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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 4, 2013Atkinson County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2013, 7:21 PM EDT for Atkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 4, 2013, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Atkinson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1049 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1049 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 4, 4:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 4:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 1:22 PM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
122 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-051730-
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-
122 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...FLOODING RAINS POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AS
LOW PRESSURE CROSSES OUR REGION...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. STORM
MOTION WILL BE SLOW AND GENERALLY EAST TO NORTHEAST. A FEW STORMS
COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH BLINDING DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES...AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO CONSOLIDATE AND MOVE NORTH-
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY LIKELY FOR OUR REGION FROM THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF OUR REGION
DURING THIS TIME FRAME. SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS
NORTHEAST FLORIDA MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALLER BASIN RIVERS
AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT ON THE OFFSHORE WATERS AS SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. THESE CONDITIONS MAY ALSO BE EXPERIENCED
IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS DEPENDING ON THE STRENGTH OF THE LOW
PRESSURE CENTER AS IT CROSSES OUR REGION.

OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS OUR AREA
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING DURING THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND.

.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.

JDS/NELSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:28 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:42 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
642 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

GAZ163-042315-
CLINCH-
642 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN
CLINCH COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL
715 PM EDT...

AT 643 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF COGDELL TO 15 MILES WEST OF HOMERVILLE...STATIONARY. THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND COGDELL...HOMERVILLE AND
ARGYLE THROUGH 715 PM EDT. 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 3119 8296 3118 8267 3107 8262 3101 8260
      3098 8297 3118 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 312DEG 2KT 3113 8267 3109 8299

HESS
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:55 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
655 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

GAZ152-164-165-042345-
BRANTLEY-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-
655 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN
BRANTLEY...NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON AND NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES FOR
STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 655 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WAVERLY TO 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HOBOKEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND FORT MUDGE...HOBOKEN...
HICKOX...WAVERLY...WOODBINE...WINOKUR...TARBORO...RACE POND AND
COLESBURG THROUGH 745 PM EDT. 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 3088 8166 3091 8221 3101 8222 3102 8213
      3109 8221 3117 8221 3117 8222 3119 8223
      3121 8177 3117 8178 3115 8176 3115 8173
      3111 8163 3111 8160
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 338DEG 7KT 3110 8172 3113 8210

HESS
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:01 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
701 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

GAZ132-042330-
COFFEE-
701 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COFFEE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL
730 PM EDT...

AT 701 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NICHOLLS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND NICHOLLS THROUGH 730 PM EDT. 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 3156 8263 3155 8260 3147 8260 3147 8263
      3137 8263 3136 8282 3141 8285 3158 8276
      3159 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 296DEG 3KT 3146 8271

HESS
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
721 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

GAZ149-163-050000-
ATKINSON-CLINCH-
721 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN
ATKINSON AND NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL
HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 722 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEARSON...MOVING NORTH AT
5 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
WILLACOOCHEE AND PEARSON THROUGH 800 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 3136 8280 3107 8277 3107 8298 3118 8298
      3118 8305 3123 8306 3127 8304 3131 8307
      3133 8307 3135 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 170DEG 6KT 3123 8291

HESS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford, Union32 min
Jun 3, 8:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAlachua, Bradford, Columbia, Union52 min
Jun 3, 8:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXFlagler50 min
Jun 3, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX62 min
Jun 3, 10:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXColumbia, Suwannee40 min
Jun 4, 12:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford, Union46 min
Jun 4, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX2 hr
Jun 4, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval50 min
Jun 4, 2:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXFlagler, Saint Johns54 min
Jun 4, 2:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval2 hr
Jun 4, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval52 min
Jun 4, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX2 hr
Jun 4, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX56 min
Jun 4, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton, Suwannee41 min
Jun 4, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler23 min
Jun 4, 5:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAlachua, Gilchrist111 min
Jun 4, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton30 min
Jun 4, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam26 min
Jun 4, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn46 min
Jun 4, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGlynn39 min
Jun 4, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn, Wayne48 min
Jun 4, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling28 min
Jun 4, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPierce35 min
Jun 4, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling27 min
Jun 4, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPierce33 min
Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXPierce94 min
Jun 4, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley32 min
Jun 4, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley, Pierce53 min
Jun 4, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClinch33 min
Jun 4, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley50 min
Jun 4, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCoffee29 min
Jun 4, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPierce46 min
Jun 4, 7:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce and 1 more87 min
Jun 4, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley31 min

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