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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 15, 2014Marion County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2014, 3:21 PM EDT for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2014, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Marion County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 15, 3:44 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEne Anthony, FLTREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS SE 95TH STREET IN ANTHONY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2014-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 633 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 2014-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jul 15, 2:49 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:49 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
249 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

.SHORT TERM...
COLD FRONT IS CROSSING THE SRN APPALACHIAN MTNS. NUMEROUS TO
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/STORMS ARE ERUPTING OVER OUR REGION IN A VERY
MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE
MOVING SEWD INTO SOUTHERN GA TONIGHT. DEEP SWLY OFF THE GULF OF
MEXICO WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER LEVELS BETWEEN 2 AND 2.4 INCHES
WILL BRING ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHRS/STORMS ALL NIGHT. FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED...
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SOME TRAINING OF CELLS MAY OCCUR CLOSER
TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SE GA. STORMS ARE MOVING EAST
AROUND 20 MPH AT THIS TIME AND THEREFORE NOT SITTING IN ONE SPOT
FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. RAINFALL AMTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BUT LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR THE FRONT. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR
CLIMO.

.LONG TERM...
THE MUCH DISCUSSED UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SHORTWAVE TROUGH BEGINS TO
SLIDE EAST OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES AND TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY
PUSHING THE SURFACE COLD FRONT OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE
SYNOPTIC FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE ADVECTING A DECENT AMOUNT
OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM APALACHEE BAY OVER THE FORECAST AREA.
EXPECT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION FOR THE
MORNING COMMUTE. LIKE THE NAM12 SOLUTION WITH RESPECT TO THE QPF
FIELDS WITH A 1 TO 2 INCH....GENERAL...CONVECTIVE BAND ACROSS THE
SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE OF COURSE
POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER BANDS THAT TRAIN ECHO OVER THE OCALA
AREA. GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE MORE
MODEST WITH .25 TO .5 INCHES LIKELY.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ARE LOOKING MUCH DRIER WITH SOME SEABREEZE
FRONT CONVERGENCE OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE PENINSULA LATE IN THE
DAY ON FRIDAY.

WEEKEND...THE FORECAST AREA WINDS UP IN A SQUEEZE PLAY WITH THE
NEXT UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER GULF AND BRING
MOISTURE IN WITH IT FROM THE WEST AND THE BERMUDA-AZORES RIDGE
PUSHING NORTHWARD WITH SOME GULF AND CARIBBEAN MOISTURE ADVECTING
OVER US. LOOKS LIKE A WETTER PATTERN FOR THE LATTER PORTION OF THE
WEEKEND BUT NOT A TOTAL WASHOUT BY ANY MEANS.

EARLY NEXT WEEK LOOKS TO BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL POPS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS...WITH THE DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGGING SOUTH
LOOKS LIKE BELOW NORMAL TEMPS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. THE BAD NEWS...WITH BELOW NORMAL AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THE TEMPS WILL SOAR INTO THE MID TO UPPER
90S...IN SOME LOCATIONS...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
STORMS ARE IN VICINITY OF NE FL TERMINALS AND EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
AT SSI BETWEEN 19Z AND 20Z. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
MAINLY MVFR CONDS. VSBY IN STRONGEST STORMS WILL DROP TO AROUND
1SM. SCT STORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

&&

.MARINE...
SOUTHWEST FLOW AROUND 15 KNOTS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY...MAY BE
BRIEF PERIODS OF NOCTURNAL SURGES CLOSE TO 15-20 KNOTS WITH SEAS 3
TO 5 FEET AND MAY NEED CAUTION HEADLINES AT TIMES BUT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. MAIN MARINE HAZARD WILL BE OFFSHORE
MOVING STORMS FROM THE LAND AREAS THAT MAY BE QUITE STRONG WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  72  90  66  92 /  50  50  20   0
SSI  76  87  74  89 /  50  60  40  10
JAX  73  87  69  91 /  40  70  50  10
SGJ  75  85  74  88 /  60  70  60  20
GNV  73  85  69  91 /  50  60  50  20
OCF  73  84  72  91 /  50  50  50  20

&&

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

TRABERT/SANDRIK/WALKER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 3:40 AM EDT, 11 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
340 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-161000-
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-
340 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...SCATTERED STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...

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

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

SCATTERED STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. MOVEMENT WILL BE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25
MPH. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...ALONG WITH FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS
SOME STORMS MAY TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. MARINE INTERESTS IN THE ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO OFFSHORE MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG/HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A RETURN TO NORMAL DIURNAL
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR
THEIR AREA.

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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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:15 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
315 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

GAZ133>135-151945-
APPLING-BACON-JEFF DAVIS-
315 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR JEFF DAVIS...
APPLING AND BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 316 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF
SNIPESVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAXLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SNIPESVILLE...
DENTON...HAZLEHURST...GRAHAM...PINE GROVE AND BAXLEY THROUGH 345 PM
EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3176 8217 3154 8251 3162 8263 3167 8263
      3167 8271 3170 8275 3183 8279 3193 8265
      3193 8263 3197 8254 3195 8250 3197 8250
      3198 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 230DEG 19KT 3178 8268 3159 8245

TRABERT
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
321 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

FLZ040-152000-
MARION-
321 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MARION COUNTY
FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 321 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF
SPARR TO BURBANK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SPARR...REDDICK...
LOWELL...BURBANK...ANTHONY...CITRA...FORT MCCOY...LAKE DELANCY...SALT
SPRINGS AND ORANGE SPRINGS THROUGH 400 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 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 2938 8224 2943 8217 2942 8214 2943 8214
      2944 8206 2950 8202 2952 8184 2949 8184
      2948 8177 2943 8177 2942 8174 2938 8174
      2937 8169 2934 8167 2932 8167 2922 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 243DEG 13KT 2938 8211 2928 8198

ENYEDI

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAlachua, Marion, Putnam58 min
Jul 15, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGilchrist, Hamilton, Suwannee55 min
Jul 15, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton, Suwannee40 min
Jul 15, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford24 min
Jul 15, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford, Clay27 min
Jul 15, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton43 min
Jul 15, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau49 min
Jul 15, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClay, Duval54 min
Jul 15, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion, Putnam43 min
Jul 15, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker, Bradford, Columbia, Union50 min
Jul 15, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX86 min
Jul 15, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX84 min
Jul 15, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval33 min
Jul 15, 4:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXMarion116 min
Jul 15, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion67 min
Jul 15, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion, Putnam43 min
Jul 15, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX117 min
Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns56 min
Jul 15, 4:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXMarion84 min
Jul 15, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX91 min
Jul 15, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion57 min
Jul 15, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAtkinson42 min
Jul 15, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCoffee, Jeff Davis49 min
Jul 15, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling, Jeff Davis30 min
Jul 15, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne33 min
Jul 15, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling24 min
Jul 15, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn36 min
Jul 15, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.