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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 28, 2015Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2015, 2:53 PM EDT for Clinch County, Echols 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

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The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2015, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2015, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA

The radar

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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 28, 9:17 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 9:17 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
917 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015

.UPDATE...
CONVECTION IS SLOW IT DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING BUT
THE CAPES ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA ARE FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE IN THE
2000-2500 RANGE BASED ON THE 12 UTC KJAX SOUNDING. CURRENTLY NO
CLOUD COVERAGE TO INHIBIT DIURNAL HEATING AND INSTABILITY. PRECIP
WATER IS 1.72 INCHES SO ATMOSPHERE IS PRIMED FOR GENERAL
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY. THE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER...SPC...HAS
THE REGION IN A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON.
EXPECT AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS TO BE STRONG WITH A FEW
ISOLATED SEVERE WHERE STORMS ARE MORE ISOLATED AND NOT FIGHTING
FOR THE AVAILABLE ENERGY/INSTABILITY.

&&

.AVIATION...
HAVE TEMPO CONVECTION AT ALL OF THE AIR FIELDS AS CONVECTION MOVES
FROM WSW TO ENE ACROSS THE AREA. CEILINGS WITH CONVECTION SHOULD
BE IN THE 2.5-3.5 KFT RANGE.

&&

.MARINE...
WITH A RIDGE TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST AND A GENERAL AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE NORTH OF THE AREA WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY AT 10 TO
15 KNOTS INTO MID-WEEK. NOCTURNAL SURGES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
BELOW SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CRITERIA.

RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  89  70  92  72 /  60  30  20  10
SSI  87  74  86  77 /  70  40  30  20
JAX  91  73  88  73 /  60  40  40  30
SGJ  89  74  85  75 /  50  40  60  30
GNV  90  73  87  73 /  50  40  60  30
OCF  91  74  87  73 /  50  40  60  40

&&

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

SANDRIK/ENYEDI/WALSH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 3:07 AM EDT, 11 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
307 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-291000-
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-
307 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015

...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

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

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

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON LINGERING INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY
AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY
WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE WILL DECREASE FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PORTIONS OF THE
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED 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, Jun 28, 2:36 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:48 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 2:50 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		26 min
Jun 28, 10:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Suwannee	35 min
Jun 28, 11:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Suwannee	29 min
Jun 28, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Union	33 min
Jun 28, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Gilchrist	31 min
Jun 28, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Union	30 min
Jun 28, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua, Gilchrist	28 min
Jun 28, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns	61 min
Jun 28, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		85 min
Jun 28, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		36 min
Jun 28, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval, Nassau	30 min
Jun 28, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	35 min
Jun 28, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
Jun 28, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	29 min
Jun 28, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		117 min
Jun 28, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	37 min
Jun 28, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	49 min
Jun 28, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	40 min
Jun 28, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
Jun 28, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	50 min
Jun 28, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Duval, Nassau	41 min
Jun 28, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker	46 min
Jun 28, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua, Bradford, Gilchrist, Marion	59 min
Jun 28, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Clay, Nassau, Union	54 min
Jun 28, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker	47 min
Jun 28, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	50 min
Jun 28, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		85 min
Jun 28, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bradford, Clay, Marion, Putnam	55 min
Jun 28, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	47 min
Jun 28, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay, Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns	47 min
Jun 28, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	45 min
Jun 28, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		119 min
Jun 28, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	48 min
Jun 28, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler, Saint Johns	31 min
Jun 28, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker	32 min
Jun 28, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch, Echols	24 min
Jun 28, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch, Echols, Ware	47 min
Jun 28, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bacon	48 min
Jun 28, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Pierce	30 min
Jun 28, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	35 min
Jun 28, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Ware	30 min
Jun 28, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	39 min
Jun 28, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson	42 min
Jun 28, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	40 min
Jun 28, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	42 min
Jun 28, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	14 min
Jun 28, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch	44 min
Jun 28, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	24 min
Jun 28, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware	51 min
Jun 28, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Jeff Davis	63 min
Jun 28, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Jeff Davis	44 min
Jun 28, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Jeff Davis	47 min
Jun 28, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	41 min
Jun 28, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	45 min
Jun 28, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson	46 min
Jun 28, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Echols	58 min
Jun 28, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson	48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.