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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2016, 12:07 AM EDT for Saint Johns County, Florida. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2016, 12:07 AM EDT (04:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
County Saint Johns County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 612 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 24, 9:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 9:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 913 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 .UPDATE...LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS SQUALL LINE CONTINUING EASTWARD PUSH OVER OUR FAR WESTERN COUNTIES WHILE GRADUALLY WEAKENING. LARGE STRATIFORM AREA BEHIND LINE IS ALSO STARTING TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE. LATEST HRRR CONTINUES TO SPREAD LARGE AREA OF PRECIP ACROSS FORECAST AREA 02Z-08Z...WHICH MAY BE A BIT OVERDONE AS WE COULD SEE GREATER DECREASE IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY AS ACTIVITY MOVES OVER MORE STABLE AREA IN THE EASTERN HALF OF OUR GA COUNTIES. HAVE ADJUSTED HOURLY POP TREND TO REFLECT HIGH VALUES OVER THE WESTERN PART OF FORECAST AREA NEXT FEW HOURS... THEN SPREADING EAST AND SOUTHEAST...WHILE GRADUALLY DECREASING IN COVERAGE. SCATTERED T-STORMS DEVELOPED...POSSIBLY WITH SOME HAIL...OVER OUR SE COUNTIES EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT IS ALSO ON WEAKENING TREND. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...BUT DECREASE TO MVFR AS AREA OF SHOWERS/ISOLATED TSRA SPREADS IN LATER TONIGHT. && .MARINE...SURFACE HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TO THE WEST WILL MAINTAIN MOSTLY S TO SE WINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT EXTENDING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE FRONT STALLS OVER THE AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SCEC CRITERIA OFFSHORE TONIGHT. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND MODERATE RISK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 64 79 64 76 / 80 70 40 40 SSI 64 76 64 73 / 60 70 40 50 JAX 65 83 66 77 / 60 60 40 50 SGJ 66 83 67 76 / 60 60 40 40 GNV 65 82 67 78 / 80 60 50 50 OCF 65 82 67 81 / 60 60 40 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && WOLF/GUILLET/WALKER
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 3:18 PM EDT, 8 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 318 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-251930- 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- 318 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK ASSOCIATED WITH A MEANDERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee | 49 min |
| Mar 24, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker, Columbia | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Nassau | 38 min |
| Mar 24, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist, Union | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 49 min |
| Mar 24, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 113 min | |
| Mar 24, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay, Duval | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 12:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 56 min |
| Mar 25, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 89 min | |
| Mar 24, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon, Pierce | 43 min |
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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.