Strong upper level jet dynamics positioned over the southeastern United States combined with daytime heating to produce numerous severe thunderstorms across the forecast area.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Strong upper level jet dynamics positioned over the southeastern United States combined with daytime heating to produce numerous severe thunderstorms across the forecast area.
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 5, 8:50 AM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 950 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... .SHORT TERM...SIMILAR SETUP TO YESTERDAY...WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY AVAILABLE AND MID AND UPPER LEVEL FORCING FOR CONVECTIVE SUPPORT. 110 KT UPPER JET OVER THE AREA WITH ASCENT IN EXIT REGION MOVING RIGHT OVER THE AREA...Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE INDICATES BEST JET SUPPORT OVER SE GA. 06Z NAM ALSO INDICATES DIFFERENTIAL POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION AND UPPER DIVERGENCE MOVING ACROSS THE PANHANDLE NEAR ONGOING TSTMS IN TAE AREA. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT E DURING PERIOD OF MAX DAYTIME HEATING. PRECIP H20 CONTINUES AROUND 1.7 INCHES IN RIBBON ALONG GULF COAST AND THE FL/GA LINE. SPC HAS SE GA AND MOST OF NE FL UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR TODAY... WITH THE GREATEST THREATS HAIL AND WIND GUSTS. THERE IS ENUF WIND SHEAR...MAINLY SPEED SHEAR...FOR AN ISOLD TORNADO...PARTICULARLY NEAR FAVORABLE BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS. STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING RAPIDLY E...AND THIS SHOULD MITIGATE ANY FLOOD THREAT AND JUST BRING BENEFICIAL RAINS. WILL INDICATE STRONG TSTM VERBIAGE IN ZONES WITHIN SLIGHT RISK AREA AND BOOST POPS ABOUT 10 PERCENT...OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED. && .MARINE...WINDS HAVE COME DOWN BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA IN THE N OFFSHORE WATERS. WILL LEAVE CAUTION HEADLINE FOR ALL OF THE OFFSHORE ZONES. WILL BEEF UP TSTM WORDING AND MENTION THEM MOVING OFFSHORE. && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && CARROLL/LETRO/BARRON/WOLF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 145 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-061000- 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- 145 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MOST NUMEROUS ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON WILL PUSH INTO THE COASTAL WATERS WITH SOME STORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. .FIRE AND SMOKE IMPACT... SEVERAL LARGE WILDFIRES CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS PUSHING SMOKE TO THE EAST OF THE FIRES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AND THE ELDERLY SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS IN AREAS WITH THICK SMOKE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED LATER TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. HESS/ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1154 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 FLZ033-051645- ST. JOHNS- 1154 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 1245 PM EDT... AT 1154 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 10 MILES WEST OF SOUTH PONTE VEDRA BEACH...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRUIT COVE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND VILANO BEACH...SAINT AUGUSTINE...SOUTH PONTE VEDRA BEACH...GUANA RIVER STATE PARK AND ANASTASIA THROUGH 1245 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WOLF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1252 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 FLZ020>023-051730- BAKER-COLUMBIA-HAMILTON-SUWANNEE- 1252 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST SUWANNEE...NORTHWEST BAKER...NORTHERN COLUMBIA AND EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 130 PM... AT 1252 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITE SPRINGS...OR 6 MILES EAST OF SUWANNEE SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND WHITE SPRINGS AND BELMONT THROUGH 130 PM. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. CARROLL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1259 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1254 PM HAIL 10 SE JASPER 30.41N 82.84W
06/05/2007 M0.50 INCH HAMILTON FL EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL REPORTED IN GENOA ALONG WITH LIMB DAMAGE.
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CARROLLThe Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:13 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down and one fell on a home on Ancona Road, located about 6 miles east of Mandarin.
A spotter reported several trees down in Ponte Vedra. The spotter reported that the damage pattern resembled a downburst.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2007
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: 39753, 39757.