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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 7, 20154 counties in Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2015, 7:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 28 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
Aug 7, 2015, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2015, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Columbia County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 77 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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2015-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1489 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 2015-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
1489 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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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 Aug 7, 1:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 1:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
157 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2015

...STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SCATTERED/NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTN AS A SHORTWAVE ROTATES ACROSS THE AREA. NOT MUCH IN THE
WAY OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS YET...HOWEVER WITH SOME DEEP LAYER
SHEAR AND THE LIKELYHOOD OF SOME BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS LATER THIS
AFTN...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH
GUSTY/DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH EARLY
THIS EVENING AS THE TROUGH AXIS SHIFTS TO THE SOUTH AND HEATING IS
LOST. MID 70S WILL PREVAIL FOR LOWS TNGT.

SATURDAY...A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL NUDGE SOUTH TO NEAR THE
FL/GA BORDER BY SATURDAY AFTN. WITH DRIER AIR WORKING INTO
MOST OF SE GA...WILL KEEP POPS ISOLATED AT MOST THERE. WITH DEEPER
MOISTURE ACROSS NE FL...POPS WILL RANGE FROM WIDELY SCATTERED
ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR TO MID/HIGH END SCATTERED FOR NORTH
CENTRAL FL. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 90 ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
FL TO THE MID 90S FOR INLAND NE FL AND SE GA.

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AREA ON EASTERN SIDE OF STRONG SRN PLAINS UPPER HIGH. MODEL
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS BETTER RAIN CHANCES SOUTHERN AREAS VS. NORTHERN
AREAS...WILL GO WITH 40 POPS SOUTHERN COUNTIES IN OUR FORECAST
AREA...20-30 POP FURTHER NORTH. WARMEST TEMPS WILL BE INTERIOR
PART OF NORTHEAST FL AND SOUTHEAST GA...WILL GO WITH MID 90S
THERE...LWR 90S EASTERN COUNTIES...UPR 80S COAST. NEAR NORMAL
LOWS WILL PREVAIL SUNDAY NIGHT.

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
MON-WED...SRN PLAINS UPPER HIGH RETROGRADES WESTWARD WHILE TROUGH
DEVELOPS OVER EASTERN STATES...WITH COLD FRONT APPROACHING SRN GA
WED. NOT MUCH PRECIP COVERAGE ANTICIPATED MONDAY...HAVE 30 POP
S...20 POP ELSEWHERE. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE TUESDAY...AND
ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY WITH APPROACHING FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH OVER
AREA...HAVE LIKELY POPS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY. FOR THU-
FRI...PRECIP FOCUS SHIFTS SOUTHWARD...AND HAVE LIKELY POPS SRN
AREAS...50 POP ALONG I-10 CORRIDOR...30-40 ACROSS SE GA.

WITH UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA LATER IN THE WEEK...WOULD
ANTICIPATE A SLIGHT COOLING TREND. LIKELY TO SEE SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPS...MID 90S...INTERIOR SE GA/NE FL MON/TUE WITH LOWER
90S FURTHER EAST AND UPR 80S COAST. BY THU/FRI...HIGHS WILL COOL
TO AROUND 90 INTERIOR SE GA/NE FL...WITH UPR 80S FURTHER EAST...MID
80S COAST.

&&

.AVIATION...
WILL USE VCTS FOR ALL SITES THIS AFTN...WITH TEMPO GROUPS
19-22Z FOR PERIODS OF MVFR AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 KT IN THE
STRONGER STORMS. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING
WITH VFR PREVAILING.

&&

.MARINE...
WINDS HAVE DECREASED A BIT AT BUOY 41008...DOWN TO 15-20 KT
THIS AFTN. HOWEVER...WITH ANOTHER SURGE ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING
WILL KEEP THE SCA FOR WINDS UP FOR THE OUTER WATERS THROUGH
TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SATURDAY...WITH WINDS BECOMING
LIGHT ONSHORE FOR THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. OFFSHORE WINDS
WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN NEXT WEEK WITH SPEEDS REMAINING UNDER
CAUTION CRITERIA.

RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK THROUGH SATURDAY WITH OFFSHORE FLOW.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  74  96  75  95 /  20  10  10  20
SSI  77  87  76  87 /  20  20  10  20
JAX  75  94  76  92 /  30  20  10  30
SGJ  77  89  75  88 /  40  40  20  30
GNV  76  92  74  93 /  40  40  20  40
OCF  75  90  74  92 /  50  50  20  40

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 6 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR
     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.

&&

ALLEN/WOLF
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 10:40 AM EDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1040 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2015

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-081000-
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-1040 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2015

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT...

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

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

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY. STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
MAIN THREAT.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE
WATERS DUE TO SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. AN INCREASE TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 3:42 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsJAX26 hr
Aug 7, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton33 min
Aug 7, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau26 min
Aug 7, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX54 min
Aug 7, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Columbia, Nassau40 min
Aug 7, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford, Clay, Union33 min
Aug 7, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Duval, Nassau49 min
Aug 7, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX2 hr
Aug 7, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua, Bradford, Clay, Saint Johns, Union39 min
Aug 7, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker, Columbia44 min
Aug 7, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX2 hr
Aug 7, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Columbia, Duval, Nassau30 min
Aug 7, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX41 min
Aug 7, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua, Putnam51 min
Aug 7, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Putnam, Saint Johns34 min
Aug 7, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Nassau and 2 more31 min
Aug 7, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXColumbia, Hamilton, Suwannee40 min
Aug 7, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSaint Johns36 min
Aug 7, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXHamilton66 min
Aug 7, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClay49 min
Aug 7, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Columbia, Union21 min
Aug 7, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion, Putnam43 min
Aug 7, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXColumbia, Suwannee, Union43 min
Aug 7, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSuwannee34 min
Aug 7, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker, Union45 min
Aug 7, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX117 min
Aug 7, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton42 min
Aug 7, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSaint Johns28 min
Aug 7, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia, Hamilton, Suwannee57 min
Aug 7, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSuwannee25 min
Aug 7, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker53 min
Aug 7, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX2 hr
Aug 7, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Columbia, Union56 min
Aug 7, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSuwannee24 min
Aug 7, 5:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXSuwannee97 min
Aug 7, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford, Clay59 min
Aug 7, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Putnam, Union66 min
Aug 7, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union64 min
Aug 7, 5:42 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXSuwannee2 hr
Aug 7, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua, Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union67 min
Aug 7, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua, Marion, Putnam63 min
Aug 7, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSuwannee63 min
Aug 7, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton46 min
Aug 7, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion58 min
Aug 7, 7:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXSuwannee90 min
Aug 7, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden52 min
Aug 7, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton, Ware52 min
Aug 7, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXEchols44 min
Aug 7, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley46 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.