1 flood, 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 Oct 12, 1:15 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 215 PM EDT SAT OCT 12 2002 PUBLIC... GFS (AVN/MRF) SURE LOOKS LIKE THE MODEL OF CHOICE TODAY, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH MID-WEEK. TONIGHT...A VORT CENTER COMES OUT OF THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF AND CLIPS THE AREA. WILL KEEP IN SOME POPS FOR THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ZONES TONIGHT. OTHERWISE WERE LOOKING AT LOCALLY DENSE FOG ONCE AGAIN TOWARD SUNRISE. SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM BEGINS TO COME THROUGH THE BEST DEEP LEVEL MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS APPEAR TO BE OVER THE GEORGIA PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA (FA) AND WILL GO WITH HIGHER POPS IN THAT AREA. RAIN MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY IN SOME LOCATIONS. MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...THE FRONTAL SYSTEM LOOKS TO HANG UP NEAR THE FL-GA STATE LINE WITH GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT DEVELOPING OVER IT AS THE LOW DEVELOPS SOUTH OF CUBA. SEE THE BEST POPS OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY AND THEN AGAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WITH AN ONSHORE FLOW. TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...THE LOW TRANSITS EAST OF THE FA WITH HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY ALONG THE COAST. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE TIMING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN LOW WILL ONLY GO GOOD CHANCE INLAND BUT THAT MAY HAVE TO BE RAMPED UP. EXTENDED...THE LOW MOVES OFF WITH SOME DRYING LATE IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHERN STATES. TOWARD THE WEEKEND THE HIGH BEGINS TO LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC WITH A WEDGE/NORTHEASTER DEVELOPING FOR THE WEEKEND. MARINE...NO APPRECIABLE CHANGE IN THE MARINE. WILL HAVE TO AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CARIBBEAN BEFORE INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS FURTHER IN THE EXTENDED PORTION. WILL AMEND THE SYNOPSIS TO MENTION THE LOW AND ADD A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY TO THE PROG. THANKS FOR THE COORD KMLB. PRELIM AMG WT 068/082 064/071 059 05368 SSI WT 074/082 075/077 075 05067 JAX WT 070/086 070/080 066 05056 SGJ BT 075/083 075/081 073 05045 GNV BT 069/087 069/083 067 05145 OCF BT 070/088 070/085 068 05144 .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE.
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-122300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1245 PM EDT SAT OCT 12 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY... BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE CONVECTION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE MONDAY...THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY DUE TO ONSHORE FLOW. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. ECZ
FLZ040-122315- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 647 PM EDT SAT OCT 12 2002 AT 647 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF DUNNELLON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES...STATIONARY. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES AND DUNNELLON THROUGH 715 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE. PETERSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Powell Road closed due to street flooding. Storm spotter reported 1.8 inches of rain in 20 minutes in Dunnelon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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