A surface low developed along a northward moving front and positioned across central Florida. Strong isentropic life and high moisture coincided along the front over Flagler county where heavy rainfall occurred.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A surface low developed along a northward moving front and positioned across central Florida. Strong isentropic life and high moisture coincided along the front over Flagler county where heavy rainfall occurred.
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 Dec 3, 9:29 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 929 PM EST THU DEC 3 2009 ...DREARY AND WET START TO A CHILLY THE WEEKEND... .SYNOPSIS...A DEEP NEG TILTED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS WITH ABUNDANT SOUTHERN STREAM JET MOISTURE STREAMING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA. AT THE SURFACE A LARGE AND BROAD RIDGE WAS CENTERED OVER THE THE NW CONUS...BUT HAS AN ELONGATED AXIS THAT EXTENDS SSE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN REGION AND OFFSHORE SOUTH GA/N FL. A COLD FRONT WAS ACROSS FAR S FL...WITH A SECONDARY LOW LEVEL TROUGH NOTED DOWN THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST OVER N GA. LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BELOW 3KFT WAS STILL SUPPORTING SOME LOW CU DEVELOPMENT ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES...BUT SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATE PROGRESSIVE EROSION. SFC FLOW IS WNW AROUND 5-10 MPH WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 40S ACROSS SE GA TO MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS NE FL. .UPDATE...MODEL CONSENSUS CONTINUES TO SHOW THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIVING TROUGH THE CONUS MID-SECTION WILL SPAWN A SERIES OF SFC WAVES ALONG THE STALLED FRONT TO OUR SOUTH. AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO DEEPEN TONIGHT...THE CIRRUS PLUME TO OUR SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT NWD AS WILL MID LEVEL MOISTURE. STILL THINK THAT PRECIP CHANCES WILL REMAIN NIL INLAND TONIGHT...BUT COULD SEE SOME COASTAL SHRA OVER OUR FL WATERS AS ONE OF SEVERAL FRONTAL WAVES IS PROGGED TO DEVELOP OFFSHORE OF THE SE FL COAST LATE TONIGHT. INCREASED SKY COVERAGE IN THE GRIDS...BUT TWEAKS NOT ENOUGH TO CHANGE ZFP WORDING. MINS WILL NEAR THE LOW 40S ACROSS OUR GA ZONES TO NEAR 50 ALONG OUR COAST AND SOUTH FL ZONES. PRECIP CHANCES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY LATE FRI INTO FRI NIGHT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS STRONGEST FORCING AND SFC CONVERGENCE REMAIN TO OUR SOUTH. EXPECT RAIN SINCE STABILITY WILL REMAIN HIGH PRECLUDING TS DEVELOPMENT. && .AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR. MID/HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM OVER THE AREA. ADVERTISED -RA AROUND 18Z FOR GNV TOMORROW THEN PROGRESS PRECIP NORTHWARD TO DUVAL COUNTY TERMINALS BY 22Z. && .MARINE...WINDS ARE MORE NW THAN MODELS INDICATE AROUND 00-01Z AND A BIT STRONGER SO ADJUSTED GRIDS AS NECESSARY. THINK THAT SUSTAINED 15 KTS OFFSHORE MAY BE REALIZED TONIGHT AS AFOREMENTIONED SECONDARY SFC TROUGH SLIDES SSE. NO HEADLINES EXPECTED UNTIL POSSIBLE SCA SATURDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 39 56 44 53 / 0 30 80 70 SSI 45 60 48 58 / 0 60 80 70 JAX 44 58 47 58 / 0 60 90 70 SGJ 50 61 50 61 / 10 70 90 70 GNV 45 57 48 58 / 10 70 90 60 OCF 50 59 49 62 / 10 70 100 70 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ENYEDI/DEESE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 900 PM EST THU DEC 3 2009 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-041100- 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- 900 PM EST THU DEC 3 2009 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... RAINS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA ON FRIDAY AND SPREAD NORTH BEFORE CLEARING OUT LATE SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA. COLDER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING THE FREEZING MARK OVER INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SUNDAY MORNING. .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. ABE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
648 PM EST THU DEC 03 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM BLIZZARD 5 ENE BICKLEY 31.43N 82.53W
12/02/2009 WARE GA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FIRE RESCUE REPORTED POWERLINES DOWN NEAR BEACH RD.
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SEPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
652 PM EST THU DEC 03 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ENE BICKLEY 31.43N 82.53W
12/02/2009 WARE GA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FIRE RESCUE REPORTED POWERLINES DOWN NEAR BEACH RD.
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SEPThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
County emergency management relayed storm total rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches across Palm Coast, with the highest amount of 3.5 inches measured in west-central Palm Coast. Elsewhere across the county, storm total amounts ranged from 3 inches in Bunnell to 4.30 inches in Haw Creek.
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