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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2015, 5:19 PM EDT for Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 22, 2015, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 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 Jun 22, 1:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 134 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015 .NEAR TERM /THRU TUESDAY/... UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST IN THE NEAR TERM...WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED JUST S OF FORECAST AREA. HOT TEMPS WITH DWPTS UPR 60S/LWR 70S SUPPORTING CONSIDERABLE INSTABILITY...WITH CAPE VALUES UP TO 3000 J/KG. STILL ANTICIPATE SCATTERED SHOWERS/T-STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG WEST COAST SEA BREEZE...AND ALONG EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AS IT PRESSES INLAND TOWARD I-95 WITH DECENT MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...W TO SW WINDS MEETING SE WINDS. EFFECT OF LOW-LEVEL DRY AIR PER 12Z JAX SOUNDING SHIFTING EAST OF AREA WITH CUMULUS AND HIGHER SFC DWPTS OVER WRN PARTS OF NASSAU/DUVAL CO'S. TOWARD 00Z...ANTICIPATE SOME DEVELOPMENT OVER WEAK SURFACE TROF OVER SCTRL GA THAT COULD AFFECT OUR NWRN COUNTIES...WHILE SEA BREEZES MERGE BETWEEN HWY 301 AND I-95 WITH POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENT OF T-STORM COVERAGE BY 00Z. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE QUITE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG WET MICROBURSTS FROM TALLER CORES...AS INDICATED BY HIGH FORECAST D-CAPE AND DIFFERENTIAL THETA-E VALUES...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SURFACE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. IN THE 00Z-03Z PERIOD...WILL HAVE LIKELY POPS HWY 301 WEST AND NW TO POTENTIAL ACTIVITY AHEAD OF SCTRL GA SURFACE TROF. AFTER 03Z...SHOW GRADUAL DECREASE IN COVERAGE...WITH VERY LITTLE LEFT AFTER 09Z. LOW TEMPS WILL BE IN THE MID 70S INLAND...UPR 70S COAST. FOR TUESDAY...SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO COVERAGE...BUT WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS WITH SEA BREEZES AND SCTRL GA SURFACE TROF. ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH TEMPS IN MID/UPR 90S INLAND...LOW 90S COAST...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH 103-107 INLAND...AROUND 100 COAST. .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY/... A WEAKNESS IN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE ALOFT WITH A MOIST SW FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DAILY SCATTERED CONVECTION. SEABREEZES WILL MERGE LATE AFTERNOON NEAR THE I-95 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH POPS NEAR NORMAL. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... PATTERN CHANGES AS UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTH WEAKENS NEXT WEEKEND AS AN AMPLIFYING TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. A MOIST SW FLOW WILL PERSIST AS A SURFACE TROUGH REMAINS OVER CENTRAL GA. UPPER IMPULSES WILL HELP ENHANCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY POSSIBLY EXTENDING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS GIVEN UPPER SUPPORT. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS WITH POPS AT OR ABOVE AVERAGE. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED...EXCEPT LOWER CONDITIONS VICINITY OF TSRA. CONTINUING VCTS IN EASTERN TAF SITES...BUT INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP 22Z-02Z KVQQ AND KGNV WHERE THERE MAY BE GREATER COVERAGE OF TSRA DURING THAT PERIOD. ALSO INDICATED POTENTIAL FOR STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS WITH STRONGER TSRA. ENVIRONMENT REMAINS VERY FAVORABLE FOR STRONG WET MICROBURSTS FROM TALLER STORMS. ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER 02Z AND BE MAINLY W AND NW OF TAF SITES. && .MARINE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL GENERALLY PREVAIL IN THE NIGHTTIME AND MORNING PERIODS WITH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS EACH AFTERNOON WITH THE SEABREEZE. NOCTURNAL SOUTHERLY SURGES WILL BRING POTENTIAL FOR CAUTION LEVEL WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE EVENING PERIODS. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK THROUGH TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 74 96 74 97 / 60 40 20 40 SSI 79 91 78 90 / 40 30 30 30 JAX 75 96 76 95 / 30 30 30 30 SGJ 77 92 75 89 / 30 20 20 30 GNV 73 96 74 95 / 60 40 40 40 OCF 74 95 75 95 / 60 40 40 40 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && WOLF/PETERSON/WALSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 5:18 AM EDT, 12 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 518 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2015 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-230930- COASTAL WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-INLAND NASSAU-INLAND DUVAL-UNION- BRADFORD-CLAY-ST. JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION- COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING- WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN- ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 518 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2015 ...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... ...WIDESPREAD HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES AGAIN TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... HOT TEMPERATURES INTO THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES AREA-WIDE. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS IN THE HEAT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED TO POSSIBLY NUMEROUS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS EXPECTED TO OCCUR GENERALLY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 301 AND THE I-95 CORRIDOR. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS AROUND 60 MPH ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SLOWER MOVING STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR THEIR LOCATIONS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. JDS
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 8:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Putnam | 88 min |
| Jun 21, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 1:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clay | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 1:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 2:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 2:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 2:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clay, Saint Johns | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 2:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 3:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 3:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 4:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 86 min | |
| Jun 22, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Citrus | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Gilchrist, Suwannee | 22 min |
| Jun 22, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Suwannee | 85 min |
| Jun 22, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 93 min |
| Jun 22, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 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.