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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 14, 20154 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2015, 5:30 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
Jul 14, 2015, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Glynn County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2015-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2282 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 2015-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2282 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.5

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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 Jul 14, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 9:20 AM EDT, 8 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
920 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-151330-
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-
920 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH AFTERNOON
HEAT INDICES AROUND 104 TO 108 DEGREES...

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

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

SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
EARLY AFTERNOON WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH FLORIDA MOVING FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST TO
THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...A BAND OF STORMS IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA FROM THE
NORTHWEST AND INTERSECT WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FRONT.
A BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST WITH THIS BAND
AND THE SEA BREEZE FRONT INTERACTION ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA EAST COAST COUNTIES/SAINT JOHNS RIVER AREA.
THE MEAN MOVEMENT ON THESE STORMS SHOULD BE FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM
HEAVY RAINFALL.

HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S OVER INLAND AREAS AND LOWER 90S
ALONG THE COAST WILL SUPPORT HEAT INDICES AROUND 104 TO 108 DEGREES
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. STORM
MOVEMENT WILL MAINLY BE TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND MINOR FLOODING
FROM LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL.

HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH
HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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

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

SANDRIK

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam29 min
Jul 14, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker47 min
Jul 14, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX117 min
Jul 14, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau49 min
Jul 14, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXColumbia44 min
Jul 14, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX114 min
Jul 14, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau50 min
Jul 14, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval36 min
Jul 14, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX67 min
Jul 14, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX64 min
Jul 13, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne38 min
Jul 14, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXJeff Davis51 min
Jul 14, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Coffee, Jeff Davis27 min
Jul 14, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClinch40 min
Jul 14, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis30 min
Jul 14, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson, Coffee52 min
Jul 14, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton, Clinch, Ware48 min
Jul 14, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden39 min
Jul 14, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton49 min
Jul 14, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPierce, Ware41 min
Jul 14, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley, Camden, Glynn52 min
Jul 14, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClinch, Ware39 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.