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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2014, 2:52 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 12, 2014, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2014, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Wayne County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 711 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 12, 2:32 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:32 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 232 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014 .SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... TWO AREAS OF CONVECTION PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ON AREA EXTENDS FROM THE GA COASTAL WATERS SW TO FLAGLER COUNTY AND IS WEAKENING. THE OTHER AREA EXTENDS FROM INTERIOR SE GA INTO THE SUWANNEE VALLEY. WITH THE SE GA PORTION RECEIVING SIGNIFICANT CLOUD BREAKS EARLIER...ENOUGH HEATING HAS TAKEN PLACE FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME LOCALLY SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. THINK THE INTENSITY OF THESE STORMS WILL DECREASE AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO EXTREME NE FL IN THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS AS THE AREA HAS HAD MORE CLOUDS AND STABILIZATION FROM PRECIP EARLIER IN THE DAY. THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WILL USE HIGH END SCATTERED TO LOW END NUMEROUS POPS FOR NE FL/EXTREME SE GA...WITH LOW/MID END SCATTERED POPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF SE GA. SHWRS/TSTMS WILL GRADUALLY WIND DOWN THIS EVENING ACROSS MOST AREAS...WITH SOME POTENTIAL LINGERING ACROSS SE GA AS A TROUGH CLIPS TO THE NORTH. MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT WILL BE DRY...WITH SOME CONVERGENT SHWRS IN SW FLOW MOVING IN FROM THE GULF. NEAR NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL TNGT. FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT...THE LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL EXIT TO THE NE...WITH SHORTWAVE RIDGING MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES WARMING BACK TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES AS LESS TSTM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED. WILL USE MID END SCATTERED POPS FOR MOST AREAS WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL FL CLOSEST TO A WEAK IMPULSE WHICH IS PROGGED TO CROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN FLORIDA. ANY ACTIVITY FRIDAY AFTN WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH FRIDAY EVENING. NEAR NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL PREVAIL. SATURDAY...GFS/ECMWF IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH A MID LEVEL TROUGH JUST TO THE NW OF THE AREA. WITH CYCLONIC FLOW AND IMPULSES ROTATING AROUND THE TROUGH...ABOVE NORMAL PRECIP COVERAGE CAN BE EXPECTED. WILL USE HIGH END CHANCE TO LOW END LIKELY POPS FOR SATURDAY AFTN...WITH THE HIGHEST COVERAGE ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL BE 2-3 DEGREES COOLER THAN FRIDAY AFTN WITH THE GREATER PRECIP COVERAGE. .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... PRECIP CHANCES WILL REMAIN ELEVATED SUNDAY WITH THE TROUGH IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE TO SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING IN...WITH SOME TROUGHINESS LINGERING THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. THUS...WILL KEEP SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FCST THROUGH THURSDAY. THE FLOW LOOKS TO BE RATHER WEAK SO STORMS WILL LIKELY INITIATE ALONG THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARIES WHICH WILL MOVE INLAND FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THE THREAT OF ISOLATED PULSE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST EACH DAY. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL. && .AVIATION... VFR WILL GENERALLY PREVAIL FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WILL USE VCTS FOR ALL PORTS THIS AFTN FOR SCATTERED TSTM ACTIVITY...WITH TEMPOS POSSIBLE FOR NE FL PORTS. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. && .MARINE... A BRIEF WIND SURGE IS LIKELY TNGT...ESPECIALLY OFFSHORE. WILL USE CAUTION FOR ALL OFFSHORE LEGS...AND THE GS NEARSHORE LEG TNGT. OTHERWISE...GENERAL S/SW FLOW AT 15 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS 2-4 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE WITH OFFSHORE MOVING STORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK THROUGH FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 70 91 70 89 / 20 40 30 50 SSI 73 87 73 86 / 20 30 30 40 JAX 71 90 70 90 / 30 40 30 50 SGJ 72 89 72 87 / 30 40 30 40 GNV 68 91 69 88 / 30 40 40 60 OCF 69 91 70 88 / 40 50 40 60 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ALLEN/PETERSON/WALKER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 2:47 AM EDT, 12 hours 5 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 12, 1:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
119 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0106 PM TSTM WND GST ST. AUGUSTINE 29.89N 81.31W
06/12/2014 M48 MPH ST. JOHNS FL AWOS
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AWALKERSpecial weather statement, Jun 12, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
152 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014
FLZ031-035-036-121845-
ALACHUA-BRADFORD-GILCHRIST-
152 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BRADFORD...
ALACHUA AND GILCHRIST COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 153 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES EAST OF BELL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND BELL...
NEWBERRY...HIGH SPRINGS...ALACHUA...LA CROSSE...BROOKER...
GAINESVILLE...GAINESVILLE AIRPORT...NEWNANS LAKE AND WALDO THROUGH
245 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.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 2984 8287 2985 8272 2983 8269 2983 8264
2986 8262 2985 8260 2987 8259 2991 8212
2960 8211 2963 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 268DEG 35KT 2974 8275
PETERSONSpecial weather statement, Jun 12, 1:59 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 159 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014 GAZ136-151>153-121845- BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-PIERCE-WAYNE- 159 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WAYNE... PIERCE...BRANTLEY AND GLYNN COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 159 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTH OF PATTERSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND PATTERSON...RAYBON...HORTENSE...WAYNESVILLE AND ATKINSON THROUGH 245 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. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3146 8173 3122 8171 3121 8222 3139 8224 TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 265DEG 18KT 3131 8212 PETERSON
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:26 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 12:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 89 min | |
| Jun 12, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Gilchrist | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 88 min | |
| Jun 12, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 12, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 88 min | |
| Jun 12, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay, Saint Johns | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 58 min | |
| Jun 12, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton, Ware | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 46 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.