5 inches of rain fell in 2 hours.
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.
Slow moving storms in an unstable and moist environment produced heavy rainfall across much of the area, including Gilchrist county where 5.5 inches of rain fell in 2 hours.
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 7, 1:35 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 235 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 .SHORT TERM...UPPER VORTICITY LOBE OVER SE GA ASSOCIATED WITH WEAKENING UPPER TROUGH TO THE NORTH IS ENHANCING STORMS ALONG THE EAST COAST SEABREEZE. WEST COAST FL SEABREEZE ALSO STARTING TO BECOME ACTIVE WITH A LATE AFTERNOON COLLISION EXPECTED OVER INTERIOR ZONES. RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT PRODUCING GOOD INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH HIGH MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED SEVERE PULSE STORMS AGAIN. THROUGH MIDWEEK AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS W ACROSS THE AREA PUSHING MAX TEMPS BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S. ABOVE AVERAGE PWATS(1.75-2.00) AND DAILY SEABREEZES WILL KEEP SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION IN THE FORECAST. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WEAKNESS IN SUBTROPICAL RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA. CONTINUED HIGH PWATS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS WITH CLIMO TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...SO FAR ONLY VERY BRIEF MVFR DUE TO CIGS OTHERWISE VFR CONTINUES. HAVE INSERTED TEMPO GROUPS AS CONVECTION WAS ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE. THINK ITS TOO SOON TO INSERT BR INTO THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT BUT LOCAL FOG TOOLS AND GUIDANCE SHOWS GNV MAY BRIEFLY HAVE MVFR VIS. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORM EXPECTED FOR TUE MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. && .MARINE...SLY FLOW AT OR BELOW 15 KT EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK. SEAS MAINLY IN THE 2-4 FT RANGE. WNA MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS POSSIBLE INCREASE IN SWELLS FROM BERTHA BY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...NO HEADLINES ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 70 90 71 92 / 20 50 30 40 SSI 75 86 74 90 / 30 50 30 30 JAX 71 89 72 90 / 30 60 30 40 SGJ 74 87 74 88 / 30 60 20 40 GNV 71 89 72 90 / 30 70 30 40 OCF 71 90 72 91 / 30 70 20 30 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ZIBURA/SHASHY/WALKER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 520 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-081000- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE- COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 520 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL COMBINE WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO LEAD TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL FIRST FORM ALONG THE SEA BREEZES BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE INLAND DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. PP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 444 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 FLZ031-072115- BRADFORD- 444 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL BRADFORD COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 444 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAMPSON...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF RAIFORD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SAMPSON...NEW RIVER AND BROOKER THROUGH 515 PM EDT. 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. ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 458 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 FLZ040-072145- MARION- 458 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME WESTERN MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 458 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 3 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES THROUGH 545 PM EDT. 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. 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. ZAPPE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 506 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 FLZ030-031-072130- BRADFORD-UNION- 506 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN BRADFORD AND UNION COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 506 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER NEW RIVER...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE BUTLER...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND NEW RIVER...LAKE BUTLER...JOHNSTOWN AND DUKES THROUGH 530 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING 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. ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 513 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 FLZ037-038-072200- FLAGLER-PUTNAM- 513 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN PUTNAM AND NORTHWESTERN FLAGLER COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 513 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER LAKE COMO...OR 2 MILES EAST OF POMONA PARK...MOVING NORTH AT 14 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND POMONA PARK...LAKE COMO AND SAN MATEO THROUGH 600 PM EDT. 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. 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. ZAPPE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 534 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 FLZ023-030-072200- BAKER-UNION- 534 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UNION AND SOUTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 534 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE BUTLER... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LAKE BUTLER...JOHNSTOWN AND DUKES THROUGH 600 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 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. ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 542 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 FLZ036-072230- ALACHUA- 542 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALACHUA COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 542 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 7 MILES SOUTH OF ARCHER...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLISTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ARCHER THROUGH 630 PM EDT. 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. 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. ZAPPE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The public measured 5.5 inches of rainfall within 2 hours from 2 different rain gauges about 1,000 feet apart. A few minutes of small hail was also reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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