1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 12, 2:55 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 255 PM EST TUE MAR 12 2002 CURRENTLY...A FEW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CWA WITH LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWING LIS NEAR -4 AND CAPES AROUND 1600 J/KG. WATER VAPOR SHOWS MID-UPPER LVL LOW OVER THE WRN MS AREA MOVING EWD WITH JET MAX ROUNDING BASE OF TROUGH PUTTING MAINLY THE NRN HALF OF CWA IN FAVORABLE QUADRANT THIS EVENING. FORECAST/ZONES...E COAST SEA BREEZE HAS PROGRESSED INLAND WITH ENHANCED LLVL CONVERGENCE TRIGGERING A FEW SHOWERS. AVN APPEARS TO AGAIN HAVE A SLIGHTLY BETTER HANDLE ON CURRENT WX...ALTHOUGH MESO-ETA CAPTURES DETAILS ABOUT THE SFC LOW OVER SE LA AND MS. FOR TONIGHT...SFC LOW EXPECTED TO TRACK ENE WITH UPPER LVL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. GOOD LIFT AND AMPLE MOISTURE SUPPORT CATEGORICAL POPS IN SE GA AND LIKELY EVERYWHERE ELSE. WILL AT LEAST MENTION SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG FROM JAX AND POINTS W. HAVE NOTED LAST CONV OUTLOOK FOR SLIGHT RISK FOR SRN GA/NERN FL AND AGREE WITH THIS ASSESSMENT. FOR WED...BEST MOISTURE IN THE N AND NE SECTIONS OF CWA AND WILL KEEP ABOUT A 10-20 PERCENT CHANCE FOR MORNING AND EARLY AFTN CONVECTION. W COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY COULD SUPPORT SOME AFTN ISOL CONVECTION AS WELL...WHICH IS BEST DEPICTED BY THE MESO-ETA. MOSTLY CLEAR CONDS REMAIN WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI WITH PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE LATE NIGHT WITH LIGHT TO CALM WINDS. BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING LOOKS JUST SUFFICIENT FOR BREEZY WLY WINDS ON WED AND WILL LEAVE AS IS. PREFER BLEND OF GUIDANCE WITH SOME FAVOR FOR THE MAV LOWS. EXTENDED...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STAYS N OF THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. FRONT SAGS SWD BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WITH IT POSSIBLY STALLING OVER N FL OR MORE LIKELY S GA. WILL TWEAK WORDING TO DELAY POPS. MARINE...OBSERVATIONS HAVE SHOWN LIGHT WINDS TODAY AROUND 10 KNOTS OR LESS. MODELS ARE ON THE HIGH SIDE WITH WIND SPEEDS SO FAR TODAY. WITH APPROACHING LOW WINDS WILL BECOME SW TONIGHT AND INCREASE. WILL START OFF WITH SE 10 TO 15 KNOTS AND INCREASE TO SCA BY MIDNIGHT. FRONT MOVES ACROSS WATERS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SHOWERS SHOULD END BY AROUND MIDDAY WITH WINDS AND SEAS GRADUALLY DROPPING OFF BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. GOOD SAILING AFTER THAT INTO THE WEEKEND. PRELIM AMG 57/74/50/78 8200 SSI 59/74/54/74 8200 JAX 60/77/52/79 8100 SGJ 62/77/53/75 7100 GNV 60/77/51/80 7200 OCF 60/78/50/80 6200 02 .JAX... .GA...SCA ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH OUT TO 60 NM. .FL...SCA FERNANDINA BEACH TO FLAGLER BEACH OUT TO 60 NM. ARS/MZ
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-130230- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 345 PM EST TUE MAR 12 2002 ...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...GOOD CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. MOVE INSIDE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR SOUNDS OF THUNDER. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...AND SEAS UP TO 5 FEET WILL LEAD TO A GOOD CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. FOR SAFETY...SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.
FLZ020>025-030>032-035-036- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-130200- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 525 PM EST TUE MAR 12 2002 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 PM... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME IN THE SUWANNEE VALLEY OF NORTH FLORIDA AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WEST OF A FARGO TO WAYCROSS TO BAXLEY LINE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA AS THE LINE ADVANCES EAST. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. SANDRIK
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked over pine trees and damaged storage sheds.
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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: 5290380.