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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 30, 2020Alachua County, Gilchrist County, Marion County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2020, 1:15 AM EDT for Alachua County, Gilchrist County, Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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 30, 2020, 1:15 AM EDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Alachua County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Marion County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 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 Apr 29, 8:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 8:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 12:49 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1249 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020

FLZ035-236-340-300530-
Western Alachua FL-Western Marion FL-Gilchrist FL-
1249 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GILCHRIST...SOUTHWESTERN
ALACHUA AND WESTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM EDT...

* At 1249 AM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near
  Fowlers Bluff to 19 miles southwest of Williston Highlands to 10
  miles west of Homosassa. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

* Small hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph possible with these storms.

* Locations impacted include...
  Rainbow Lakes Estates, Trenton, Archer, Newberry, Dunnellon and
  Romeo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. You can also share your report with NWS Jacksonville on
Facebook and Twitter.

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LAT...LON 2905 8247 2904 8253 2921 8254 2922 8240
      2948 8241 2948 8255 2954 8256 2953 8265
      2956 8266 2956 8275 2959 8286 2958 8295
      2962 8297 2963 8297 2975 8257 2932 8227
      2896 8227 2896 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 210DEG 41KT 2937 8297 2917 8280 2877 8277

ENYEDI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 12:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Levy	41 min
Apr 30, 1:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Marion	38 min
Apr 30, 1:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	36 min
Apr 30, 1:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	33 min
Apr 30, 2:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	35 min
Apr 30, 2:47 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
Apr 30, 2:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay, Flagler, Saint Johns	50 min
Apr 30, 4:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		65 min
Apr 30, 4:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	35 min
Apr 30, 2:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee, Jeff Davis	43 min
Apr 30, 2:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee, Jeff Davis	46 min
Apr 30, 3:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch	26 min
Apr 30, 5:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	29 min
Apr 30, 5:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	45 min

Nearby

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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.