1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Feb 26, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
230 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2002
PUBLIC...GOOD INFLOW FM GULF AND CONVRGNCE ALONG FRNT HAS LINE OF
SHOWERS LUKNG HEALTHIER ATTM ACRS TLH CWA. MAIN DECISION WITH FCST
THIS EVE WL BE HOW HIGH POPS WL NEED TO BE...THINK THAT 20% SHOULD
HOLD FOR NOW.
MAIN ISSUES WITH THE COLD AIR OUTBREAK WL BE BORDERLINE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY AND HOW COLD TEMPS WILL ACTUALLY GET WED AND THU NGT. AS
FOR WIND CHILL ADVISORY THE NEW FORMULA HAS MADE IT HARDER TO GET
WIDESPREAD INDICES IN THE TEENS AND THE GUIDANCE HAS MOST INDICES IN
THE 20S FOR LATER TONIGHT AND WED/WED NGT...SO WL OPT FOR HEADLINE
IN THE ZONES AND NO NPW ATTM. ABUNDANT LATE FEB SUNSHINE BY MID TO
LATE WED AM SHUD NOT MAKE IT FEEL AS COLD AS THIS EVENT COULD BE
ARND LATE DEC/ERLY JAN. MODELS HAVE CENTER OF HI CLOSER TO OUR FA AT
12Z THU THEN AT 12Z FRI SO WL LEAN TOWARD SLIGHTLY COLDER TEMPS WED
NGT THEN THU HGT AS HI PRES MOVES OFF TO THE NE BY FRI AM ALLOWING A
MORE ATLC FLOW TO DEVELOP. MIN TEMPS WL GENERALLY BE IN THE 20S BOTH
NIGHTS...WITH A FEW SHELTERED READINGS IN THE TEENS ACRS INLD SE
GA/NE FL THAT SHOW UP IN OUR RTPJAX. THU NGT...AS LLVL FLOW BCMS
NELY TOWARD AM...BIGGEST DIFFS IN TEMPS WL OCCUR RIGHT ALONG THE
COAST WITH WIDE TEMP RANGES ACRS THE COASTAL COUNTIES.
EXTENDED...SLIGHT WARM UP FOR FRI AND WARM FRNTL RAIN/SHOWERS SHUD
BREAK OUT ON SAT AS FA SHUD COME INTO WARM SECTOR AND COLD FROPA
SHUD OCCUR LAT SAT NGT/ERLY SUN AM WITH CLEARING LATE IN THE DAY.
MON/TUE LUK DRY AND COOL ATTM. TEMPS AND CLDS OVER THE WEEKEND STILL
VERY DEPENDENT ON LOW TRACK AND HOW MUCH FA GETS INTO THE WARM
SECTOR. LTST AVN/MRF RUNS SHOW SPLIT SYSTEM WHICH MAKE FCST EVEN
MORE COMPLEX.
RECORDS FOR WED 2/27 AND THU 2/28
WED LO MAX THU LO MIN THU LO MAX
AMG 47/1987 27/1968 52/1982
SSI 45/1963 32/1968 50/1982
JAX 45/1934 26/1943 48/1906
GNV 49/1942 26/1935 46/1947
MARINE...STILL GETTING A 3 FOOT EAST SWELL AT BOUYS. ALONG COAST A SEA
BREEZE NOTED AT SSI AS WELL AS FERNANDINA BEACH AND MOUTH OF THE ST.
JOHNS. BIG STORY WILL BE ARCTIC FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT. LOOKS LIKE
WINDS AND THEN SEAS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TO SCA CODITIONS WITH
HIGHEST SEAS BUILDING OFFSHORE. SCA EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT LEAST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
PRELIM CCF
AMG 33/43/21/51 1000
SSI 40/49/28/50 2000
JAX 39/49/23/52 2000
GNV 41/49/22/54 2000 21
.JAX...
.GA...SCA DVLPG AFTER MIDNIGHT ALL WATERS.
.FL...SCA DVLPG AFTER MIDNIGHT ALL WATERS.
PUBLIC...HESS.
FIRE/MARINE...ZIBURA.FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-262300- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1100 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2002 A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING BRINGING IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AFTER MIDNIGHT. DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT WEATHER.GOV. MZ
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:53 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Pea sized to one half inch hail reproted by EMA and local TV Meterologist.
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, February 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: 5286759.