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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 6, 2017Alachua County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2017, 4:21 PM EDT for Alachua County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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
Aug 6, 2017, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2017, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Alachua County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2017-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1140 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

241 
WWUS82 KJAX 062021
SPSJAX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
421 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017
 
FLZ036-062045-
Alachua FL-
421 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALACHUA COUNTY UNTIL
445 PM EDT...

At 420 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
East Bronson, or near Bronson, moving northeast at 10 mph.

Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph can be expected along with possible minor
wind damage.  Pea size hail is also possible

Locations impacted include...
Archer, Newberry and Micanopy. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 2954 8256 2954 8265 2956 8266 2961 8265
      2978 8251 2950 8224 2948 8226 2948 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 232DEG 10KT 2948 8254 

$$

ELSENHEIMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua27 min
Aug 6, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval23 min
Aug 6, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXUnion34 min
Aug 6, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau30 min
Aug 6, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval, Nassau19 min
Aug 6, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker, Columbia45 min
Aug 6, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau46 min
Aug 6, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker27 min
Aug 6, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden28 min
Aug 6, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn38 min
Aug 6, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden26 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.