A passing upper level low enhanced sea breeze and outflow initiated convection over an unstable and moist airmass.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A passing upper level low enhanced sea breeze and outflow initiated convection over an unstable and moist airmass.
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 10, 12:53 PM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 153 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... ...GOOD CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGH WED... .SHORT TERM...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE CENTRAL FL PENINSULA HAS BROUGHT INCREASED INSTABILITY OVER THE LOCAL AREA AS WELL AS DEEPER MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH. CLUSTERS OF STRONG STORMS ARE ONGOING THIS HOUR ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL VORTEX NEAR THE SEA BREEZES NEAR THE I-75 CORRIDOR AND I-95 CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL STORMS HAVE STARTED TO FIRE WHERE OUTFLOWS ARE CONVERGING. SLOW AND ERRATIC STORM MOTION WILL LEAD TO PULSE TYPE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH THE MAIN CONCERNS BEING DOWNBURST WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL ALREADY RECEIVED IN CONVECTION ALONG BOTH SEA BREEZE FRONTS. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY FOR INLAND N FL THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE WITH LOSS OF HEATING THIS EVENING OVER THE AREA WITH THE FOCUS FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS AND BEST COVERAGE CONTINUING OVER N FL AND OUR WESTERN GA ZONES WHERE A LATE EVENING SEA BREEZE/OUTFLOW MERGER MAY OCCUR IN ADVANCE OF A WEAKENING SFC FRONT...WHICH IS NOW PRESSING ESE OF THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY. BELIEVE ENOUGH FORCING AND MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO WED MORNING TO CONTINUE WITH A LOW CHANCE OF POPS. MINS WILL BE A BIT WARMER TONIGHT DUE TO LINGERING CLOUD COVER WITH WIDESPREAD MINS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. WED EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SCT TO LOW END NUMEROUS TSRA MAINLY IN THE AFTN AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY SHIFT E OF THE CWA THROUGH THE PERIOD PLACING OUR AREA ON THE MORE SUBSIDENT SIDE OF THE FEATURE...BUT...ENOUGH MOISTURE AND SFC BASED INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH SFC BASED FORCING MECHANISMS COURTESY OF THE SEA BREEZES...OUTFLOWS AND THE DISSIPATING FRONT NEAR OUR GA ZONES TO CONTINUE WITH A HIGH CHANCE OF PRECIP. THU AND FRI...HAVE SCALED POPS DOWNWARD AS MODELS ADVERTISE THE WEAKENING FRONT OVER GA BECOMING BRIDGED BY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SSE FROM THE THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INFILTRATE OVER OUR EASTERN ZONES AND A STRONGER ENE STEERING FLOW WILL FOCUS THE BEST CHANCES OF POPS TOWARD I-75 IN THE AFTN AND EVENING. .LONG TERM...A WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO SAG TOWARD OUR CWA LATE SAT INTO SUN. THIS BOUNDARY IN CONCERT WITH THE SEA BREEZES WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A HIGHER CHANCE OF PRECIP OVER THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPS NEAR CLIMO WITH HIGHS NEAR 90 AND MINS NEAR 70. && .AVIATION...STORMS ARE ALREADY NEAR GNV AND ARE SPREADING NORTHWARD. HAVE TEMPO FOR JAX BEGINNING AT 20Z BUT STORMS MAY APPROACH A LITTLE EARLIER. CIGS WILL BE VFR EXCEPT NEAR TS. BROKEN CIRRUS WILL LINGER THRU WED MORNING. && .MARINE...NO HEADLINES ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH HIGH PRESSURE PREDOMINATELY N AND NE OF THE AREA WINDS WILL RANGE FROM SE TO SW. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 15 KT AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1-3 FEET. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 92 71 90 / 50 40 30 30 SSI 75 87 75 85 / 20 40 20 20 JAX 72 89 72 88 / 20 50 40 40 SGJ 73 86 74 86 / 20 50 40 40 GNV 70 90 70 90 / 50 60 50 50 OCF 71 90 70 90 / 50 60 50 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ENYEDI/TRABERT/KERNS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1220 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-111000- 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- 1220 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS FLORIDA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL START TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BY MID AFTERNOON. STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED LATER TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. JDS/ABE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
414 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM LIGHTNING GAINESVILLE 29.67N 82.34W
06/10/2008 ALACHUA FL BROADCAST MEDIA
A 21 YEAR OLD MAN WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING OFF OF SW 35TH
STREET.
0245 PM HAIL 2 W GAINESVILLE 29.67N 82.37W
06/10/2008 E1.00 INCH ALACHUA FL BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORTED NEAR THE TARGET STORE AND I-75.
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E LAKE CITY 30.19N 82.59W
06/10/2008 COLUMBIA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE
CITY ON RIDGEWOOD DRIVE AND LAKE JESSY ROAD.
&&
DEESEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
417 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0359 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NNE ORANGE PARK 30.24N 81.68W
06/10/2008 M41 MPH DUVAL FL ASOS
JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION REPORTED A 41 MPH WIND
GUST IN A THUNDERSTORM.
&&
CARROLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
427 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0342 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW JACKSONVILLE HEIG 30.27N 81.85W
06/10/2008 DUVAL FL EMERGENCY MNGR
A POWERLINE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
OLD MIDDLEBURG ROAD AND PARMON ROAD.
0345 PM LIGHTNING 4 W JACKSONVILLE HEIGHT 30.25N 81.85W
06/10/2008 DUVAL FL EMERGENCY MNGR
SMALL FIRE STARTED AT A HOUSE ON CURT ROAD DUE TO
LIGHTNING.
&&
ARSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 GAZ153-165-102115- INLAND CAMDEN-INLAND GLYNN- 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN CAMDEN AND WESTERN GLYNN COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 430 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAVERLY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF DOCK JUNCTION...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WAVERLY THROUGH 515 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. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. DEESE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 450 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 GAZ150-162-163-102130- CLINCH-ECHOLS-WARE- 450 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN CLINCH... SOUTHERN WARE AND ECHOLS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 450 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 9 MILES EAST OF FARGO...STATIONARY. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND FARGO THROUGH 530 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. IF FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OCCURS A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. PETERSON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
457 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM HIGH SUST WINDS 5 S MIDDLEBURG 29.98N 81.90W
06/10/2008 M0 MPH CLAY FL OTHER FEDERAL
THE WEATHER DETACHMENT AT CAMP BLANDING REPORTED A WIND
GUST AT 302PM EDT OF 47 KNOTS...54MPH.
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PKEEGANThe Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down on power lines off of State Road 121.
Trees were blown down on power lines off of U.S. Highway 1.
The Waverly Fire Department observed quarter size hail.
Penny size hail was observed at the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 110 in Waverly.
Hail was observed by the public and relayed to the EM office.
Trees were blown down in Hickox.
Trees were down across Joe Baker Harris Road in Kville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 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: 98623, 98624, 98619, 98620, 98621, 98625, 98627.