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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 5, 2021Duval County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at May 5, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT for Duval County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 5, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Duval County, FL

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 5, 7:40 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 7:40 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
557 PM EDT Wed May 5 2021

FLZ023-122-GAZ163-350-052245-
Baker FL-Northern Columbia FL-Clinch GA-Southern Ware GA-
557 PM EDT Wed May 5 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BAKER...NORTHEASTERN
COLUMBIA...SOUTHEASTERN WARE AND SOUTHEASTERN CLINCH COUNTIES UNTIL
645 PM EDT...

* At 557 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles south of Fargo, moving east
  at 30 mph.

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

* This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern
  Baker, northeastern Columbia, southeastern Ware and southeastern
  Clinch Counties.

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 3059 8258 3061 8258 3074 8216 3057 8221
      3056 8223 3054 8224 3052 8223 3051 8223
      3050 8258 3059 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 253DEG 27KT 3056 8252

ENYEDI

Special weather statement, May 5, 6:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
630 PM EDT Wed May 5 2021

FLZ020-GAZ162-052300-
Hamilton FL-Echols GA-
630 PM EDT Wed May 5 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND
SOUTHERN ECHOLS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

* At 630 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm near Jasper, moving east at 30 mph.

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

* This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern
  Hamilton and southern Echols Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
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&&

LAT...LON 3073 8268 3060 8268 3060 8270 3058 8271
      3058 8270 3056 8273 3053 8271 3054 8302
      3064 8304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 267DEG 25KT 3060 8294

ENYEDI

Special weather statement, May 5, 6:51 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 7:13 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 7:45 PM EDT, 0 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
May 4, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		45 min
May 5, 12:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	41 min
May 5, 12:59 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		91 min
May 5, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	44 min
May 5, 1:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Duval, Nassau, Union	39 min
May 5, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		30 min
May 5, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	45 min
May 5, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	40 min
May 5, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		57 min
May 5, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	24 min
May 4, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Telfair	26 min
May 4, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Coffee	30 min
May 4, 10:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Jeff Davis	48 min
May 4, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	51 min
May 4, 10:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	51 min
May 4, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch, Echols, Ware	59 min
May 4, 11:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce and 1 more	52 min
May 5, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Brantley, Pierce, Wayne	39 min
May 5, 12:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware	52 min
May 5, 12:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Wayne	60 min
May 5, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	48 min
May 5, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	26 min
May 5, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Echols	30 min
May 5, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	47 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.