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NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 1:00 PM EST, 6 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 200 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2003 .PUBLIC... CURRENTLY...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING IN THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. EAST COAST SEABREEZE IS DEVELOPING AS EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO HALF AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND INLAND FL AT THE SEABREEZE CONVERGENCE...WITH NEAR QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS WIDESPREAD ELSEWHERE IN FLORIDA CWA. SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL LEAVE SOME AREAS WITH ONE TO THREE INCH AMOUNTS. OVERNIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL LINGER ALONG THE EAST COAST. LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA LATE THIS EVENING. CSI WARF MODEL HAS 2-3 INCH AMONTS THIS PM IN BIG BEND AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT NEAR WAYCROSS AND BY MORNING IN ST JOHNS COUNTY...WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THESE PAN OUT. TOMORROW...EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME WITH MORE ORGANIZED STORMS DUE TO STRONGER UPPER LEVEL WINDS...WITH GUSTY SURFACE WINDS TO 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON. IT WILL DEVELOP INTO A WINDY DAY AS THE FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES AND LINGERS IN THE AREA. AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED FROM MIDAFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE STORMS AND WIND DAMAGE ARE POSSIBLE. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL TRAIL ACROSS FL CWA ON SUNDAY AND MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES BY SUNDAY EVE. MONDAY WILL AGAIN SEE WIDESPREAD AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .EXTENDED... IN A WORD...WET...AS SUMMER CONDITIONS CONTINUE AND FRONT STARTS TO SLOWLY DRIFT NORTH...THEN GETS DIFFUSE AND NEW IMPULSES MOVE THROUGH THE CWA. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. .MARINE... STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY REQUIRE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS TOMORROW. .FIRE WX...NO CONCERNS...THOUGH WINDS WILL BE STRONG TOMORROW...SEE DISCUSSION IN MIAFWFJAX. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 72 85 72 87 / 50 70 50 70 SSI 76 86 75 85 / 40 60 50 60 JAX 74 89 73 89 / 40 60 50 60 SGJ 75 85 74 84 / 40 60 30 60 GNV 73 88 73 89 / 30 60 30 60 OCF 73 89 73 90 / 30 60 30 60 .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. WELSH/ENYEDI
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-070000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1231 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA REMAINDER OF TODAY AND SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL LIKELY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH IS POSSIBLE PRIMARILY IN THE SUWANNEE VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE PERIOD. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL OCCUR MOST DAYS... WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WIDEPSREAD OVER THE WEEKEND. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY ON SATURDAY WHEN STRONG WINDS FROM AN APPROACHING LOW WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS SATURDAY WILL LIKELY REQUIRE SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION TO BE POSTED NEAR SHORE WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES IN THE OFFSHORE AREA. DUE TO ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS WEEKEND... RIVER WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY BE RISING LATER ON THIS WEEKEND AND WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED. SOME RIVERS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL STAGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD SELF-ACTIVATE IF ANY WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. WELSH/ENYEDI
GAZ150-061900- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 209 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WARE COUNTY THROUGH 3 PM... AT 209 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF WAYCROSS...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WAYCROSS...HEBARDVILLE AND DEENWOOD THROUGH 300 PM EDT. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER IF LIGHTNING IS IN YOUR AREA. ENYEDI
GAZ152>154-061945- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 249 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2003 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ATKINSON WILL MOVE NORTH AT 15 MPH ALONG THE BRANTLEY GLYNN COUNTY LINE TOWARD MT. PLEASANT AND EVERETT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE MAY OCCUR. TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORM APPROACHES YOU. MZ
GAZ136-152-153-165-062015- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 309 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2003 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM WAVERLY NORTH TO ATKINSON...MT. PLEASANT AND EVERETT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU. IF DRIVING BE ALERT TO HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING ON ROADS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH.
FLZ024-025-070018- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 731 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2003 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE WILL MOVE NORTH PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. MZ
FLZ024-025-070018- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 731 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2003 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE WILL MOVE NORTH PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. MZ
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees uprooted and felled across power lines. 21,000 people affected by power outages. Source Florida Times Union 6/7/03.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2003
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: 5359502.