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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 9, 20244 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2024, 2:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2024, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2024, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 9, 2:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Snipesville, GA	Trees reported down on Broxton Highway. Time estimated from radar.
May 9, 2:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ene Ambrose, GA	Possible thunderstorm wind damage in this location, fire units were dispatched to investigate. Possible tornado reported.
May 9, 2:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Douglas, GA	Emergency Manager reported powerlines and trees down with tin metal sheeting blown around. Widespread around the city.. Time based on radar.
May 9, 2:56 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ene Ambrose, GA	Reports of numerous power Lines and downed trees near Bowens Mill Road and Highway 268. A potential funnel cloud or tornado was reported near this area.
May 9, 2:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ssw Graham, GA	Trees reported down along JP Hall Road. Time est from radar.
May 9, 3:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 52	2 Wsw Alma, GA	ASOS station KAMG Alma.
May 9, 3:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 55	2 Wsw Alma, GA	ASOS station KAMG Alma.
May 9, 3:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sse Alma, GA	Numerous downed trees were reported across the southern part of Bacon County GA.
May 9, 3:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 47	2 W Alma, GA	Mesonet station UGA41 Alma.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 1:47 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 9, 12:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 12:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 9, 1:35 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
135 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024

GAZ132-133-135-091830-
Appling GA-Coffee GA-Jeff Davis GA-
135 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL APPROACHING LOCATIONS FROM PRIDGEN
TO HAZELHURST TO PLANT HATCH NORTHWARD THROUGH 230 PM...

At 131 PM EDT, a developing line of severe storms was moving east to
southeast across central Georgia. Large hail, damaging wind gusts
and isolated tornadoes will be possible as these storms continue to
move east to southeast toward the Altamaha River basin.

HAZARD...Severe thunderstorm potential.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

Locations impacted include...
Hazlehurst, Graham, Plant Hatch, Pridgen, Snipesville, Denton, and
Pine Grove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be ready to shelter quickly and monitor for warnings.

&&

LAT...LON 3197 8243 3194 8228 3190 8219 3191 8213
      3189 8212 3190 8211 3186 8212 3184 8206
      3167 8300 3179 8299 3178 8287 3192 8268
      3193 8259 3196 8256 3195 8249 3195 8248
      3196 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 297DEG 30KT 3214 8256 3197 8390

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

ENYEDI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
May 9, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	29 min
May 9, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	49 min
May 9, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton	28 min
May 9, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		88 min
May 9, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay, Duval, Nassau	38 min
May 9, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia	52 min
May 9, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Union	30 min
May 9, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	34 min
May 9, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Suwannee, Union	40 min
May 9, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Jeff Davis	55 min
May 9, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Coffee, Jeff Davis	32 min
May 9, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Jeff Davis, Wayne	35 min
May 9, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Wayne	29 min
May 9, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	40 min
May 9, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce	33 min
May 9, 3:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAX	Bacon, Coffee, Pierce, Ware	25 min
May 9, 3:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Bacon, Pierce	23 min
May 9, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Wayne	37 min
May 9, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Ware, Wayne	27 min
May 9, 3:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Wayne	25 min
May 9, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson	50 min
May 9, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAX	Appling, Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Pierce, Wayne	66 min
May 9, 3:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Glynn, Wayne	30 min
May 9, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton, Clinch, Ware	28 min
May 9, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Ware	65 min
May 9, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Echols	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.