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 Jul 10, 1:11 PM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 211 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 CURRENTLY...ATLANTIC HIGH CONTINUES TO RIDGE WEST OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA. A SURFACE LOW REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH A TROF AXIS EXTENDING EAST OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA. THIS TROF AXIS IS GENERATING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...THAT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MAINLY NORTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...ETA INDICATES SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY RIDING OVER THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUT LIFT SHOULD BE FAIRLY WEAK. AS ADVERTISED...EXPECT THE EVENING CONVECTION TO DIE OUT BY MIDNIGHT...AND PRIMARILY WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 301 WITH A PREVAILING EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. THU/THU NIGHT...MESO-ETA CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT 7H OMEGA COMING ACROSS SE GA WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY WITH A BACKDOOR COLD OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA. IN ADDITION...OUTFLOWS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER MORE CONVECTION BY LATE AFTN. NOT TOO CERTAIN WITH SOLUTION BUT TRENDS FROM ETA SUPPORTS A BIT WETTER DAY FOR SE GA SO WILL UP POPS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. FRI...EXPECT MOISTURE LEVELS TO INCREASE WITH A S TO SW FLOW IN PLACE. IN ADDITION...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WEAKENS WITH SHORTWAVE TROUGH AFFECTING THE WRN ZONES. EVEN IF SFC LOW DOES NOT DEVELOP ANY FURTHER...THE SHORTWAVE...ABUNDANT MOISTURE...SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES SHOULD ALLOW GOOD COVERAGE OF PRECIP. WILL MAINTAIN 60% POPS AT BEST FOR NOW WITH TEMPS BELOW NORMAL READINGS. EXTENDED...SFC RIDGE REMAINS SOUTH OF THE CWA WITH AN ELONGATED TROUGH OVER THE CAROLINAS EXTENDING TO GULF COAST STATES. HOT... HUMID SUMMER-TIME PATTERN WILL BE THE NORM IN FAIRLY DEEP SW FLOW. COULD SEE LITTLE LESS PRECIP COVERAGE BY MON-WED AS 5H RIDGE BUILDS IN TOWARD CWA. IN ANY CASE...LITTLE CHANGE ANTICIPATED TO CURRENT FORECAST. MARINE...NO HEADLINES. WINDS POSSIBLY PICKING UP TO SCEC AFT FRIDAY AS SURFACE LOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TRACKS NEWD. PRELIM CCF... AMG BB 068/092 070/089 072 16253 SSI BB 074/087 075/087 077 16132 JAX BB 072/091 072/089 074 16243 SGJ BB 075/088 075/087 076 16232 GNV BB 071/091 072/088 074 16353 OCF WW 071/090 072/087 073 16363= .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. ZAPPE
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-DDHHMM- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1124 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MOSTLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THE MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF UP TO ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN ISOLATED STRONG STORMS. STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIMITS... THEREFORE 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. MKT
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three pine trees down, one on a house. Damage to tool shed behind house at 3330 NW 31st Street.
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