A convective complex over Georgia initiated by a passing upper level short wave early in the day produced a large scale outflow boundary that advanced over our zones during the afternoon and early evening hours over a moist and unstable airmass. Outflows combined with a strong sea breeze collision near the east coast ignited scattered severe storms across the area.
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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.
A convective complex over Georgia initiated by a passing upper level short wave early in the day produced a large scale outflow boundary that advanced over our zones during the afternoon and early evening hours over a moist and unstable airmass. Outflows combined with a strong sea breeze collision near the east coast ignited scattered severe storms across the area.
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 Jun 1, 8:13 PM EST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 913 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 .UPDATE... VERY VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT RESULTED IN EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS FIRST INITIATED ALONG SEABREEZES...AND THE RESULTANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES RESULTED IN A MULTITUDE OF COLLIDING BOUNDARIES ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY UNSTABLE WITH LAPS ANALYSIS REVEALING 2500 TO 3500 J/KG OF SB CAPE. WEAK SHEAR PROFILES RESULTED IN MOSTLY VERTICAL UPDRAFTS BUT LARGE CAPE DENSITY COMBINED WITH SUPPORT FROM UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO RESULT IN STRONG UPDRAFTS AND TALL STORMS...WITH STRONG CORES WELL ABOVE -30C. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL WERE RECEIVED ACROSS THE JACKSONVILLE AREA...WITH GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE SOUTHSIDE. LATEST LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS A MUCH MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA...WITH CAPE NOW LESS THAN 500 J/KG. BUT HIGHER CAPE VALUES (2K TO 3K J/KG) ARE STILL BEING DEPICTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WHERE TEMPS ARE STILL NEAR 90 AND DEWPOINTS NEAR 70 EARLY THIS EVENING. NOT MUCH UPPER SUPPORT ACROSS THAT REGION JUST YET AND CONVECTION HAS STRUGGLED ACROSS GEORGIA DESPITE SEVERAL NORTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER CONVECTION IN FLORIDA. MODELS INDICATE UPPER SUPPORT WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE TONIGHT AND THIS IS SUPPORTED BY LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AS DEEPER MOISTURE IS SHOWN CLOSING IN ON THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. OLD SURFACE TROUGH IS ALSO PROGGED TO DROP SOUTH TONIGHT...THUS MAKING SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THE FOCAL POINT FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. WILL CUT BACK ON POPS A LITTLE TONIGHT ACROSS FLORIDA ZONES AND BUMP THEM UP A LITTLE ACROSS GEORGIA ZONES. && .AVIATION...MOSTLY VFR EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA STILL POSSIBLE OVER MAINLY SE GA OVERNIGHT. && .MARINE...NO CHANGES EXPECTED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 69 92 69 92 / 30 30 20 10 SSI 73 88 73 87 / 50 30 30 20 JAX 70 90 71 90 / 40 30 30 20 SGJ 72 88 72 88 / 40 30 20 20 GNV 68 93 69 93 / 30 40 20 20 OCF 68 93 68 93 / 30 30 20 30 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHULER/ZIBURA/WALKER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 925 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-021215- 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- 925 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... SCATTERED STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AS A SURFACE BOUNDARY AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DROP SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THIS REGION. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. STORM MOVEMENT TONIGHT WILL BE OFF TO THE EAST AT AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. JDS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
703 PM EDT SUN JUN 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM HAIL 4 SSW NORMANDY 30.25N 81.79W
06/01/2008 M1.00 INCH DUVAL FL TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL FROM DIME TO QUARTER SIZE LASTED FOR 12 MINUTES NEAR
103RD STREET AND OLD MIDDLEBURG ROAD. SOME BRANCHES
SNAPPED AT TREE TOP LEVEL.
&&
CARROLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
725 PM EDT SUN JUN 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0627 PM HAIL 4 SSW NORMANDY 30.25N 81.78W
06/01/2008 M1.00 INCH DUVAL FL TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT 103RD STREET AND CALIFORNIA
AVENUE. REPORT RECEIVED VIA EMAIL.
&&
CARROLLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 732 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 GAZ164-020000- CHARLTON- 732 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN CHARLTON COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 732 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. GEORGE...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILLIARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 9 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ST. GEORGE THROUGH 800 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. ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 837 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 GAZ132-134-020100- BACON-COFFEE- 837 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN COFFEE AND WESTERN BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 837 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES WEST OF NICHOLLS...OR 8 MILES EAST OF DOUGLAS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND NICHOLLS THROUGH 900 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. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 857 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 GAZ136-020130- WAYNE- 857 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 930 PM EDT... AT 857 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER SCREVEN...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PATTERSON...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SCREVEN...BROADHURST AND JESUP THROUGH 930 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. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 923 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 GAZ132-020215- COFFEE- 923 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 1015 PM EDT... AT 923 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMBROSE...MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND AMBROSE...BROXTON AND WEST GREEN THROUGH 1015 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. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ZIBURA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down near Pridgen, including one large one which was blown down across Highway 441 north of Sam Jones Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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