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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Jacksonville, FL

December 24, 2020Alachua County, Putnam County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 24, 2020, 6:08 PM EST for Alachua County, Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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
Dec 24, 2020, 6:08 PM EST (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2020, 6:45 PM EST
In force
37 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

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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 Dec 24, 5:52 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 5:52 PM EST, 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 24, 5:19 PM EST, 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 24, 5:24 PM EST, 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 24, 5:24 PM EST, 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 24, 5:25 PM EST, 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 24, 5:29 PM EST, 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 24, 6:06 PM EST, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 3:32 AM ESTGale WarningJAX35 hr
Dec 24, 3:34 AM ESTRip Current StatementJAXDuval, Flagler, Nassau10 hr
Dec 24, 3:36 AM ESTFreeze WatchJAXDuval, Flagler, Nassau23 hr
Dec 24, 3:36 AM ESTHard Freeze WatchJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Marion, Nassau and 2 more23 hr
Dec 24, 1:41 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist and 4 more19 hr
Dec 24, 1:50 PM ESTFreeze WarningJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more19 hr
Dec 24, 4:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXHamilton43 min
Dec 24, 4:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSuwannee42 min
Dec 24, 4:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee66 min
Dec 24, 5:24 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua, Gilchrist, Union51 min
Dec 24, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 3 more48 min
Dec 24, 6:19 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion41 min
Dec 24, 6:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and 1 more62 min
Dec 24, 6:31 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX89 min
Dec 24, 6:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam42 min
Dec 24, 3:25 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAtkinson, Coffee, Jeff Davis65 min
Dec 24, 4:25 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce50 min
Dec 24, 5:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley, Pierce, Wayne46 min
Dec 24, 5:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Pierce, Ware and 1 more57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.