A cold front approached the region touching off some isolated severe weather along a pre-frontal squall line.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A cold front approached the region touching off some isolated severe weather along a pre-frontal squall line.
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 Apr 28, 8:50 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
950 AM EDT MON APR 28 2008
.UPDATE...SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT FROM WRN NC TO N CENTRAL
GA TO THE WRN FL PANHANDLE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING NEAR AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HAVE NOT
MADE MUCH CHANGE TO THE POPS OR TEMPS. A SLIGHT TWEAK TO UP POPS
IN THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AND INLAND SE GA AS COMBINATION OF
WEAK INSTABILITY (MODIFIED SBCAPE OF 500-700) AND MODEL CONSENSUS
OF FAIRLY STRONG LIFT CENTERED IN SE GA WILL CREATE BETTER RAIN
CHANCES THERE. STILL LOOKING AT SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY
WINDS WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS IT SHIFTS EWD
DURING THE DAY. TEMPS SHOULD TOP OUT FROM THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S
GIVEN CLOUD COVER AND THE PRECIPITATION. POPS DECREASE FROM NW TO
SE TONIGHT AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. COOLER AND DRIER
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUE- WED.
&&
.AVIATION...MAINLY VCSH THROUGH NOON TIME THEN GOOD CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TEMPO
THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST AFTER 18Z AND IFR CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE DUE TO VIS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MID TO LATE
EVENING AS THE FRONT AND CONVECTION MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.
&&
.MARINE...BUOY 41012 SHOWS S WINDS NEAR 19G23 KT AND SEAS OF
AROUND 4-5 FT. GRAYS REEF INDICATES SSW 19G24KT SEAS OF 5 FT.
CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AND AT THIS TIME NO BIG CHANGES
ARE EXPECTED WITH THE CWF UPDATE.
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ALACHUA-
BAKER-BRADFORD-CLAY-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-
HAMILTON-MARION-NASSAU-PUTNAM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION.
GA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-
BRANTLEY-CHARLTON-CLINCH-COASTAL CAMDEN-COASTAL GLYNN-
COFFEE-ECHOLS-INLAND CAMDEN-INLAND GLYNN-JEFF DAVIS-PIERCE-
WARE-WAYNE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM EDT TUESDAY 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.
&&
SHASHY/WALKERHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1135 AM EDT MON APR 28 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-291000- 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- 1135 AM EDT MON APR 28 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THE NEXT FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS WEEKEND PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. PP/MZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 200 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008 FLZ020>022-281845- COLUMBIA-HAMILTON-SUWANNEE- 200 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUWANNEE... NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA AND HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS VALID UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 200 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTH OF NEWBURN...OR 10 MILES WEST OF LIVE OAK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND NEWBURN...SUWANNEE RIVER STATE PARK...MCALPIN...WEST LAKE...LIVE OAK...HOUSTON... WELLBORN...SUWANNEE SPRINGS...JASPER AND WHITE SPRINGS THROUGH 245 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 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. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SHASHY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Homes were damaged on 68th Street in live Oak. A mobile home had portions of a roof removed.
A funnel cloud was reported by a motorist on Interstate 10 near mile marker 318. This reported was relayed by Baker County Emergency Management and was originally reported as a possible tornado.
Power lines were blown down in Callahan and Yulee from 5:55 pm EDT through 6:15 pm EDT. The time was estimated based on radar imagery.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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