Low pressure moved west-northwest across the Florida penisula and into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. On Wednesday night 9/20-21/2007 a rainband developed over central Florida and moved rapidly northward into north Florida and southeast Georgia.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Low pressure moved west-northwest across the Florida penisula and into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. On Wednesday night 9/20-21/2007 a rainband developed over central Florida and moved rapidly northward into north Florida and southeast Georgia.
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 Sep 20, 1:40 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
240 PM EDT THU SEP 20 2007
...ABOVE CLIMO POPS FOR MANY AREAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
.SHORT TERM...MAIN CIRCULATION CENTER HAS TAKEN SHAPE OFFSHORE THE
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST PER LATEST MSAS ANALYSIS. SOUTHEAST
FLOW ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST
FLOW FROM HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CAROLINAS IS PRODUCING A NARROW
CONVERGENCE ZONE ALONG THE FLORIDA/GEORGIA STATE LINE. ALSO NOTED
ON MSAS IN THE SAME VICINITY IS AN AXIS OF HIGH THETA-E WHICH
STRETCHES WELL OFFSHORE. HAVE THUS FAR SEEN MOST OF THE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITHIN THIS AXIS AND ONE OF THE STRONGER
STORMS OVER NORTHERN NASSAU WAS ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ENHANCED
LOCALIZED HELICITY TO PRODUCE AN IMPRESSIVE ROTATIONAL SIGNATURE
ON RADAR. FORTUNATELY...THIS SIGNATURE WAS FLEETING AND DISSIPATED
BEFORE APPROACHING THE MORE POPULATED AREAS TO THE WEST. FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...SVR INDICES SHOW THIS TO BE AN ISOLATED
INCIDENT AND JUST STRONG ACTIVITY WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND
SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED WITH THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY.
FOR TONIGHT...MODELS ARE INSISTENT ON DEVELOPING RAIN SHIELD ON THE
EAST SIDE OF CIRCULATION CENTER AND HAVE SEEN SOME FILLING IN OF
THE POP COVERAGE TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WILL NOT
GO AS HIGH AS THE MODEL POPS BUT WILL CARRY HIGH END SCATTERED FOR
THE SOUTHERN SUWANNEE VALLEY WELL INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS.
WITH ABUNDANT RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF SE GEORGIA TODAY AND
LIGHTER WINDS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA...WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY
FOG IN THE GRID SET.
FOR FRIDAY...MODELS IN AGREEMENT IN GULF LOW LIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD
THE GULF COAST WITH SIMILAR POSITIONS AT 36 HOURS. AS IS USUALLY
THE CASE IN THESE SITUATIONS...PLACEMENT OF THE MAIN MOISTURE FEED
IS IN QUESTION AND VARIES AMONG THE MODELS. THE GFS KEEPS THE AXIS
LARGELY OFFSHORE WITH A DRY SLOT FORMING OVER THE SUWANNEE VALLEY.
THE NAM KEEPS THE AXIS OVER THE HEART OF THE PENINSULA WITH LIKELY
POPS FOR MOST AREA. WILL GO WITH A BLEND FOR NOW WITHOUT ALOT TO
GO ON WHICH RESULTS IN A SMALL AREA OF LIKELY POPS OVER INLAND
NORTHEAST FLORIDA. AS FAR AS THE SEVERE THREAT...MODELS INDICATE
HELICITIES WILL BE MANAGEABLE BUT HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON SUBTROPICAL
DEVELOPMENT IN THE GULF SO IT WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED.
OTHERWISE...LOOKS LIKE A SUMMER PATTERN WITH CAPES OVER 2500 J/KG
AND IF DRY SLOT COMES IN THE THREAT OF WET MICROBURSTS TO
INCREASE.
INTO THE WEEKEND...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW REGIME LOOKS TO CONTINUE
WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE WHICH FAVORS ABOVE CLIMO POPS. GFS DOES
SHOW SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL BE DISCOUNTED FOR NOW IN
FAVOR OF THE SINGLE SYSTEM NAM12. REGARDLESS IT LOOKS LIKE HIGH
END SCATTERED POPS FOR ALL AREAS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH
ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERNS.
.LONG TERM...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST WILL TRY
TO EXERT MORE INFLUENCE OVER THE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
HOWEVER...MOISTURE WILL REMAIN HIGH WITH CONTINUED ABOVE CLIMO
POPS EXPECTED.
&&
.AVIATION...
A VERY MESSY TAF SITUATION WITH A MIX OF MVFR/VFR CIGS AT TAF SITES
AS THINGS BOUNCE UP AND DOWN IN SHOWER ACTIVITY...EXPECT STATUS QUO
THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME MORE
ISOLATED AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH IFR/MVFR CIGS IN STRATUS DECK FORMING
AND HAVE ADDED SOME 4-6SM SHALLOW FOG IN THE TAFS AS WELL TO COVER
FOR ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE BUT DENSE FOG IS NOT
EXPECTED AS ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MIXED.
&&
.MARINE...
