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 14, 1:55 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 255 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 .CURRENTLY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOST NUMEROUS IN THE ERN ZONES WITH AREAS OF CONVERGENCE. WEAK 1019 MB LOW PRES NOTED IN CENTRAL FORECAST AREA. ANTICIPATE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND FRQ LIGHTNING THE MAIN CONCERN NEXT FEW HRS. .FORECAST...OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS THE GFS AND ETA INDICATE MID LEVEL TROUGHING WILL EXTEND FROM MID ATLC AREA SW TO THE CENTRAL FL PANHANDLE. AT THE SFC...MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT INDICATING WEAK LOW LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION TUE AND WED. SFC RIDGE REMAINS NEAR CENTRAL FL AREA. MODEL PWATS STAY AROUND 2 INCHES DURING THIS PERIOD. THEREFORE...WITH SUFFICENT FORCING ALOFT AND BRIEF PERIODS OF ISOLATION WILL CONT THE LIKELY POPS INTO TUE...AND SLIGHT DROP TO HIGH SCT POPS WED WHICH MAY NEED ADJUSTING UPWARD IN LATER SHIFTS. WILL USE A BLEND OF GFS/ETA TEMPS...BUT GENERALLY PREFER ETA SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS AND ITS HIGHER POPS. BY THU...MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH GETS MORE DIFFUSE AND RETROGRADES DUE TO EASTERLY WAVE OVER THE ERN GULF OF MEXICO AND MID-UPPER HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDING OVER LOWER AND MID MS VALLEY. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD BE MOVING INTO CAROLINAS AND NRN GA THU AFTN. WILL MAINTAIN POPS CLOSE TO CLIMO ON THU. .EXTENDED...FRI THROUGH MON. WEAK FRONT WILL DROP A LITTLE FURTHER S AS WILL SFC RIDGE. DEEP LAYER FLOW MAINLY FROM THE SW OVER THE WEEKEND. MAY BEGIN TO SEE MORE SUBSIDENCE ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUN INTO MON AS 5H RIDGE BUILDS IN AS E COAST TROUGH MOVES INTO OFFSHORE WATERS. EXPECT TO KEEP CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MON WITH CLIMO TEMPS. .MARINE...NO HEADLINES. GENERALLY SLY WINDS WITH SLIGHT INCREASE DURING THE NIGHT IN SWLY FLOW. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 70 86 71 90 / 40 60 30 40 SSI 74 85 75 86 / 40 60 30 40 JAX 71 86 72 88 / 50 70 30 50 SGJ 75 85 75 85 / 50 70 40 50 GNV 71 87 71 89 / 50 70 40 50 OCF 71 88 71 89 / 50 70 40 50 .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. PUBLIC...SHASHY MARINE/FIRE WX...TRABERT
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-142200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1220 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THE EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SEEK SAFE SHELTER WHEN SOUNDS OF THUNDER ARE HEARD. THE ALTAMAHA RIVER HAS REACHED FLOOD STAGE AT BAXLEY AND CHARLOTTE AND WILL CONTINUE AT THOSE LEVELS WITH MINIMAL IMPACT. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. PP/ARS
GAZ165-166-141930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 248 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CAMDEN COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS VALID UNTIL 330 PM... AT 248 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND KINGSLAND...HARRIETTS BLUFF...KINGS BAY BASE...CUMBERLAND ISLAND AND HIGH POINT THROUGH 330 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING. TRABERT
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Spyglass Apartments, 700 SW 62nd Blvd, DD Building. Fire sparked by lightning strike burned roof and attic. Two apartment units received the bulk of the damage due to smoke and water damage. Building was insured, however resident losses were not.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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