A late evening sea breeze induced storm produced a weak tornado that touchdown down in Marion county.
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A late evening sea breeze induced storm produced a weak tornado that touchdown down in Marion 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 Jun 18, 7:52 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 852 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2007 .UPDATE...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER INTERIOR NE FL EAST OF OCALA ALONG SEABREEZE COLLISION. SLOW CELL MOTION DUE TO LIGHT WIND PROFILE WILL MEAN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. JAX 00Z SOUNDING SHOWS PWAT NEAR 1.5 INCHES AND THIS WILL START TO INCREASE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE SINKS SOUTH ALLOWING MOISTURE TO THE WEST TO ADVECT INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS. && .AVIATION...MAINLY VFR TONIGHT WITH BRIEF MVFR POSSIBLE DUE TO PATCHY LIGHT FOG EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. && .MARINE...WINDS WILL BECOME S-SW OVERNIGHT WITH NIGHTLY SURGE KEEPING SPEEDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS SHOULD REMAIN AROUND 2-3 FEET. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 70 91 70 87 / 20 50 50 60 SSI 73 85 74 85 / 10 20 50 60 JAX 70 90 71 87 / 10 30 50 60 SGJ 72 87 72 86 / 10 30 40 50 GNV 69 91 69 88 / 20 40 40 60 OCF 72 91 68 88 / 20 40 30 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ZIBURA/CARROLL/KEEGAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 515 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2007 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-190900- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE- COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 515 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2007 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS INLAND AREAS MAINLY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY...A COLD FRONT AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH...BRINGING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS ALSO FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...AND MAY HELP PRODUCE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING THE MAIN CONCERNS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. ARS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 825 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2007 FLZ040-190115- MARION- 825 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 915 PM EDT... AT 825 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURBANK...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF OCALA...DRIFTING NORTH AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND SILVER SPRINGS SHORES...LYNNE...BURBANK...ANTHONY...SPARR...FORT MCCOY AND CITRA THROUGH 915 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. CARROLL
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:53 UTC.
1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter located about 3 miles east of Belleview reported a funnel cloud developed several times and descended, but did not reach the ground.
A tornado flipped over a car and damaged a total of six homes Silver Spring Shores. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper reported damage in Leeward Air Ranch, off of Baseline Road where six homes were damaged. Roofs were damaged, and hangars that housed private airplanes were damaged. At 8940 Southeast 79th Avenue, a home suffered damage which included a large hole in the roof and a large tree was blown down. At 8798 Southeast 89th Place, a roof was damaged on an abandoned home. The tornado began around Southeast 70th Terrace and traveled around 500 yards to Southeast 72nd Avenue.
The public measured a daily rain total of 4 inches near Oak Road.
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