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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 23, 2020Nassau County, Florida; 6 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2020, 2:41 PM EDT for Nassau County, Florida; 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 23, 2020, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2020, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Nassau County, FL, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA, Ware County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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 23, 10:52 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 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 23, 1:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 1:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:50 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 2:00 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:16 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
216 PM EDT THU APR 23 2020

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

0213 PM     HAIL             WAYCROSS                31.21N 82.36W
04/23/2020  M1.00 INCH       WARE               GA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MEDIA RELAYED A REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL OBSERVED IN
            WAYCROSS.

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:21 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 2:33 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
241 PM EDT THU APR 23 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0230 PM     HAIL             1 SSW HOBOKEN           31.17N 82.14W
04/23/2020  M1.75 INCH       Brantley           GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED A REPOT OF QUARTER TO GOLF BALL
            SIZED HAIL OBSERVED JUST WEST OF HOBOKEN. TIME BASED ON
            RADAR.

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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 23, 3:14 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	JAX	Duval, Flagler, Nassau	23 hr
Apr 23, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		113 min
Apr 23, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		96 min
Apr 23, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	18 min
Apr 23, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		95 min
Apr 23, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		36 min
Apr 23, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	45 min
Apr 23, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		83 min
Apr 23, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	34 min
Apr 23, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	54 min
Apr 23, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		91 min
Apr 23, 9:17 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JAX	Glynn, McIntosh, Wayne	16 days
Apr 23, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee, Jeff Davis	48 min
Apr 23, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	49 min
Apr 23, 12:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Echols, Ware	53 min
Apr 23, 1:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch	48 min
Apr 23, 1:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch and 4 more	56 min
Apr 23, 1:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	JAX	Atkinson, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Pierce, Ware	49 min
Apr 23, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch, Echols	45 min
Apr 23, 2:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	JAX	Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Pierce, Ware, Wayne	45 min
Apr 23, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton, Ware	42 min
Apr 23, 2:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	JAX	Brantley, Glynn, Wayne	30 min
Apr 23, 2:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Ware	38 min
Apr 23, 3:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Brantley, Camden, Glynn	54 min
Apr 23, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	23 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.