LATEST 17Z/18Z BUOY REPORTS SHOW SEAS OF 5-6 FT FM GRAYS REEF TO
FERN BEACH AND SOUTH TO CAPE CANAVERAL...THE ONLY OFFSHORE REPORT IS
AT 9 FT AT THE SABSOON TOWER NETWORK...SO BASED ON THE LIMITED OBS
AND A DECREASING TREND IN THE SEAS WILL GO WITH SCEC FOR 5-6 FT SEAS
OUT TO 20 NM AND SCA DUE TO SEAS FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS...AND HAVE
CARRIED THIS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE EAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS
WILL SLOWLY VEER TO THE SOUTHEAST BY FRI MORNING AND SEAS WILL
CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE BELOW HEADLINE LEVELS ON FRIDAY. FORECAST
REMAINS CONSISTENT FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH GUD
BOATING CONDITIONS DEVELOPING WITH THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH OF THE
REGION AND ESELY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS AND SEAS SETTLING DOWN INTO
THE 2 TO 4 FT RANGE THROUGH THE PERIOD.
SURF ZONE UPDATE...WILL KEEP COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN PLACE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH SEAS OF 4 TO 6 FT AND MINOR BEACH
EROSION/FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH THE LATE AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE. HIGH
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED TO MODERATE ON FRIDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 70 86 70 89 / 40 50 30 40
SSI 76 84 75 86 / 50 60 30 40
JAX 75 87 72 88 / 50 50 30 50
SGJ 77 86 74 86 / 40 40 20 60
GNV 73 88 70 89 / 40 50 30 60
OCF 73 88 71 89 / 40 50 30 60
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT FOR ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM
TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM
TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO
60 NM OFFSHORE.
&&
DEESE/HESS/WALKERHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 945 AM EDT THU SEP 20 2007 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-211000- 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- 945 AM EDT THU SEP 20 2007 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...ROUGH SURF AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES... THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL PRODUCE MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE COAST. ROUGH SURF...BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE ONSHORE FLOW AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ALTHOUGH THE THREAT IS LESS THAN IN PREVIOUS DAYS...IT WILL MAINLY EXIST ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. MKT/HESS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1244 PM EDT THU SEP 20 2007 FLZ024-GAZ164-165-201730- CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-NASSAU- 1244 PM EDT THU SEP 20 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON...NORTHWESTERN NASSAU AND NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS VALID UNTIL 130 PM EDT... AT 1244 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 3 MILES NORTH OF HILLIARD...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND KINGS FERRY...HILLIARD...FOLKSTON...HOMELAND AND WINOKUR THROUGH 130 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. HESS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 211 PM EDT THU SEP 20 2007 GAZ164-201845- CHARLTON- 211 PM EDT THU SEP 20 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS VALID UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 211 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOMELAND...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOLKSTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND HOMELAND...FOLKSTON... WINOKUR AND RACE POND THROUGH 245 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. HESS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 241 PM EDT THU SEP 20 2007 GAZ164-201930- CHARLTON- 241 PM EDT THU SEP 20 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN CHARLTON COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS VALID UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 241 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOMELAND...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOLKSTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND HOMELAND AND WINOKUR THROUGH 330 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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. ZIBURA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
306 PM EDT THU SEP 20 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM FLOOD HILLIARD 30.69N 81.92W
09/20/2007 NASSAU FL NWS EMPLOYEE
CAR STUCK IN MUD ON DIRT ROAD- POOLE RD.- NEAR HILLIARD.
&&
MZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 310 PM EDT THU SEP 20 2007 FLZ040-202015- MARION- 310 PM EDT THU SEP 20 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 310 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERFIELD...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILDWOOD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND WEIRSDALE... SUMMERFIELD...OCKLAWAHA...LAKE WEIR...SILVER SPRINGS SHORES... BELLEVIEW AND SANTOS THROUGH 415 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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. ZIBURA
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 154 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down north of Silver Springs and east of Ocala. Over 700 residents were without power between 415 pm to 500 pm.
Trees were blown down on County Road 314A.
Power lines and a large pole were blown down along Southeast 91st Place, about 5 miles north northwest of Belleview. The time of the event was estimated based on radar.
There was minor street flooding at the intersection of County Road 25 and Highway 42 in Weirsdale. The spotter observed about 4 to 8 inches standing water on some roads in the area.
Trees and power lines were blown down along 47th Avenue. A tornado warning was in effect.
A tornado warning was in effect.
Trees were blown down and caused power outages south of Ocala.
Clay Electric reported numerous power lines and trees were blown down along State Road 24, northeast of Archer.
Trees were blown down across many areas of east Ocala.
Many trees were blown down about 5 miles northeast of Silver Spring Shores. There was also widespread tree debris around the area.
Clay Electric reported power lines and trees were blown down just west of Melrose.
Clay Electric reported power lines and trees were blown down just north of Florahome.
A spotter reported heavy rainfall with no visibility and flooding on Baseline Road in Belleview. Radar estimated rainfall rates of about 3 inches an hour.
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, September 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: 52649, 52650, 52651, 52661, 52653, 52648, 52654, 52655, 52656, 52657, 52659, 52660, 52663.