An isolated severe weather event occurred on 1/11/2008.
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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.
An isolated severe weather event occurred on 1/11/2008.
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 11, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 220 PM EST FRI JAN 11 2008 .SYNOPSIS...MSAS ANALYSIS AND DOPPLER RADARS DEPICT A COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE BIG BEND REGION OF NORTH FLORIDA...AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. SHOWER/ THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED OVER THE PAST HOUR...WITH MAINLY SCATTERED COVERAGE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S...WITH DEW POINTS RISING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S. .SHORT TERM...VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST...WITH A VERY BROAD MID- LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. THIS BROAD TROUGH IS NOT PROVIDING MUCH SUPPORT TO KICK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EAST...AND ANTICIPATE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO BECOME QUASI-STATIONARY OVER JAX CWA TONIGHT AND EXTENDING FOR MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL CONTINUE TO TRAVERSE THE LOCAL AREA THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS...AND THESE FEATURES COUPLED WITH A MEANDERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE AREA WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA...MAINLY FOCUSING ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THE REMAINDER OF TODAY WILL LIKELY REMAIN ISOLATED AS LOW-LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY JET FURTHER WEAKENS AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT BECOMES LESS FAVORABLE. INSTABILITY AXIS OVER THE BIG BEND REGION IS SLOWLY SHIFTING FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA...WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID/UPPER 60S OVER THE APALACHEE BAY SPREADING NORTHWARD. STILL BELIEVE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL MAINLY FOCUS ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR INTO INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS QUITE MINIMAL...WITH MAIN CONCERN OF WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT APPEARS QUITE MINIMAL WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH WEAK MOISTURE AXIS OVER THE AREA. SATURDAY...HAVE LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WORDING TO AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KGNV-KSGJ LINE DUE TO EXPECTED PLACEMENT OF AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THIS LINE. LATEST GFS RUN HAS BACKED OFF ON A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IN FACT...LATEST GFS SOLN IS DEPICTING AN OPEN WAVE MOVING ALONG THE FRONT. THUS... THE CONFIDENCE FOR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS DECREASING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIKELY EJECT THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH ON SUNDAY...WITH MUCH DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS IN ITS WAKE. .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...EXTENDED PERIOD WILL LIKELY START OFF CHILLY WITH COLD HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING THE GULF COAST REGION. ALTHOUGH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S ARE PROJECTED FOR LARGE PORTION OF THE INTERIOR TUESDAY MORNING...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THESE TEMPERATURES MAY BE TOO COLD AS DRY COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH...RESULTING IN MODERATE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS. FORECAST BECOMES VERY TRICKY WEDNESDAY ONWARD AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS TO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES WHILE NEXT IN SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS IS FORECAST TO EVOLVE OVER THE GOMEX. THE PLACEMENT OF THESE FEATURES WILL BRING INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS...WITH WARMER NIGHTTIME TEMPS FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATEST GFS SOLN IS VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LOW AND I AM VERY HESITANT TO INCLUDE HIGH POPS GIVEN INCONSISTENCIES WITH CURRENT WEATHER EVENT...ALTHOUGH EVEN THE DGEX SOLN IS DEPICTING THIS FEATURE. HAVE INCLUDED POPS FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH CONDITIONS CLEARING FROM THE WEST THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE GFS SOLN IS NOW ATTEMPTING TO GENERATE ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF LATE NEXT WEEK...INFLUENCING OUR WEATHER FRIDAY. && .AVIATION...COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH TONIGHT AND STALLS AND WASHES OUT OVER THE AREA SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRECEDING THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY WITH TEMPO MVFR VSBY FROM SHOWERS TIL 23. WILL HAVE SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY WITH FRONT APPROACHING THIS EVE. AS FRONT STALLS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT HAVE GONE WITH PREVAILING IFR AT JAX...CRG...GNV AFTER 06Z AND TEMPO IFR AT SSI BETWEEN 08Z-12Z. && .MARINE...WILL HAVE AN EXERCISE CAUTION FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS/SEAS DECREASE SOME SATURDAY AS FRONT STALLS AND WASHES OUT ACROSS THE WATERS. WINDS/SEAS INCREASE TO POSSIBLY NEAR ADVISORY LEVELS OFFSHORE SUN-MON AS STRONGER COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 50 66 45 67 / 50 40 20 20 SSI 56 65 52 64 / 40 40 20 40 JAX 57 70 53 67 / 30 50 30 50 SGJ 59 70 56 68 / 30 50 40 50 GNV 57 73 54 70 / 30 40 50 50 OCF 58 75 55 71 / 30 40 50 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ZAPPE/PETERSON/KEEGAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 932 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-121100- 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- 932 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... ...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THIS MORNING... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT...WITH THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY IMPACTING SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AS WELL AS THE SUWANNEE VALLEY REGION IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGER STORMS. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES THIS MORNING...WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. SEE THE SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. NEAR FREEZING MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AREA OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE TODAY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. CARROLL/ABE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 239 PM EST FRI JAN 11 2008 FLZ020-GAZ162-112030- ECHOLS-HAMILTON- 239 PM EST FRI JAN 11 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND WESTERN ECHOLS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS VALID UNTIL 330 PM EST... AT 239 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 11 MILES WEST OF JENNINGS...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND JENNINGS AND STATENVILLE THROUGH 330 PM EST. 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. HESS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 258 PM EST FRI JAN 11 2008 GAZ135-136-112100- APPLING-WAYNE- 258 PM EST FRI JAN 11 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE AND CENTRAL APPLING COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS VALID UNTIL 400 PM EST... AT 258 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SURRENCY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SURRENCY AND ODUM THROUGH 400 PM EST. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 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. ENYEDI
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down and were blocking the roadway near Madray Springs at Bonnam Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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