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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 24, 2017Flagler County, Putnam County, Saint Johns County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2017, 3:25 PM EDT for Flagler County, Putnam County, Saint Johns County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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: May 24, 2017, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Flagler County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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Mixed-layer CAPE: 868 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 9.7

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What forecasters said that day

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 May 24, 9:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 9:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
939 AM EDT Wed May 24 2017

...SEVERE STORMS TODAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...

.UPDATE...Ne Fl/se Ga has been upgraded to an Enhanced risk of
severe storms by SPC. Tornado watch currently in effect for ne
Fl...surface boundary has produced rotating storms this morning.
Additional storms over the Fl panhandle will move into and
strengthen over the area this afternoon as strong upper trough and
surface cold front approaches from the west. Instability and
shear will be adequate for severe storms with tornadoes. Locally
heavy rainfall will occur with areas of localized flooding
possible. Storms will decrease early this evening. Cold front will
move across the area overnight with a lingering chance of showers
and thunderstorms until around midnight.

&&

.AVIATION...Storms will continue to affect ne Fl TAF sites this
morning and continue through the afternoon hours as storms continue
to develop. Storms will move into and develop over se Ga by early
afternoon affecting SSI until early evening. MVFR conditions will
lower to IFR/LIFR conditions in heavy showers and storms. Storms
will decrease this evening by 01z with MVFR cigs expected through
at least 04z.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  80  62  79  58 /  80  50   0   0
SSI  81  68  81  65 /  80  50  10   0
JAX  81  64  83  62 / 100  60  10   0
SGJ  79  65  83  64 / 100  70  10   0
GNV  78  64  82  59 / 100  70  10   0
OCF  79  67  82  60 / 100  80  20   0

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...None.
GA...None.
AM...Small Craft Advisory until 2 PM EDT Thursday for 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.

&&

Zibura/Shashy/Corless

Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 3:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 1:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 2:44 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 3:25 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
May 23, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Suwannee	40 min
May 23, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker, Columbia	51 min
May 23, 8:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Baker, Duval, Nassau	20 min
May 23, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker, Duval, Nassau	17 min
May 23, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia	42 min
May 23, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	47 min
May 23, 9:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Suwannee	3 hr
May 24, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay	45 min
May 24, 12:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	39 min
May 24, 3:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	47 min
May 24, 3:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay	44 min
May 24, 3:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua, Clay, Putnam	47 min
May 24, 4:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clay, Putnam, Saint Johns	50 min
May 24, 4:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Saint Johns	20 min
May 24, 4:59 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		61 min
May 24, 5:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	43 min
May 24, 6:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	46 min
May 24, 6:18 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Putnam, Saint Johns	27 min
May 24, 6:44 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Saint Johns	31 min
May 24, 6:49 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		56 min
May 24, 7:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	41 min
May 24, 7:46 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		89 min
May 24, 8:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	51 min
May 24, 8:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	39 min
May 24, 8:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Putnam	3 hr
May 24, 8:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	47 min
May 24, 9:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Putnam	37 min
May 24, 9:29 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Putnam	31 min
May 24, 9:47 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Saint Johns	28 min
May 24, 10:07 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Saint Johns	23 min
May 24, 10:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		51 min
May 24, 10:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	51 min
May 24, 10:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	43 min
May 24, 10:49 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		116 min
May 24, 11:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clay, Duval, Saint Johns	38 min
May 24, 12:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Baker, Duval, Nassau	114 min
May 24, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	49 min
May 24, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua, Bradford, Union	42 min
May 24, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		93 min
May 24, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay, Duval	38 min
May 24, 1:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Duval, Nassau	3 hr
May 24, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval, Saint Johns	26 min
May 24, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
May 24, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua, Clay, Flagler, Marion, Putnam, Saint Johns	65 min
May 24, 1:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Saint Johns, Union	3 hr
May 24, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay, Flagler, Marion, Putnam, Saint Johns	46 min
May 24, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		93 min
May 23, 8:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Pierce, Wayne	45 min
May 23, 8:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Wayne	35 min
May 24, 10:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch	52 min
May 24, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	17 min
May 24, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	38 min
May 24, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee	51 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.