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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2014, 7:49 PM EDT for Baker County, Florida. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2014, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
County Baker County, FL
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1076 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 9, 1:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 1:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 158 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014 .NEAR TERM...THROUGH TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR BETWEEN THE WEST AND EAST COAST SEA BREEZES THIS AFTERNOON IN MOIST UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THESE BOUNDARIES SHOULD MERGE IN THE VICINITY OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR LATE IN THE DAY. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER SRN GA WITH A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH. FOLLOWING HI-RES MODEL GUIDANCE THAT SHOWS ACTIVITY DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET...WITH VERY LITTLE LEFT AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW TEMPS TONIGHT SHOULD BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL OVER CENTRAL GA. MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO OUR AREA WITH THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE FLATTENING OUT ACRS S FL. A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL TRACK THROUGH THE TROUGH ALONG THE GULF COAST AND SRN AL/GA. THESE DISTURBANCES ALONG WITH HIGH PRECIP WATER ABOVE 2 INCHES...SEA BREEZES AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL PROVIDE ADEQUATE FORCING FOR SCTD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TSTMS. ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN EARLY MORNING ALONG THE GULF COAST WHERE THE W-SW STEERING FLOW WILL PUSH THE DOMINATE WEST COAST SBRZ INLAND BY MID-DAY AND THEN FOCUS NEAR THE EAST COAST OF NE FL LATE IN THE DAY. DEPENDING ON TIMING OF SHORTWAVES...SE GA WILL HAVE HIGH END CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS THROUGHOUT THE AFTN AND EVENING HOURS UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. MAX TEMPS WILL BE IN THE LOW/MID 90S WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 100-105 EACH AFTN. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... UPPER TROUGH WILL DOMINATE THE EASTERN U.S. AS A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS FROM THE GREAT LAKES ON TUE TO NEW ENGLAND BY FRI AND THE CANADIAN MARITIME PROVINCES NEXT WEEKEND. MEAN TROUGHING WILL PREVAIL LOCALLY WITH RIDGING OVER SOUTH FL. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL GA...DECAYING BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL PRECIP CHANCES FOR MOST OF THE WEEK. EXPECT MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN SEA BREEZE CONVECTION. THE ADDITION OF OCCASIONAL SHORTWAVES AND NUMEROUS SMALL SCALE BOUNDARIES COULD KEEP CONVECTION GOING PAST MIDNIGHT. && .AVIATION... INDICATED POTENTIAL FOR TSRA WITH GUSTY WINDS DURING THE MID-LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. OUTSIDE OF TSRA...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. && .MARINE... PREVAILING SW FLOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK AS THE REGION SITS BETWEEN A SURFACE TROUGH TO THE NORTH AND HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER S FL. WINDS WILL BECOME SE NEAR THE COAST IN THE AFTN IN RESPONSE TO A SEA BREEZE. NOCTURNAL SURGES ARE POSSIBLE WITH SPEEDS UP TO 15 KTS. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 73 94 75 93 / 40 60 60 60 SSI 77 90 76 91 / 50 60 60 50 JAX 74 93 75 93 / 50 60 60 50 SGJ 75 92 75 92 / 30 50 50 50 GNV 72 93 73 92 / 20 50 50 50 OCF 73 91 73 92 / 20 50 50 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && WOLF/TRABERT/GUILLET
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 4:17 AM EDT, 15 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 417 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-101030- 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- 417 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES... AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .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
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
621 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014
GAZ162-163-092300-
CLINCH-ECHOLS-
621 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CLINCH AND
ECHOLS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
VALID UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
AT 621 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER ECHOLS COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTIES THROUGH 700 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 3093 8297 3091 8271 3070 8275 3073 8296
3093 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 283DEG 14KT 3081 8291
NELSONSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 6:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 5:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Flagler | 83 min |
| Aug 9, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 93 min | |
| Aug 9, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 11:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 11:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Pierce, Ware | 113 min |
| Aug 9, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 5:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Appling, Wayne | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 41 min |
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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.