Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2021, 6:53 PM EST for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2021, 6:53 PM EST (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2021, 7:28 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Marion County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 4:21 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
618
WUUS52 KJAX 062353
SVRJAX
FLC083-070045-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0008.210206T2353Z-210207T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
653 PM EST Sat Feb 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Marion County in northern Florida...
* Until 745 PM EST.
* At 653 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Williston
Highlands, or 7 miles northwest of Rainbow Lakes Estates, moving
east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Ocala, Rainbow Lakes Estates, Citra, Sparr, Anthony, Ocala Airport,
Reddick, McIntosh, Flemington and Lowell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EST for northern
Florida.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2922 8253 2922 8240 2943 8240 2945 8221
2943 8221 2942 8215 2943 8214 2943 8209
2944 8206 2946 8205 2947 8198 2922 8198
2911 8253
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 256DEG 40KT 2925 8250
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AK3 follow-up statements
237
WWUS52 KJAX 070002
SVSJAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
702 PM EST Sat Feb 6 2021
FLC083-070045-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210207T0045Z/
Marion FL-
702 PM EST Sat Feb 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY...
At 701 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rainbow Lakes
Estates, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ocala, Rainbow Lakes Estates, Citra, Sparr, Anthony, Reddick, Lowell,
Burbank and Romeo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EST for northern
Florida.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2919 8253 2922 8252 2922 8240 2937 8240
2943 8198 2922 8198 2914 8239 2915 8253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 270DEG 39KT 2923 8241
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AK549
WWUS52 KJAX 070019
SVSJAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
719 PM EST Sat Feb 6 2021
FLC083-070045-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210207T0045Z/
Marion FL-
719 PM EST Sat Feb 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST
FOR CENTRAL MARION COUNTY...
At 719 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ocala Airport,
or near Ocala, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ocala, Sparr, Anthony, Burbank and Lowell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EST for northern
Florida.
A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted act quickly and move to a place
of safety inside a sturdy structure, such as a basement or small
interior room.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Jacksonville.
&&
LAT...LON 2915 8234 2935 8231 2935 8198 2922 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 267DEG 34KT 2920 8223
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AK088
WWUS52 KJAX 070028
SVSJAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
728 PM EST Sat Feb 6 2021
FLC083-070038-
/O.CAN.KJAX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210207T0045Z/
Marion FL-
728 PM EST Sat Feb 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EST for northern
Florida.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Jacksonville.
LAT...LON 2915 8234 2935 8231 2935 8198 2922 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 256DEG 40KT 2923 8211
$$
AKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 10:45 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 23 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 46 min |
| Feb 6, 4:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 46 min |
| Feb 6, 4:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Gilchrist | 48 min |
| Feb 6, 4:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Union | 46 min |
| Feb 6, 5:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay, Putnam | 43 min |
| Feb 6, 5:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 5:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion, Putnam | 38 min |
| Feb 6, 5:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay, Duval | 51 min |
| Feb 6, 5:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler, Putnam | 34 min |
| Feb 6, 5:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Gilchrist, Union | 44 min |
| Feb 6, 6:03 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 57 min | |
| Feb 6, 6:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 6:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 6:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Clay | 43 min |
| Feb 6, 6:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 6:55 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 65 min | |
| Feb 6, 6:56 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.