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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 16, 2018Alachua County, Putnam County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2018, 4:43 PM EDT for Alachua County, Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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 16, 2018, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2018, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alachua County, FL, Putnam County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 16, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:11 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:17 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:34 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler52 min
Aug 16, 2:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXClay90 min
Aug 16, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGilchrist23 min
Aug 16, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua34 min
Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval90 min
Aug 16, 4:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXColumbia, Gilchrist2 hr
Aug 16, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford26 min
Aug 16, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGilchrist, Suwannee21 min
Aug 16, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford30 min
Aug 16, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSuwannee38 min
Aug 16, 5:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAlachua87 min
Aug 16, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford, Union24 min
Aug 16, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau30 min
Aug 16, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford, Union30 min
Aug 16, 5:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBradford97 min
Aug 16, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClay, Putnam35 min
Aug 16, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker30 min
Aug 16, 6:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXPutnam89 min
Aug 16, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam26 min
Aug 16, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn28 min
Aug 16, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClinch, Echols25 min
Aug 16, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton26 min
Aug 16, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPierce27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.