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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 2, 2015Charlton County, Ware County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2015, 2:31 PM EDT for Charlton County, Ware County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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 2, 2015, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2015, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Charlton County, GA, Ware County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 308 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2015-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 938 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2015-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
938 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 2, 10:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 11:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1129 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-031015-
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-
1129 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT...

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. STORM MOTION WILL BE MOVING EAST TO
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH OR LESS.

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

SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ISOLATED STRONG TO PULSE
SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS WHICH
COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
COULD ALSO CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING.

.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

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:51 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker24 min
Jun 2, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Columbia31 min
Jun 2, 2:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBaker, Columbia86 min
Jun 2, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval42 min
Jun 2, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX55 min
Jun 2, 2:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval, Saint Johns2 hr
Jun 2, 2:55 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXColumbia2 hr
Jun 2, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX93 min
Jun 2, 3:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXFlagler113 min
Jun 2, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSaint Johns31 min
Jun 2, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler31 min
Jun 2, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSaint Johns24 min
Jun 2, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClay28 min
Jun 2, 4:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXClay, Duval85 min
Jun 2, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClay16 min
Jun 2, 5:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXMarion87 min
Jun 2, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCitrus25 min
Jun 2, 5:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXSaint Johns84 min
Jun 2, 6:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXMarion118 min
Jun 2, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX93 min
Jun 2, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau43 min
Jun 2, 6:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAlachua114 min
Jun 2, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWare38 min
Jun 2, 2:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXCharlton, Clinch, Ware112 min
Jun 2, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPierce27 min
Jun 2, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne28 min
Jun 2, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn23 min
Jun 2, 3:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXWayne95 min
Jun 2, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne27 min
Jun 2, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGlynn, Wayne36 min
Jun 2, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn24 min
Jun 2, 4:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXCamden, Glynn95 min
Jun 2, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling25 min
Jun 2, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCoffee35 min
Jun 2, 4:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAppling94 min
Jun 2, 5:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXCoffee90 min
Jun 2, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn30 min
Jun 2, 5:26 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXCoffee94 min
Jun 2, 5:31 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXAppling89 min
Jun 2, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling28 min
Jun 2, 5:48 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXCamden, Glynn87 min
Jun 2, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn26 min
Jun 2, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden39 min
Jun 2, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden, Glynn36 min
Jun 2, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAppling92 min
Jun 2, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden36 min
Jun 2, 6:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXCamden, Glynn93 min
Jun 2, 7:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAtkinson87 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.