1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 5, 1:48 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 248 PM EDT MON AUG 05 2002 CURRENTLY... TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED APPROX 100 MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA IS BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED WHILE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST...AWAY FROM THE UNITED STATES. AS ADVERTISED...OUR CWA IS CAUGHT BETWEEN SYSTEMS. A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WAS APPROACHING THE STATE LINE...ACCOMPANIED BY ISOLATED SHOWERS. PUBLIC... OUR CWA WILL SEE MINIMUM DYNAMICS UNDER PREVAILING NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH TUESDAY WITH PWATS NEAR 1.5 INCHES. IN FACT...EAST COAST SEA- BREEZE WILL STRUGGLE REACHING ST JOHNS RIVER. CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE SUGGESTS HIGHEST POPS...ALBEIT SCATTERED IN COVERAGE...FOR COASTAL COUNTIES AS WELL AS INLAND COUNTIES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE AND WILL GO STATUS QUO. NEXT CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED RAIN WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DIVES SOUTH...ACCOMPANIED BY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS WILL USHER IN A DRIER...SLIGHTLY COOLER AIRMASS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE LOW THEN RETREATS NORTH AND DRAWS ATLANTIC MOISTURE ONSHORE WITH POSSIBLE NOREASTER DEVELOPING END OF NEXT WEEK. MARINE... BUOY 41012 WNW 12G14 KT WITH SEAS 2 FT. SEAS 15 KT OR LESS WITH SEAS 4 FT OR LESS BEFORE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DIVES SOUTH OVER COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. MAY NEED TO POST SCEC CONDITIONS BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT. PRELIM CCF AMG BB 071/096 072/087 069 16023 SSI BB 075/092 075/084 072 16124 JAX BB 073/094 074/087 071 16224 SGJ BB 074/091 076/087 075 16224 GNV BB 072/093 074/089 071 16234 OCF BB 072/093 075/088 072 16234 .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. ZAPPE
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-052235- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1235 PM EDT MON AUG 05 2002 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM BRUNSWICK TO LAKE CITY. THE PRIMARY IMPACT WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. 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.
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:56 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Aircraft moved around. Powerlines to hangers snapped.
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: 5311791.