRSDALE...SILVER SPRINGS SHORES...
OCKLAWAHA...MOSS BLUFF...LYNNE...LAKE WEIR AND BELLEVIEW THROUGH 700
PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF
45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. IF
FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OCCURS A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.
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.
LAT...LON 2915 8217 2933 8198 2910 8167 2895 8176
2895 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 316DEG 5KT 2921 8205
ALLENLocal storm report, May 19, 6:23 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
623 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM TSTM WND GST 3 E FLEMINGTON 29.41N 82.25W
05/19/2013 E60 MPH MARION FL TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATED THUNDERSTORM WINDS NEAR 60 MPH
ON I-75.
&&
SHULERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 35 min |
| May 18, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford | 31 min |
| May 18, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 28 min |
| May 18, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford | 44 min |
| May 18, 9:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 51 min |
| May 19, 2:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 55 min |
| May 19, 2:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 45 min |
| May 19, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 51 min |
| May 19, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 25 min |
| May 19, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Saint Johns | 49 min |
| May 19, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 45 min |
| May 19, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 44 min |
| May 19, 4:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clay, Putnam | 52 min |
| May 19, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 52 min |
| May 19, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Putnam | 49 min |
| May 19, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 47 min |
| May 19, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 43 min |
| May 19, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 43 min |
| May 19, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 41 min |
| May 19, 3:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Camden | 61 min |
| May 19, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 44 min |
| May 19, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 44 min |
| May 19, 5:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Wayne | 58 min |
| May 19, 5:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Appling, Wayne | 64 min |
| May 19, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 49 min |
| May 19, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 54 min |
| May 19, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley | 30 min |
| May 19, 7:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Wayne | 43 min |
| May 19, 7:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Bacon, Brantley, Pierce, Ware | 55 min |
| May 19, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce | 53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.