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 8, 7:00 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 800 PM EDT TUE OCT 08 2002 A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS COASTAL GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA INTERSECTED WITH THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. ADD AN ELONGATED SW-NE VORTICITY LOBE OVER THE AREA AND WE HAD THE INGREDIENTS FOR SOME HEAVY RAINFALL AND GOOD CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION. ONE HOUR RAINFALL RATES IN THE MACCLENNY AND SANDERSON AREA WERE BEGINNING TO EXCEED FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE (3.0 INCHES/HOUR) AND I FELT WITH THE (SOMEWHAT) URBANIZED TOWNS...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WAS WARRANTED. IT WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM AND DONT ANTICIPATE RE-ISSUING. CONVECTION IS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF BOTH DIURNAL HEATING AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE. EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIE BY 1030-11 PM AND WILL AMEND ZONES AT THAT POINT. MARINE...PRODUCT LOOKS GOOD IN THE NEAR TERM. FOR LATER THIS WEEK...WILL FRESHEN WORDING FOR KYLE. WILL ALSO RELEASE THE PRODUCT A BIT LATER THAN SCHEDULED TO GET THE 10 PM NHC CONFERENCE CALL IN. DONT WANT TO ISSUE AND THEN AMEND RIGHT AWAY. DONT EXPECT ANY BURNING ISSUES TO CROP UP...BUT FEEL ITS BETTER TO HOLD OFF FOR A HALF HOUR OR SO. .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. SANDRIK
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-090200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 445 PM EDT TUE OCT 8 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... THERE WILL BE A GREATER THAN NORMAL CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THIS EVENING DUE TO AN ONSHORE FLOW AND EASTERLY SWELLS. FOR SAFETY...SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH PATROL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TROPICAL DEPRESSION KYLE IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST ON FRIDAY. KYLE IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT INTENSITY THROUGH LANDFALL AND SHOULD PRIMARILY BE A CONCERN FOR MARINE INTERESTS. THE GRADIENT BETWEEN BETWEEN KYLE TO OUR SOUTH AND A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER TO THE NORTH WILL LEAD TO NORTHEASTER TYPE CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST AND TO MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ON THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF A GREATER THAN NORMAL TIDAL RANGE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND SHOULD CHECK DOCK LINES AND MOORINGS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. SANDRIK
GAZ164-165-082145- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 512 PM EDT TUE OCT 8 2002 AT 512 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER CHARLTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOLKSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND HIGHWAY 40 BETWEEN FOLKSTON AND KINGSLAND THROUGH 545 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. TRABERT
FLZ024-GAZ165-082215- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 543 PM EDT TUE OCT 8 2002 AT 543 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER KINGS FERRY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLIARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND KINGS FERRY AND CALLAHAN THROUGH 615 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE. TRABERT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Roadway flooded. Mud Lake Road near County Road 125. TV 12 Weather Spotter at County Road 125 and Pine Top Road reported storm total precipitation of 7.1 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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