A diffuse frontal zone extended across the area which combined with the sea breezes and a moist and unstable airmass prompted a few severe storms in the afternoon. Temperatures remained cold aloft at 500 mb with values around -9 to -10 degrees Celcius.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A diffuse frontal zone extended across the area which combined with the sea breezes and a moist and unstable airmass prompted a few severe storms in the afternoon. Temperatures remained cold aloft at 500 mb with values around -9 to -10 degrees Celcius.
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 Jul 2, 1:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 225 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...SCATTERED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... CLOUD COVER FROM EARLY MORNING CONVECTION OVER THE NERN GOMEX OVERSPREAD THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA PORTION MUCH OF THE DAY AND HAS TEMPERED SOME OF THE DAYTIME HEATING AND CONVECTION. SCTD TSTMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE BUT WILL LIKELY NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD AS EXPECTED BEFORE. OTHERWISE ONLY ISOLD SHOWER ACTIVITY EXPECTED NORTH OF THE FL/GA BORDER THROUGH SUNSET. ANOTHER RATHER COOL NIGHT EXPECTED FOR EARLY JULY WITH MID TO UPPER 60S EXPECTED INLAND AND LOWER 70S ALONG THE COAST...SHOULD STILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE ANY RECORD LEVEL VALUES. DIFFUSE FRONTAL ZONE WITH VARIABLE FLOW LESS THAN 10 KNOTS FROM THE SFC TO 700 MB WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLD TSTMS ACRS SERN GA AND SCTD TSTMS ACRS NERN FL ON THURSDAY WITH SBRZS AND OUTFLOWS THE MAIN FORCING MECHANISMS. ON FRIDAY...A DEVELOPING LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW LESS THAN 10 KNOTS FROM THE SFC TO 700 MB WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SCTD TSTMS ACRS THE FORECAST AREA AS BOTH THE NAM/GFS ARE SUGGESTING A SLUG OF MOISTURE LIFTING NORTHWARD UP THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. ON SATURDAY...ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AT LEAST SCTD TO POSSIBLY NUMEROUS AFTERNOON TSTM ACTIVITY WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AS STORM MOTION REMAINS VERY SLOW. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... WEAK BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NOSING INTO THE FORECAST AREA WITH SFC TO 700 MB FLOW OUT OF THE SOUTH AT LESS THAN 10 KNOTS ALONG WITH AN ABUNDANT MOISTURE PLUME OUT OF THE SOUTH WILL KEEP AT LEAST SCTD TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON TSTM ACTIVITY GOING THROUGH THE PERIOD. AGAIN WITH THE MAIN THREAT CONTINUING AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOWER MOVING TSTMS. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT GNV THROUGH 00Z. FURTHER NORTH THE MOISTURE IS NOT AS DEEP SO ONLY ISOLATED CONVECTION(VCTS) POSSIBLE AT JAX AND CRG. && .MARINE...WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO THE EAST A SE FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WINDS WILL BE 15 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 65 93 66 94 / 0 20 10 40 SSI 73 86 73 87 / 0 20 20 30 JAX 67 90 68 91 / 0 30 10 30 SGJ 70 86 71 87 / 10 30 30 40 GNV 67 91 68 92 / 20 40 20 60 OCF 67 90 68 92 / 20 50 20 60 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && HESS/ZIBURA/PETERSON/KERNS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1000 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-030845- 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- 1000 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A SIMILAR THUNDERSTORM DISTRIBUTION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH A MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA AND OVER INLAND SECTIONS. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN CONCERNS. SLOW STORM MOVEMENT WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS FORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED EACH DAY WITH A MORE UNIFORM COVERAGE EXPECTED AREA WIDE THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. DEESE/HESS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 313 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 FLZ040-021945- MARION- 313 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 313 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTH OF OCALA AIRPORT...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCALA...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES... OCALA AIRPORT...DUNNELLON...OCALA...SILVER SPRINGS SHORES...BELLEVIEW...ANTHONY AND SANTOS THROUGH 345 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 428 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 FLZ037-040-022115- MARION-PUTNAM- 428 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN MARION AND PUTNAM COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 428 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF PALATKA TO 3 MILES WEST OF FORT MCCOY...NEARLY STATIONARY. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SPARR...ORANGE SPRINGS...MANNVILLE...JOHNSON...INTERLACHEN...HOLLISTER...HOG VALLEY...FLORAHOME...CITRA AND CARRAWAY THROUGH 515 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 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. SHULER
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Clay Electric Utility reported several power lines blown down near Hollister.
A resident on Wild Horse Loop observed golf ball size hail.
Penny size was observed along State Road 21 about 4 miles northeast of Keystone Heights.
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