1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 4, 1:27 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 227 PM EDT SUN AUG 04 2002 CURRENTLY... PER SATELLITE IMAGERY...A LOW PRESSURE AREA WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WITH ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. A DEFORMATION AXIS WAS SITUATED NEAR GNV-SGJ LINE...ACCOMPANIED BY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE NOTED FROM AMG TO SSI. OFFSHORE...WINDS PREVAILED FROM THE NORTH/NORTHEAST NORTH OF ST AUGUSTINE...BECOMING VARIABLE TO SOUTHWEST FROM ST AUGUSTINE SOUTHWARD. SEAS WERE RUNNING 4 FEET OR LESS. PUBLIC... WILL USE MESO-ETA SOLUTION. BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE THIS EVENING...AS PWATS HOLD NEAR 2.0 INCHES AND DEFORMATION AXES PERSIST OVER THE AREA. APPEARS LOW OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS IT DRIFTS SOUTH... REMAINING WELL EAST OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS PROJECTION WOULD DRAW DRIER AIR SOUTH OVER OUR CWA. FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WILL FORECAST MINIMUM POPS FOR INTERIOR COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. WILL GO WITH SCATTERED POPS FOR COASTAL COUNTIES AS WELL AS INTERIOR COUNTIES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. NEXT CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLIDES SOUTH OVER THE AREA...FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA ACCOMPANIED BY MODERATE NORTHEAST FLOW ALONG THE COAST. MARINE... WILL CONTINUE TO SEGMENT FLORIDA/GEORGIA ZONES. BUOY 41012 REPORTS W WINDS 5 KT AND GRAYS REEF REPORTS N WINDS 6 KT. WINDS TO CONTINUE 15 KNOTS OR LESS WITH SEAS 4 FT OR LESS THROUGH TUESDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...WILL DRIFT SOUTH...WELL OFF GEORGIA/FLORIDA WATERS. THE POSITION...DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT OF THIS LOW WILL DETERMINE WIND STRENGTH AND DIRECTION IN THE COASTAL WATERS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO ENTER COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT... EXITING SOUTH BY LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY INCREASE WINDS/SEAS TO SCEC. PRELIM CCF AMG BB 070/093 071/095 071 16321 SSI EE 076/089 077/091 076 16332 JAX EE 072/091 073/093 073 16343 SGJ EE 074/089 075/091 075 16343 GNV BB 071/091 072/093 072 16232 OCF BB 072/091 073/092 072 16232 .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. ZAPPE
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-042200- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1200 PM EDT SUN AUG 04 2002 ...FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM TODAYS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THIS THREAT. REMEMBER IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. SANDRIK
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Automobile struck by lightning on US. Highway one. Back window blown out and electrical damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5311790.