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 Jul 28, 1:25 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 225 PM EDT SUN JUL 28 2002 CONVECTION MOVING EAST OVER SE GA AND SUWANNEE VALLEY WHILE STORMS CLOSER TO LOW LEVEL RIDGE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT OVER MARION AND FLAGLER COUNTIES. BEST CHANCE OF SEA BREEZE FRONTS COLLIDING WILL BE OVER MARION COUNTY AND SOUTHWARD WHERE WINDS ARE LIGHTEST. MODELS SHOW UPPER RIDGE OVER SE TO MOVE BACK OUT INTO ATLANTIC WHILE UPPER LOW NEAR EASTERN CUBA MOVES AROUND RIDGE AND UP FL WEST COAST MONDAY. WITH THIS SCENARIO WOULD EXPECT BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS TO BE OVER S AND W PART OF CWA EVEN THOUGH MODELS KEEP MOST OF MOISTURE ON W SIDE OF LOW. LIGHT SOUTHWEST SURFACE FLOW WILL CONTINUE SO EAST COAST SEABREEZE FRONT WILL AGAIN BE A TRIGGER FOR P.M. STORMS. BOTTOM LINE IS CONTINUED SCATTERED POPS WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING NEAR NORMAL. MARINE...SW FLOW TO CONTINUE OVER WATERS WITH AFTERNOON SHIFT TO SE WITH SEABREEZE FRONT NEAR COAST. NO HEADLINES. PRELIM... AMG BB 072/092 073/092 073 04343 SSI BB 074/091 075/090 075 04434 JAX BB 073/092 073/091 073 04434 SGJ BB 074/091 075/090 075 04434 GNV TB 072/091 073/091 073 04354 OCF TB 073/090 074/092 074 04354= .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. MZ/MT
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
House struck by lightning and destroyed by subsequent fire.
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