Heavy rains over the past few weeks from sea breezes storms interacting with surface fronts moving in the area created several sinkholes in Suwannee County.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Heavy rains over the past few weeks from sea breezes storms interacting with surface fronts moving in the area created several sinkholes in Suwannee County.
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 2, 7:55 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 855 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2007 .UPDATE... NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES ALONG SHARP SHEAR AXIS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SFC TO 500 MB FLOW IS OUT OF THE S/SW ACRS NERN FL AND OUT OF THE E/SE ACRS SERN GA. MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE TO THE N AND NW OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS WILL SLOWLY SLIDE THE CONTINUOUS RAINFALL N AND W OF JAX LATER TONIGHT AND MAINLY INTO SERN GA AND THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY ON FRIDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAIN THREAT WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SHOWER ACTIVITY. MAX TEMPS WILL WARM BACK UP TO AROUND 90 ACRS NERN FL ON FRIDAY WITH LLVL SWLY FLOW AND HOLD IN THE MID 80S ACRS SERN GA WITH MORE CLOUDS AND HIGHER RAINFALL CHANCES. && .AVIATION...WILL GRADUALLY TAPER RAINFALL INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AT MOST TAF SITES...BUT WILL NEED TO MONITOR RADAR TRENDS FOR MORE PERSISTENT RAIN AREAS. WILL BE SOME LIGHT FOG AROUND DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS...BUT CLOUD COVER SHOULD LIMIT EXTENT. HAVE INDICATED MORE SCATTERED NATURE TO PRECIP AT TAF SITES FOR FRI. && .MARINE... EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY VEER TO THE SOUTH LATER TONIGHT WITH WIND SPEEDS AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS OF 2 TO 4 FT OR LESS AS WELL. LIGHT SOUTH WINDS FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS SOUTH OF THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 85 72 92 / 60 80 30 40 SSI 75 85 76 88 / 80 60 30 40 JAX 73 91 72 92 / 80 50 20 40 SGJ 75 90 75 90 / 70 50 20 30 GNV 71 90 72 91 / 70 40 20 30 OCF 71 90 72 92 / 50 30 20 30 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && HESS/CARROLL/KEEGAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 515 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2007 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-031000- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 515 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2007 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE ALONG AN OLD FRONTAL ZONE THAT WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD INTO NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. .FLOOD IMPACT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA. MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. .WATERSPOUT IMPACT... SHOWERS MOVING ONSHORE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR WEAK ROTATION AND WATERSPOUT ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON FRIDAY MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY TO RELAY ANY FLOODING REPORTS THAT OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. MZ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Five sinkholes were reported in the Live Oak area. The most recently reported sinkhole was along a stretch of U.S. Highway 90 and that portion of the road was subject to closure.
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