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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2025, 5:01 PM EDT for Clay County, Duval County, Saint Johns County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2025, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2025, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, FL, Duval County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 6, 1:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 109 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 ...New NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION, MARINE... .NEAR TERM... Issued at 105 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 For the latest NE FL and SE GA Daily Key Messages please visit: https://www.weather.gov/media/jax/briefings/nws-jax-briefing.pdf Convection will continue through the afternoon, and dissipate during the evening. With a stalled frontal boundary in place, showers could linger through the night. Lows Tonight ranging from the lower 70s inland to the mid 70s along the coast. && .SHORT TERM... (Thursday through Friday night) Issued at 105 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 Diurnal bouts of showers and storms are expected to form on Thursday and Friday as a mid level trough stretches ahead of the mostly stationary frontal boundary over the region. Potential for numerous to widespread storms building during this period with the primary drivers for developments through the end of the week occurring along the sea breeze boundaries and areas of convergence. Higher rainfall amounts anticipated over inland areas on Thursday. High temperatures through the end of the week will rise into the mid to upper 80s primarily for areas along and north of the I-10 corridor and in the lower 90s for north central Florida. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday through next Wednesday) Issued at 105 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 Pattern of daily showers and thunderstorms will continue through the weekend with rainfall amounts lessening through the course of the forecast period with a south-easterly prevailing developing by the beginning of next week as high pressure ridging extends towards the Florida peninsula from out of the Atlantic. Temperatures will experience a warming trend through the weekend and into next week with daily high temps expected to rise into the mid 90s before midweek. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 105 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 Convection will continue this afternoon, and provide the potential for restrictions for each of the area TAF sites. Gusty winds will also be expected in and near thunderstorms. Convection will dissipate during the evening hours, with a few showers lingering through the night. Patchy inland fog may produce restrictions at KVQQ toward dawn Thursday. Low stratus is expected to develop over the SE GA coast overnight into Thursday morning, which could produce restrictions at KSSI. Convective chances will increase through the morning hours Thursday, with greater chances during the afternoon hours. && .MARINE... Issued at 105 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 A frontal boundary will remain over the region through Thursday. This front will then sink south across central FL Friday through the early part of next week. This boundary will result in unsettled weather throughout this period, with daily rounds of showers and thunderstorms. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area that may become a tropical cyclone near the Southeastern US coast late this week into this weekend. Continue to monitor NHC forecasts through the week. Rip Currents: Moderate through Thursday && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 87 70 87 / 40 50 20 60 SSI 76 87 76 86 / 50 70 60 80 JAX 74 90 74 88 / 50 70 60 90 SGJ 76 89 76 88 / 40 70 60 90 GNV 73 92 73 90 / 30 90 40 90 OCF 75 92 74 89 / 20 90 40 90 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AM...None. &&
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
357 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025
FLZ125-132-325-425-633-062030-
Eastern Clay FL-Western St. Johns FL-Western Duval FL-
South Central Duval FL-Coastal Duval FL-
357 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ST. JOHNS...
NORTHEASTERN CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM
EDT...
At 356 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
San Marco, or near Jacksonville, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. A recent report was received of 44
mph from NAS JAX from this storm.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, Orange Park, Unf, Mandarin, Fruit Cove, Arlington,
Baymeadows, Ortega, Switzerland, and Nas Jax.
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 3008 8156 3003 8161 3017 8175 3018 8174
3019 8174 3019 8176 3023 8180 3038 8161
3023 8144 3022 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 319DEG 12KT 3027 8164
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SHASHYSpecial weather statement, Aug 6, 4:14 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Saint Johns | 70 min |
| Aug 5, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 16 min |
| Aug 5, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 11:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 16 min |
| Aug 6, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 4:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clay, Duval, Saint Johns | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Saint Johns | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Putnam, Saint Johns | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 8:04 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 6 more | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 41 min |
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