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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 6, 2014Charlton County, Clinch County, Ware County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2014, 10:42 PM EDT for Charlton County, Clinch County, Ware County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 6, 2014, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2014, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Ware County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3735 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

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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 6, 9:55 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:55 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
955 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

.UPDATE...CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT
PARTS OF NORTHEAST FL AND SOUTHEAST GA AIDED BY LINGERING INSTABILITY
FROM DIURNAL HEATING AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES. MEAN MOTION OF
THE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE SE TO S NEAR 10-15 MPH AND
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE WIND GUSTS
AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL. BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO
OCCUR. LATEST MESOANALYSIS SHOWS SBCAPE VALUES ARE STILL IN THE
2000-3000 J/KG RANGE AND DOWNDRAFT CAPE ALSO ELEVATED AROUND 1000J.
THUS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT OVER AND SPC CONTINUES TO
SHOW A PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FROM AROUND
INTERSTATE 10 NORTHWARD. ANTICIPATE GENERALLY WEAKER STORM ACTIVITY
AROUND MIDNIGHT TO 2 AM TIME FRAME. MAY UPDATE FCST TO CONTINUE TO
SHOW SCT SHOWERS AND STORMS AFTER 2 AM AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DROPS IN
OVER ERN AL AND GA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

&&

.AVIATION...
PREVAILING VFR IS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF TSRA...WHICH ALLOW
CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE TO IFR. VCTS CONTINUES PAST MIDNIGHT
BUT HAVE KEPT TEMPO ONLY AT JAX SINCE STORMS ARE WITHIN 5 MILES
OF THE AIRPORT. STORMS WILL WIND DOWN BETWEEN 04Z AND 06Z.

&&

.MARINE...
NO HEADLINES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR
STORMS AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED THIS EVENING.
EXPECT PREVAILING SW WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE SOUTH
OF THE WATERS AND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED JUST TO THE NORTH.

RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  71  92  71  92 /  60  60  60  50
SSI  73  89  75  86 /  70  50  50  30
JAX  72  91  70  90 /  80  60  60  50
SGJ  73  88  73  87 /  50  50  50  40
GNV  71  90  70  91 /  30  50  50  50
OCF  70  91  70  91 /  10  50  40  50

&&

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

ARS/MKT/PP

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 10:34 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1034 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-070930-
ALACHUA-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-APPLING-
ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-CAMDEN (COASTAL)-
CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT TO 20 NM-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-
GLYNN (COASTAL)-GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-
PIERCE-PUTNAM-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-
UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
1034 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA...

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT MAINLY OVER LOCATIONS FROM INTERSTATE
10 NORTH. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTH
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL POSSIBLE.
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. STORM
MOTION WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS
ANTICIPATED TO WEAKEN AFTER 2 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUEST BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OR YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
927 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

FLZ023-070200-
BAKER-
927 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BAKER COUNTY
FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

AT 927 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANDERSON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND SANDERSON AND GLEN SAINT MARY THROUGH 1000 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS
OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND
DAMAGE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED. 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 3024 8234 3030 8218 3015 8207 3014 8224
      3014 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 327DEG 4KT 3021 8223

SHASHY

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
940 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

GAZ134>136-151-070230-
APPLING-BACON-PIERCE-WAYNE-
940 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WAYNE...
PIERCE...APPLING AND BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...

AT 941 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTH OF BAXLEY...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND NEW
LACY...ALMA...BAXLEY...SURRENCY...BRISTOL...SCREVEN AND ODUM THROUGH
1030 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 3170 8190 3139 8203 3150 8257 3179 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 288DEG 15KT 3168 8230

PETERSON

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:57 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
957 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NNW SANDERSON           30.26N 82.27W
06/06/2014                   BAKER              FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THE LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TOTAL OF 11 TREES DOWN
            ALONG COUNTY ROAD 229 AND ALSO NEAR KING STREET AND
            COUNTY ROAD 229. THE TIME GIVEN WAS BASED ON RADAR.

&&

PP

Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:06 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1006 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NNW SANDERSON           30.26N 82.27W
06/06/2014                   BAKER              FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THE LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TOTAL OF 11 TREES DOWN
            ALONG COUNTY ROAD 229 AND ALSO NEAR KING STREET AND
            COUNTY ROAD 229. THE TIME GIVEN WAS BASED ON RADAR.

&&

PP

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:25 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1025 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

GAZ149-150-163-070315-
ATKINSON-CLINCH-WARE-
1025 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WARE...ATKINSON
AND CLINCH COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 1115 PM EDT...

AT 1026 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COGDELL...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT
AREAS AROUND DU PONT...COGDELL...HOMERVILLE...ARGYLE AND MANOR
THROUGH 1115 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 3113 8297 3125 8270 3102 8235 3101 8236
      3101 8241 3097 8241 3096 8242 3087 8282
      3089 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 313DEG 17KT 3112 8269

PETERSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 8:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Baker	2 hr
Jun 6, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker	40 min
Jun 6, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker	33 min
Jun 6, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		118 min
Jun 6, 11:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	39 min
Jun 7, 12:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton	44 min
Jun 7, 12:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	51 min
Jun 7, 12:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker	47 min
Jun 7, 12:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee and 1 more	58 min
Jun 7, 1:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay, Duval	60 min
Jun 7, 1:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Gilchrist	54 min
Jun 7, 2:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler, Marion, Putnam, Saint Johns	63 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Suwannee	26 min
Jun 7, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Gilchrist	42 min
Jun 7, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	52 min
Jun 7, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	43 min
Jun 7, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	43 min
Jun 7, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	50 min
Jun 6, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Jeff Davis	45 min
Jun 6, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Bacon	50 min
Jun 6, 10:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch, Ware	50 min
Jun 6, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Glynn	44 min
Jun 6, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch, Echols, Ware	40 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.