Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 21, 2020Glynn County, Wayne County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2020, 4:33 PM EDT for Glynn County, Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
May 21, 2020, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2020, 5:01 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Glynn County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 May 21, 3:53 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 3:53 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 3:42 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, May 21, 3:57 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, May 21, 4:25 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, May 21, 4:27 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, May 21, 4:30 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, May 21, 4:31 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
431 PM EDT Thu May 21 2020

GAZ154-212045-
Coastal Glynn GA-
431 PM EDT Thu May 21 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL GLYNN COUNTY UNTIL
445 PM EDT...

* At 431 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm over Sea Island, or near St. Simons
  Island, moving east at 20 mph.

* Small hail and winds in excess of 45 mph possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  St. Simons Island and Sea Island.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3114 8138 3120 8145 3128 8132 3128 8130
      3120 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 260DEG 17KT 3120 8134

ENYEDI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 2:16 AM EDTRip Current StatementJAXDuval, Flagler, Nassau25 hr
May 21, 3:03 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryJAX31 hr
May 21, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau14 min
May 21, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX86 min
May 21, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX63 min
May 21, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau36 min
May 21, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX75 min
May 21, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau35 min
May 21, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau32 min
May 21, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval42 min
May 21, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau27 min
May 21, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX87 min
May 21, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval35 min
May 21, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX67 min
May 21, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSaint Johns38 min
May 21, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX55 min
May 21, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton48 min
May 21, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWare28 min
May 21, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley, Camden, Glynn57 min
May 21, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley, Camden, Charlton, Ware41 min
May 21, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWare47 min
May 21, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley, Glynn48 min
May 21, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton48 min
May 21, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton50 min
May 21, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAtkinson48 min
May 21, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn30 min
May 21, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn14 min
May 21, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton48 min
May 21, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton48 min
May 21, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWare23 min
May 21, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton, Clinch, Ware29 min
May 21, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.