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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 13, 2020Columbia County, Hamilton County, Suwannee County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2020, 8:35 AM EDT for Columbia County, Hamilton County, Suwannee County, Florida. It was in force for 55 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: Apr 13, 2020, 8:35 AM EDT (12:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2020, 9:30 AM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Suwannee County, FL

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 13, 3:20 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 Apr 13, 7:44 AM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 7:44 AM EDT, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 13, 6:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
651 AM EDT MON APR 13 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 AM     TSTM WND GST     DOUGLAS                 31.51N 82.85W
04/13/2020  M55 MPH          COFFEE             GA   ASOS

            DOUGLASS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WIND
            GUST OF 55 MPH AT 640 AM ET.

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SCORDERO

Local storm report, Apr 13, 7:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 13, 7:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
704 AM EDT MON APR 13 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0632 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E DOUGLAS             31.51N 82.82W
04/13/2020                   Coffee             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS COFFEE COUNTY. ROOF ON
            HOME COLLAPSED ON SLEEPY HALLOW FARM ROAD.

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SCORDERO

Local storm report, Apr 13, 7:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 13, 7:45 AM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 13, 7:54 AM EDT, 41 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
Apr 13, 3:28 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		12 hr
Apr 13, 7:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Hamilton	55 min
Apr 13, 8:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Hamilton	63 min
Apr 13, 8:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		3 hr
Apr 13, 9:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Nassau	67 min
Apr 13, 9:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	60 min
Apr 13, 10:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	55 min
Apr 13, 10:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	63 min
Apr 13, 10:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		57 min
Apr 13, 10:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Nassau	50 min
Apr 13, 11:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
Apr 13, 11:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	51 min
Apr 13, 12:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	41 min
Apr 13, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	45 min
Apr 13, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		92 min
Apr 13, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bradford	50 min
Apr 13, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua, Bradford	33 min
Apr 13, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay	46 min
Apr 13, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Bradford, Clay	43 min
Apr 13, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
Apr 13, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	33 min
Apr 13, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	44 min
Apr 13, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clay, Putnam, Saint Johns	42 min
Apr 13, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		96 min
Apr 13, 4:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Coffee, Jeff Davis	80 min
Apr 13, 5:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Coffee, Jeff Davis	59 min
Apr 13, 5:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	55 min
Apr 13, 6:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	29 min
Apr 13, 6:33 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	23 min
Apr 13, 6:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce and 2 more	55 min
Apr 13, 6:55 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon	26 min
Apr 13, 7:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Glynn, Pierce, Ware and 1 more	66 min
Apr 13, 7:14 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling, Wayne	35 min
Apr 13, 8:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Glynn, Wayne	45 min
Apr 13, 8:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn	47 min
Apr 13, 9:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch	25 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.