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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2013, 4:49 PM EDT for Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Charlton County, Ware County, Georgia. It was in force for 86 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
- Jun 3, 2013, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2013, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Ware County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 2122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 Jun 3, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 257 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013 ...HIGH RAIN CHANCES WITH ISOLATED STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY... .SHORT TERM....NEAR TERM (THROUGH SUNSET)... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD NORTHEAST FL WELL IN ADVANCE OF A WEAKENING COLD FRONT THAT IS SLOWLY ADVANCING THROUGH SOUTHEAST GA. THIS FRONT WILL ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA THROUGH SUNSET. MAIN THREATS IN THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WITHIN HEAVIER PULSE STORMS THAT DEVELOP. CONVECTION OVER NORTHEAST FL IS INCREASING IN COVERAGE WHILE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 15 KTS. THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INLAND...AND WILL ENHANCE CONVERGENCE ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WE HAVE INDICATED LIKELY POPS ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE EXPECTED ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. TONIGHT...FRONT WASHES OUT OVER SE GA AND SAGS OVER NORTH FL. CONTINUED WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER FLORIDA ZONES...WITH PATCHY FOG EXPECTED OVER INLAND SE GA WHERE LESS CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED. HUMID OVER NIGHT LOW TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW 70S INLAND TO MID 70S COAST UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. TUE THROUGH WED...THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER N FL TRIES TO MORPH AND LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT TUE OVER SE GA...BUT THE BOUNDARY IS SUPPRESSED SOUTHWARD AND LINGERS OVER S GA WED DUE TO A WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NOSING DOWN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS. THIS LINGERING FRONT...HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CREEPING NORTHWARD FROM SOUTH FL...AND INCREASING UPPER LEVEL SW FLOW SUPPORT HIGH RAIN CHANCES WITH A DIURNAL TREND DURING THROUGH THE PERIOD. WILL INDICATED 20-30% CHANCES OF MORNING SHOWERS/ISOLATED TSTORMS OVER NEAR THE MEANDERING FRONTAL ZONE TUE MORNING OVER NE FL...THEN RAISE RAIN CHANCES INTO THE 60-70% RANGE TUE AFTN ACROSS THE INTERIOR WHERE BOUNDARY COLLISIONS ARE MOST FAVORED. WED THE FRONT WILL LINGER OVER SE GA WHERE NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...THEN WILL ADVERTISE AROUND 605 RAIN CHANCES DURING THE AFTN. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTN/EVENING WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW TEMPS NEAR 70 INLAND TO MID 70S COAST AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90. .LONG TERM...THU THROUGH MON... THU & FRI...DEEP LAYER TROPICAL MOISTURE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SOUTHERN JET STREAM POSITIONS OVER SE GA AND THE FL PENINSULA AS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO DRIFTS NNE IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER TROUGH CARVING OUT OVER THE MS RIVER VALLEY. THE INTENSITY AND EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW LEVEL GULF LOW ARE STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT FOR THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA THIS REGIME DEFINITELY FAVORS ABOVE NORMAL PRECIP CHANCES ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTN/EVENING WHEN INSTABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST...ALTO TEMPS WILL BE TEMPERED BY ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER. WILL CONTINUE WITH RAIN CHANCES IN THE 40-50% RANGE WITH A N-S GRADIENT DUE TO SLIGHTLY LOW MOISTURE VALUES OVER SE GA. THE MAIN CONVECTIVE CONCERN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS...WITH THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER 5-DAY RAINFALL OUTLOOK ADVERTISING WIDESPREAD 2-3 INCHES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. LOWERED DAYTIME HIGHS INTO THE MID/UPPER 80S DUE TO CLOUD COVER...WITH HUMID NIGHTTIME CONDITIONS WITH LOWS IN THE LOW/MID 70S. SAT-MON...AS THE SURFACE LOW DRIFTS NNE OF THE REGION IT WILL TRAIL A LOW LEVEL TROUGH AXIS OVER THE AREA. ALTHO MEAN LAYER MOISTURE VALUES DECREASE...GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF MEAN LAYER TROUGHING MEANDERING OVER THE AREA AND HIGH LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY...WILL ADVERTISE A DIURNAL TREND IN RAIN CHANCES IN THE 40% RANGE EACH DAY. TEMPS WILL MODERATE TO NEAR CLIMO HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 INLAND WITH HUMID OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPS IN THE LOW 70S. && .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND IMPACT THE TERMINALS THROUGH 00Z...WITH PERIODS OF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS AND BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 KTS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME FRAME. ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE AFTER 01Z. EXPECT IFR/LIFR CIGS TO DEVELOP AFTER 06Z...ESPECIALLY AT GNV AND VQQ. IFR CIGS WILL BE ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT JAX...CRG...AND SSI BETWEEN 09Z AND 13Z. CIGS SHOULD LIFT TO MVFR OR VFR TOWARDS 14Z. && .MARINE...SSW 10-15 KTS TONIGHT WITH SEAS 2-4 FT. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS EXPECTED ON TUE WITH A FRONT LINGERING OVER THE AREA...THEN SOUTH WINDS SLOWLY INCREASE WED INTO THU AS THE GULF LOW DRAWS A BIT CLOSER. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS WITH WINDS 15-20 KTS AND SEAS UP TO 6 FT OFFSHORE LIKELY LATE THU INTO SAT AS THE LOW CROSS THE FL PENINSULA. RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK TODAY WITH LOW RISK LIKELY ON TUE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 90 71 89 / 70 70 60 60 SSI 75 84 75 83 / 60 40 30 30 JAX 73 87 71 86 / 70 60 40 50 SGJ 73 84 73 83 / 60 40 30 40 GNV 72 88 71 87 / 40 70 60 60 OCF 73 87 72 87 / 40 70 60 60 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ENYEDI/NELSON/PETERSON
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 11:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
442 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013
FLZ040-032130-
MARION-
442 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN MARION
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID
UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 442 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LYNNE TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOSS BLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND MOSS
BLUFF...LYNNE...JUNIPER SPRINGS AND SALT SPRINGS THROUGH 530 PM EDT.
HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. 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.
LAT...LON 2933 8199 2938 8174 2937 8174 2936 8166
2934 8166 2933 8168 2928 8164 2905 8163
2904 8165 2896 8166 2895 8166 2895 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 234DEG 11KT 2916 8186 2894 8179
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 3, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 67 min | |
| Jun 3, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 96 min | |
| Jun 3, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 55 min | |
| Jun 3, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 4:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clay, Duval, Saint Johns | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Clay | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clay, Putnam, Saint Johns | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 66 min | |
| Jun 3, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 5:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clay, Putnam, Saint Johns | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 40 min | |
| Jun 3, 5:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Nassau | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam, Saint Johns | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 93 min | |
| Jun 3, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 7:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Union | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 85 min | |
| Jun 2, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 9:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Lanier | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 1:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Atkinson | 81 min |
| Jun 3, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 25 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.