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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 15, 2014Clay County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2014, 5:30 PM EDT for Clay County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 15, 2014, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Clay County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2014-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 868 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 2014-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
868 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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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 15, 1:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
140 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014

.NEAR TERM.../THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/T-STORMS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA BENEATH WEAK UPPER TROUGH/SHEAR AXIS.
APPEARS EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MAY MAKE SOME INLAND PROGRESS THIS
AFTERNOON...PERHAPS TO I-95 CORRIDOR LATE IN THE DAY. VERY WEAK
FLOW ALOFT BECOMES LIGHT NORTHEAST ALOFT AS SHEAR AXIS PASSES...MAY
MEAN END TO PRECIP THREAT I-95 EASTWARD TOWARD SUNSET...WITH BETTER
CHANCES FURTHER INLAND. SHOULD SEE ACTIVITY WIND DOWN A FEW HOURS
AFTER SUNSET. STRONGER CELLS MAY BE CAPABLE OF HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
GIVEN DRIER AIR ALOFT AND -8C 500MB TEMPS.

.SHORT TERM.../MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
SURFACE TROUGH MOVES SOUTH OF THE REGION MONDAY...AS A SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...AND AN UPPER RIDGE
BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. WHILE A FEW POP UP STORMS CAN
NOT BE RULED OUT MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...MUCH OF
THE DAY THERE SHOULD BE DRY. LITTLE BETTER CHANCES OVER NORTHEAST
FLORIDAY MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE REMNANTS OF THE BOUNDARY TO
FOCUS ON. HAVE CONFINED POPS ON TUESDAY TO THE FAR SOUTH AND WEST.
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF COUPLED WITH A WEST COAST SEA BREEZE COULD
GET CONVECTION GOING THERE...AND EAST/WEST SEA BREEZE COLLISION
COULD GET CONVECTION GOING FAR SOUTH. EXPECT ANY CONVECTION TO
DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET EACH EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE
NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EAST OF THE REGION...ALONG WITH AN
UPPER HIGH OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL BE THE DOMINANT WEATHER
FEATURES FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK. WITH THIS PATTERN OF SUBSIDENCE
CONVECTION WILL HAVE A HARDER TIME GETTING INITIATED. FOR WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY...EXPECT MUCH OF THE REGION TO BE DRY. THE EXCEPTION
MAY BE FAR WEST WHERE MOISTURE FROM THE GULF COUPLED WITH THE WEST
COAST SEA BREEZE COULD AID IN CONVECTION THERE. BETTER CHANCES
RETURN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TOWARD THE WEEKEND...WITH A RETURN
TO DAILY AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION.

THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTH DURING THE PERIOD...WITH
THE UPPER RIDGE FLATTENING OUT BY NEXT WEEKEND. THEREFORE...
BETTER PRECIPITATION CHANCES RETURN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TOWARD
THE WEEKEND...WITH A RETURN TO DAILY AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION.

NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR THIS PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED...EXCEPT LOWER CONDITIONS
VICINITY OF TSRA. CONDITIONS MAY FAVOR WET MICROBURSTS BENEATH
STRONGER TSRA THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

.MARINE...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE REGION
THROUGH MONDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE
WESTERN ATLANTIC...AND BECOME THE PREDOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE FOR
MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. WITH THIS PATTERN FAIRLY LIGHT FLOW IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE...WITH LOWER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS PERIOD.

RIP CURRENTS...LOW RISK THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  69  91  69  92 /  40  20  10  10
SSI  74  83  74  83 /  20  20  10  10
JAX  70  88  71  88 /  30  20  10  10
SGJ  72  84  73  84 /  20  20  20  10
GNV  69  89  69  88 /  40  20  20  20
OCF  69  89  69  89 /  30  30  30  30

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...NONE.
&&

WOLF/STRUBLE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:02 AM EDT, 12 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
502 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-160915-
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-
502 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014

...SCATTERED STORMS TODAY WITH ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED STORMS WILL HAVE ERRATIC STORM MOTION TODAY DUE TO LIGHT
STEERING FLOW. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. THE MAIN
HAZARDS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY...THEN BELOW NORMAL
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion36 min
Jun 15, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam42 min
Jun 15, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSuwannee52 min
Jun 15, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGilchrist50 min
Jun 15, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion52 min
Jun 15, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua, Gilchrist38 min
Jun 15, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXUnion51 min
Jun 15, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua49 min
Jun 15, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSaint Johns43 min
Jun 15, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Putnam, Saint Johns33 min
Jun 15, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua53 min
Jun 15, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXColumbia40 min
Jun 15, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXFlagler, Putnam, Saint Johns47 min
Jun 15, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau46 min
Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford, Clay38 min
Jun 15, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne43 min
Jun 15, 4:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXWayne2 hr
Jun 15, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPierce48 min
Jun 15, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBacon51 min

Nearby

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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.