A squall line moved across the region during the afternoon producing scattered reports of severe weather.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A squall line moved across the region during the afternoon producing scattered reports of severe weather.
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 Jan 19, 2:25 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
225 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008
.SHORT TERM...A LARGE SWATH OF RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE NW PORTION
OF OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA (CWA) AND EXTENDS SWWD TO APALACHEE BAY
AND INTO THE GULF WHERE A PERSISTENT SQUALL LINE HAS BEEN MARCHING
EWD. DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE 40S OVER LAND AND INSTABILITY IS LOW. AN
UPPER TROUGH STRETCHES FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE MS VALLEY AND
AS IT PUSHES EWD TONIGHT...THE SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL LIFT NEWD AND
PUSH THE COLD FRONT THRU THE CWA. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET IS
POSSIBLE OVER THE EXTREME N ZONES. AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES AND
TEMPS DROP OFF...WET ROADS COULD POSE A PROBLEM IN OUR NWRN COUNTIES
AS WATER FREEZES ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THIS TOPIC.
PRECIP WILL END LATE TONIGHT AND BE REPLACED WITH MOSTLY SUNNY
AND COOLER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY. COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE CWA WITH TEMPS FALLING INTO THE MID/UPR 20S WRN PORTION
OF INLAND SE GA SWD INTO THE SUWANNEE VALLEY. WILL ISSUE A FREEZE
WATCH FOR SUWANNEE VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST MON-TUE SETTING UP AN ONSHORE FLOW. AN INVERTED
TROUGH IS EXPECTED FORM ALONG THE SE ATLANTIC COAST BY TUE. WILL
CONTINUE SHOWING COASTAL SHOWERS BEGINNING SUN NIGHT AND ADVECTING
ONSHORE BY TUE. TEMPS WILL NOT RETURN TO NORMAL UNTIL TUE.
.LONG TERM...A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN IS ANTICIPATED WITH ANOTHER SFC
HIGH QUICKLY PASSING BY NORTH OF THE AREA WED FOLLOWED BY A SERIES
OF DISTURBANCE ALOFT...ONE BRINGING ANOTHER COLD FRONT LATE THU.
BUT WITH GENERALLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT THIS FRONT WILL HAVE LITTLE
IMPACT EXCEPT FOR A CHANCE FOR RAIN. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE NEAR
CLIMO THRU SATURDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS TO FURTHER DETERIORATE THIS
EVENING AS NEXT BATCH OF RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA. MOST SITES SHOULD
BECOME VFR BY LATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...HAVE MENTIONED WIND SHEAR LATE
TONIGHT AS SFC WINDS DROP A BIT AND WINDS ABOVE THE SFC INCREASE.
&&
.MARINE...HAVE EXTENDED THE OFFSHORE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
ANOTHER PERIOD. OTHERWISE...HEADLINES ARE BASICALLY UNCHANGED. STILL
EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TONIGHT AND SUN WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
GALE FORCE. HOWEVER...DO NOT EXPECT FREQUENT GUSTS AND WILL NOT
ISSUE GALE WARNING AT THIS TIME. THANX FOR COORD CHS
&&
.FIRE WX...ABUNDANT DRY AIR AND LOW-LEVEL MIXING WILL MAKE RED FLAG
CONDITIONS A SLAM DUNK ACROSS NE FL ON SUN. CONDITIONS ACROSS SE GA
WILL BE MORE MARGINAL...WITH NEW WIND CRITERIA BARELY BEING MET.
HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ERRED ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND UPGRADED
EVERYONE TO A RED FLAG WARNING. HAVE EXTENDED THE TIME PERIOD FOR
THE NE FL WARNING AN EXTRA HOUR ON EACH END. SFC RH VALUES RAPIDLY
MODIFY ON MON...AND RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 27 49 26 54 / 40 0 0 10
SSI 35 49 35 53 / 60 0 10 10
JAX 35 49 31 56 / 60 0 10 10
SGJ 40 52 41 59 / 80 0 10 20
GNV 34 52 30 63 / 70 0 0 10
OCF 37 54 33 65 / 80 0 0 0
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM SUN FOR ALACHUA-BAKER-
BRADFORD-CLAY-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-
MARION-NASSAU-PUTNAM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION.
FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON MORNING FOR
ALACHUA-BAKER-BRADFORD-COLUMBIA-GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-
UNION.
FREEZE WARNING FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUN MORNING FOR BAKER-
COLUMBIA-HAMILTON-SUWANNEE.
GA...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM SUN 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 FROM 5 PM THIS AFTN TO 4 PM TUE FOR
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM MON
FOR ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM.
&&
TRABERT/CARROLL/KEEGANHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 410 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-201000- 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- 410 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...PATCHES OF ICE POSSIBLE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT... ...FREEZE WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA SUWANNEE VALLEY LATE TONIGHT... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS INFILTRATING THE AREA. RAINS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A GAINESVILLE TO SAINT AUGUSTINE LINE. ALTHOUGH THE FREQUENCY OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE QUITE LOW...ANY STORMS THAT BECOME ORGANIZED WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH AFTER THE WATCH EXPIRATION TIME. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. ENOUGH COLD AIR MAY PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TO ALLOW FOR SOME SLEET TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN AS IT ENDS LATE THIS EVENING. DUE TO RECENT RAINS AND DROPPING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT...SOME PATCHES OF ICE MAY FORM ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN WHILE DRIVING OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. OTHERWISE...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 20 TO 25 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND 25 TO 30 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF INLAND NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ON SUNDAY AND ANOTHER LIGHT FREEZE EVENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND INLAND NORTHEAST FLORIDA SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND NORTHEAST FLORIDA. INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW MONDAY WILL ELEVATE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. IN ADDITION...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW MAY CREATE HIGHER THAN NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AS A FULL MOON APPROACHES ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. HESS/CARROLL/DEESE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1233 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 GAZ132>136-149>153-162>165-192330- APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BRANTLEY-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLINCH- COFFEE-ECHOLS-GLYNN (INLAND)-JEFF DAVIS-PIERCE-WARE-WAYNE- 1233 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...PATCHES OF ICE POSSIBLE ON SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL TODAY AND EXPECTED COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...PATCHES OF ICE MAY FORM ON SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS ICE WILL BE NEARLY INVISIBLE TO MOTORISTS AND IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS BLACK ICE. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN BEFORE CROSSING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT. ALLOW PLENTY OF ROOM TO BRAKE GENTLY IF NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS. CARROLL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 406 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 FLZ022-030-035-036-192130- ALACHUA-COLUMBIA-GILCHRIST-UNION- 406 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN ALACHUA...SOUTHWESTERN UNION...SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA AND GILCHRIST COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 430 PM EST... AT 406 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELL...OR 5 MILES EAST OF CROSS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND TRENTON...BELL...HIGH SPRINGS...WORTHINGTON SPRINGS...OLENO STATE PARK...LA CROSSE...DUKES AND ALACHUA THROUGH 430 PM EST. SMALL HAIL 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. PORTIONS OF THE AREA REMAIN UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. CARROLL
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:47 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
There were numerous and widespread reports of power lines and trees down across the southern portion of Alachua County. Several reports of building fires were also received.
Trees were reported down on power lines along Highway 320.
The public reported a funnel cloud in the San Mateo area.
Two trees were blown down.
Reported at the Saint Augustine Lighthouse.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, January 2008
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: 73732, 73733, 73731, 73734, 73735.