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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 8, 2021Clay County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT for Clay County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 8, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
30

County Clay County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2517 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2517 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1039 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

345 
WWUS82 KJAX 090001
SPSJAX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
801 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021
 
FLZ033-132-232-090030-
Eastern Clay FL-Western Clay FL-Inland St. Johns FL-
801 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central St.
Johns and east central Clay Counties through 830 PM EDT...

At 801 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Green Cove Springs, moving southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Minor flooding due to heavy rainfall.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor flooding due to heavy rainfall is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Green Cove Springs and Picolata. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2998 8152 2984 8165 2984 8167 2992 8180
      3004 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 301DEG 5KT 2993 8173 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

$$

CORLESS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:51 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXGilchrist, Suwannee22 days
Aug 9, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval25 min
Aug 9, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXNassau49 min
Aug 9, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua45 min
Aug 8, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden48 min
Aug 8, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton31 min
Aug 9, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn42 min
Aug 9, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley, Wayne52 min
Aug 9, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley38 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.