A couple of funnel clouds were sighted as convection moved across the area.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A couple of funnel clouds were sighted as convection moved 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 Oct 5, 1:43 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 243 PM EDT MON OCT 5 2009 .SHORT TERM...SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NE FL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER SE AL ALONG STATIONARY FRONT WILL REACH THE ATLANTIC WATERS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AS UPPER SHORT WAVE ENERGY PUSHES EAST. AREAS OF PATCHY FOG LIKELY TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AS FRONTAL ZONE AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERS OVER THE AREA. POPS WILL BE DECREASING AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN FROM THE NORTH ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN A WARM SW FLOW AND CHANCE POPS. DRIER MOVES IN AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND WITH MODELS SHOWING IT STALLING. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE INCREASING SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .AVIATION...MOSTLY MVFR IN SHOWER ACTIVITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOWERING CIGS AND VSBYS TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE IFR CONDITIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. && .MARINE...SW WINDS HAVE BEEN AROUND 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 20 KNOTS TODAY AT OFFSHORE BUOYS. WILL PUT SCEC HEADLINE FOR OFFSHORE ZONES AS WINDS SHOULD STAY UP THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING TUESDAY MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 66 85 69 89 66 / 50 20 20 30 20 SSI 73 85 75 88 72 / 50 20 20 20 20 JAX 71 87 73 91 71 / 50 30 20 40 20 SGJ 73 87 75 89 75 / 60 20 20 40 20 GNV 70 87 72 91 70 / 60 30 20 40 20 OCF 70 88 73 91 70 / 60 30 20 40 20 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ZIBURA/SHULER/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 350 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2009 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-061000- 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- 350 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2009 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH A STATIONARY FRONT WHICH WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS FROM THE UPPER SUWANNEE VALLEY REGION INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .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. PP
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The emergency manager relayed a public report of a funnel cloud in the Jonesville area along State Road 26. A citizen reported a possible touchdown, but the report was unconfirmed and no damage was observed.
The emergency manager relayed several reports of a funnel cloud in the Brooker vicinity along County Road 231. A few unconfirmed reports stated touchdown, but no damage was observed.
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