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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2014, 4:53 PM EDT for Glynn County, Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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
- Jul 10, 2014, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Glynn County, GA, Wayne County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 10, 1:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 102 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014 .SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... DEEP MOISTURE HAS SPREAD OVER THE REGION WITH SATELLITE BLENDED PWAT ESTIMATES OVER 2 INCHES. COMBINATION OF MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROCHING FROM THE WEST AND MOIST ATMOSPHERE HAD PRODUCED NUMEROUS STORMS OVER THE PANHANDLE AND THE SUWANNEE VALLEY BY NOON. HAVE INCREASED THE AREA OF LIKELY POPS OVER THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AND SE GA AS DEEP SWLY STEERING FLOW SLOWLY PUSHES STORMS NEWD. ALSO ENHANCING CONVECTION DURING THE AFTN/EVENING HOURS WILL BE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING INTO S/CENTRAL GA. HAVE ADDED LIKELY POPS WHERE THE SEA BREEZES WILL MERGE THIS AFTN MAINLY BETWEEN HWY 301 AND I-95. HI-RES MODELS INDICATE THE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING FROM THE ALTAMAHA RIVER NEAR JESUP AND BRUNSWICK SOUTH THROUGH JAX METRO AREA TO THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST. EXPECT THE ACTIVITY TO WANE BY 10 PM. RE- DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE GULF COAST. WET MICROBURSTS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IS THE MAIN CONCERN. MIN TEMPS WILL BE SEASONAL. FRI...BROAD SURFACE FRONT WILL LINGER OVER THE FORECAST AREA WHILE SW STEERING FLOW CONTINUES ALOFT AS A MEAN TROUGH CARVES OUT OVER THE SE REGION. THESE SYNOPTIC FEATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT (PWATS OVER 2 INCHES) WILL FUEL WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/TSTORMS...WITH DEVELOPMENT INITIATING FIRST NEAR THE GULF COAST REGION. ACTIVITY WILL PROGRESS INLAND THROUGH MIDDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES (60%) FOCUSED ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE AFTN AND EARLY EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF I-95 AND I-75 WHERE SEA BREEZES/OUTFLOWS/INSTABILITY AND UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL PHASE. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE CAPABLE OF GUSTY DOWNBURSTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED. TEMPS WILL RISE TO NEAR 90 WITH DEBRIS CLOUDS AND EARLY CONVECTION LIMITING HEATING SOMEWHAT. CONVECTION WILL TAPPER OFF GRADUALLY AFTER SUNSET WITH SLOW DRIFT OFFSHORE OF THE ATLANTIC DURING THE EARLY EVENING. LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE LOW/MID 70S FRI NIGHT WITH SOME PATCHY LATE NIGHT FOG POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED. SAT...MEAN RIDGING WILL EDGE NORTHWARD OVER N-CENTRAL FL WHICH WILL DECREASE UPPER LEVEL FORCING AND WEAKEN THE LOW LEVEL TROUGH AXIS OVER THE REGION. HOWEVER...HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT WILL REMAIN WITH A VERY LIGHT SOUTHERLY STEERING FLOW EXPECTED. THUS ANTICIPATED 40-50% COVERAGE OF AFTN SHOWERS/TSTORMS OVER INLAND AREAS AS SEA BREEZES BOTH TREK INLAND UNDER LIGHT FLOW. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY. HIGHS WILL RISE INTO THE LOWER 90S INLAND TO UPPER 80S COAST. ONCE AGAIN PRECIP WILL GRADUALLY FADE INLAND AFTER SUNSET...AS LOW TEMPS FALL INTO THE LOW 70S INLAND SAT NIGHT TO MID 70S RIVER/COAST. .LONG TERM...SUN THROUGH THU... NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO RAIN CHANCES IN THE 30-40% RANGE EXPECTED SUN AND MON WITH THE BERMUDA RIDGE AXIS TEMPERING CONVECTION SOMEWHAT AS IT LINGERS OVER N-CENTRAL FL. TUE-THU THE RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT BACK TO THE SOUTH WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN RAIN CHANCES AS YET ANOTHER LOW LEVEL TROUGH SAGS SOUTHWARD OVER GA. DESPITE LOW LEVEL FORCING IN PLACE...THE GFS40 ADVERTISES PWATS FALLING BELOW 1.5 INCHES TUE AND HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL ALOFT BOTH TUE/WED WHICH FAVORS ANOTHER PERIOD OF NEAR TO BELOW CLIMO RAIN CHANCES IN THE 30-40% RANGE. RAIN CHANCES RISE TO 40-50% INLAND THU AS UPPER RIDGING BREAKS DOWN AND MEAN LAYER TROUGHING BEGINS TO CARVE OUT OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR TO ABOVE CLIMO VALUES WITH HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW/MID 90S INLAND NEAR 90/UPPER 80S COAST...AND MINS IN THE 70S. && .AVIATION... HAVE TSRA BEGINNING AT GNV AFTER 17Z AND WILL ADJUST FOR EARLIER START AT JAX...VQQ AND CRG. ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE EAST COAST WELL INTO THE EVENING AND WILL KEEP VCTS UNTIL 02Z. MVFR VSBY WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT AT VQQ...GNV. && .MARINE... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLC WILL PROVIDE SE-S FLOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NOCTURNAL SURGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE. EARLY NEXT WEEK THE HIGH WILL DRIFT EAST AND PREVAILING WINDS WILL BE S-SW MON-TUE. SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT STALLS AND WEAKENS TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION...WITH MAINLY ISOLATED ACTIVITY FOR THE WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK THROUGH FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 73 92 73 93 / 50 60 60 50 SSI 75 87 76 86 / 50 50 50 40 JAX 73 92 74 90 / 40 60 60 40 SGJ 75 88 75 86 / 30 50 40 30 GNV 71 91 71 89 / 40 60 60 50 OCF 72 90 71 89 / 30 60 60 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && TRABERT/ENYEDI
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 2:33 AM EDT, 14 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 233 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-111000- 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- 233 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTING STRIKES...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...WITH COVERAGE DECREASING A LITTLE FOR THE WEEKEND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .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.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 116 min | |
| Jul 10, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Citrus | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 4:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Camden | 113 min |
| Jul 10, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 5:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 113 min |
| Jul 10, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 85 min |
| Jul 10, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 36 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.