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 Aug 1, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 245 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 CURRENTLY...IN THE UPPER LEVELS...STILL A VERY WK VORT MAX OVER THE AREA TODAY. AMPLIFYING TROF EXTENDS FROM SLOW-MOVING LOW OVER NE MN TO THE GULF COAST NEAR KMOB. DRY AIR EVIDENT IN NW FLOW FILTERING INTO THE SE US PER H2O VAPOR IMAGERY. TUTT CELL STILL OVER S CENTRAL GOMEX. AT THE SFC...HIGH PRES RIDGE HAS WEAKENED A BIT...BUT SHIFTED A BIT FARTHER N. THIS MORNINGS BIG BEND PRECIP STARTED EARLIER... AND WAS THUS WEAKER AS IT SHIFTED ACROSS THE PENINSULA. AS A RESULT...RESIDUAL CLOUDINESS HAS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE OVER MOST OF NE FL...WITH MOST OF CURRENT TSTM ACTIVITY STRETCHING FROM NEAR KSSI TO THE SUWANNEE VALLEY. PUBLIC...ENUF SUN AND INSTABILITY LATE THIS AFTN SHOULD BE ABLE TO GENERATE MORE TSTMS OVER FL ZONES. HOWEVER...WILL KEEP 20-30% EVENING POPS OVER MOST OF NE FL WITH 30-40% POPS OVER GA. SIMILAR SCENARIO ON SAT. ON SUN...LESS DYNAMIC ENERGY OVER THE AREA AS TROF AMPLIFIES A BIT FARTHER W OF ARE. SHOULD SEE MORE SEABREEZE ACTIVITY WITH STORMS FOCUSING ON INLAND AREAS BEFORE SLOWLY SHIFTING BACK TOWARD THE COAST. EXTENDED...MADE FEW CHANGES TO ONGOING PACKAGE. DID NOTICE THAT... ALTHO GFS GRAPHICAL GUIDANCE HAS A FAIRLY WELL-DEFINED FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NW ON THU AND FRI...THE MOS POPS NEVER INCREASE DURING THAT PERIOD. LOOKING AT THE ENSEMBLE GFS...VERY LITTLE STANDARD DEVIATION FROM EACH RUN. WILL GO NEAR CLIMO THRU THE PERIOD. MARINE...NO HEADLINES AND LITTLE CHANGE. FIRE WX...NO CONCERNS. PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 89 72 89 / 40 50 20 50 SSI 76 87 73 88 / 30 50 30 40 JAX 74 89 72 90 / 20 50 30 40 SGJ 75 87 74 87 / 20 50 30 40 GNV 72 91 72 90 / 20 60 30 50 OCF 72 91 72 91 / 20 60 30 50 JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. CARROLL/CAMP/KERNS
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-012200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 130 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MOST NUMEROUS STORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS MAY RE-DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. CARROLL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning strike destroyed a 1,200 square foot section of a decorative outer brick wall on the back edge of Buddy Taylor Middle School, near the gymnasium. Bricks fell on a school walkway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5368012.