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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2023, 10:19 AM EDT for Alachua County, Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 17 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
- Oct 12, 2023, 10:19 AM EDT (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2023, 10:36 AM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Alachua County, FL, Putnam County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 8:48 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1618 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
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 Oct 12, 6:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 6:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
645 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023
...New AVIATION...
.NEAR TERM...
Issued at 400 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023
Showers and storms will continue into the early morning hours
across southeast Georgia and northeast Florida, with a tornado
watch in effect for northeast Florida until 9am today. As the low
pressure moves along a frontal boundary over northeast Florida,
winds will begin to pick up with the highest winds expected for
southern locations in northeast Florida with wind gusts of 30mph
possible, potentially 40mph. The potential for a Wind advisory
will be re-evaluated in the next update. The low pressure will
begin to move off into the Atlantic waters during the early
afternoon. Heavy rainfall will still be possible for locations
along the I-95 corridor and south of the I-10 as the frontal
boundary remains over the area through today, with activity
beginning to wind down into the evening.
Highs on Thursday will range from around the high 60s to low 70s
across inland southeast GA, to the low and mid 80s in the warm
sector across north central FL.
&&
.SHORT TERM...
(Friday through Saturday night)
Issued at 400 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023
FRI...
Unsettled weather continues into Friday as another impulse rides
along the diffuse frontal zone that will lay between I-10 and I-4.
Combination of lift along the frontal zone and a developing surface
low will lead to at least scattered showers through Friday evening.
Thunderstorm potential is a bit more uncertain given the meager
instability. However, isolated storms that develop (along and south
of the frontal zone - mainly north-central FL) will be capable of
strong outflow winds. Shower coverage will diminish during the
evening with the loss of heating but a isolated activity will
continue as the low moves off the coast and a surface trough (psuedo
cold front) trails in its wake. Wide range of temperatures with the
frontal zone situated across the area. Mid to upper 70s across SE GA
on the cool side and low to mid 80s on the warm side in NE FL.
SAT...
Dry air advecting in from the northwest will limit any potential for
rain with a more substantial trough dragging a colder and drier
front through the area Saturday night. Clearing skies during the
afternoon hours temperatures will warm into the low 80s in SE GA and
mid 80s across NE FL.
&&
.LONG TERM...
(Sunday through Wednesday)
Issued at 400 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023
Large-scale upper trough will carve out across the eastern US
through Wednesday. Shortwaves rounding the upper trough will send
reinforcing shots of cool air into the with dry frontal passages.
This will result in a period of much cooler than normal temperatures
along with a prolonged period of dry and breezy conditions. By
Thursday the trough finally lifts out and surface high pressure
builds to the northeast bringing a return of onshore flow and
increasing cloud cover.
&&
.AVIATION...
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 642 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023
Showers and storms continue to move across the area at the start
of the TAF period. By the afternoon, activity should begin to
become less extensive, but periods of heavier showers possible
along coastal areas of Florida.
&&
.MARINE...
Issued at 400 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023
A warm front will move across the northeast Florida waters by the
early morning hours today. Strong to severe thunderstorms capable
of producing waterspouts possible through this afternoon,
especially for the waters from St. Augustine southward. Small
Craft Advisory conditions forecast for local waters. Winds will
shift to northerly and then northeasterly as a passing low
pressure center moves offshore, with winds and seas diminishing by
Thursday night and Friday. A frontal boundary will linger over
the northeast Florida waters on Friday and Friday night, with
another round of showers and thunderstorms possible on Friday
afternoon and evening. A strong cold front will then cross our
local waters on Saturday afternoon and evening, with breezy
northwesterly winds developing in the wake of this front on Sunday
and Sunday night.
Rip Currents: High risk continues for southeast Georgia waters
through Thursday. With a moderate risk of Rip currents for
northeast Florida waters.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
Issued at 400 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023
Rain accumuluations across northeast FL will result in rises in
area rivers including portions of the Santa Fe and St Marys
Rivers. River levels are expected to stay below flood stage at
this time.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 67 63 79 66 / 90 30 40 20
SSI 76 69 82 69 / 100 30 40 30
JAX 78 70 85 67 / 90 40 40 10
SGJ 83 72 86 69 / 90 40 50 20
GNV 83 71 87 68 / 90 30 40 10
OCF 84 74 87 70 / 90 40 40 10
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...None.
GA...High Rip Current Risk through late tonight for GAZ154-166.
AM...Small Craft Advisory until 5 AM EDT Friday for AMZ450-470-472.
Small Craft Advisory until noon EDT today for AMZ452-454.
Small Craft Advisory until 5 PM EDT this afternoon for AMZ474.
&&In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 1:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 26 min |
| Oct 12, 1:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 34 min |
| Oct 12, 1:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 48 min |
| Oct 12, 1:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 30 min |
| Oct 12, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 41 min |
| Oct 12, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 52 min | |
| Oct 12, 2:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 2:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 26 min |
| Oct 12, 2:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 2:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 2:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 25 min |
| Oct 12, 2:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 33 min |
| Oct 12, 3:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 28 min |
| Oct 12, 3:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Marion | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 35 min |
| Oct 12, 3:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Saint Johns | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 29 min |
| Oct 12, 3:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Marion | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 42 min |
| Oct 12, 3:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 3:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 4:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 4 hr |
| Oct 12, 4:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Putnam | 25 min |
| Oct 12, 4:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 20 min |
| Oct 12, 4:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 30 min | |
| Oct 12, 5:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 28 min |
| Oct 12, 5:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Marion | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 5:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 34 min | |
| Oct 12, 5:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 5:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford | 34 min |
| Oct 12, 5:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 26 min |
| Oct 12, 5:37 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 38 min | |
| Oct 12, 5:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 5:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 5:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 17 min |
| Oct 12, 6:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 13 min |
| Oct 12, 6:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 40 min | |
| Oct 12, 6:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 18 min |
| Oct 12, 6:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 21 min |
| Oct 12, 6:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 14 min |
| Oct 12, 6:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 42 min | |
| Oct 12, 6:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 36 min |
| Oct 12, 6:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler, Marion, Putnam | 34 min |
| Oct 12, 6:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Saint Johns | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 6:57 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 33 min | |
| Oct 12, 7:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 15 min |
| Oct 12, 7:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 26 min |
| Oct 12, 7:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Marion | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 7:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 17 min |
| Oct 12, 7:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion, Putnam | 28 min |
| Oct 12, 7:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 48 min | |
| Oct 12, 7:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler, Putnam | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 7:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Marion, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 7:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler | 21 min |
| Oct 12, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 30 min |
| Oct 12, 8:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Citrus | 28 min |
| Oct 12, 8:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 42 min | |
| Oct 12, 8:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Flagler | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 8:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 22 min |
| Oct 12, 8:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Flagler | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 8:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 36 min |
| Oct 12, 8:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 47 min |
| Oct 12, 8:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 15 min |
| Oct 12, 8:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 9:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Union | 30 min |
| Oct 12, 9:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 10:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 41 min |
| Oct 12, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 10:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 34 min |
| Oct 12, 11:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 11:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 36 min |
| Oct 12, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 59 min | |
| Oct 12, 11:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Duval | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 12:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 59 min | |
| Oct 12, 12:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clay, Duval, Saint Johns | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 12:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Union | 61 min |
| Oct 12, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr |
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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.