Sea breeze thunderstorms developed during the afternoon. A resultant strike hit a male on Vilano Beach who was flying a kite, in a metal harness, with his son.
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Sea breeze thunderstorms developed during the afternoon. A resultant strike hit a male on Vilano Beach who was flying a kite, in a metal harness, with his son. The male was hit, the son was not affected by the strike.
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 1, 2:10 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 310 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTN THROUGH TUESDAY AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA... .SHORT TERM...THIS AFTN/EVENING...A SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHERN MS/AL WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NNE THIS AFTN WHILE THE PARENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUED TO DEEPENED OVER EAST TX AND THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. A PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE EDGE SLIGHTLY EAST BETWEEN FT WALTON BEACH AND TALLAHASSEE TODAY...WHILE OVER THE LOCAL AREA CONVECTION BLOSSOMED SOUTH OF I-10 EARLY THIS AFTN AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH ROTATED NORTHWARD FROM S-CENTRAL FL OVER AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. WARM AND BREEZY SOUTHERLY FLOW ENABLED TEMPS TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 EVEN ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. AS THE AFTN PROGRESSES...EXPECT MORE NUMEROUS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL ERUPT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NE FL AND OVER SE GA AS THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH PIVOTS OVER THE AREA. BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM WE ANTICIPATE THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS BETWEEN HIGHWAY 301 AND THE ATLANTIC COAST OVER NE FL WHERE SEA BREEZES...OUTFLOWS...SHORT WAVE TROUGH ENERGY ALOFT AND HIGH SFC BASED INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE. THIS CORRIDOR IS WHERE THE BEST CHANCE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLD STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE GREATEST HAZARD STRONG WIND GUSTS. SOME ROTATING CELLS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE GIVEN STRENGTHENING SPEED SHEAR. STORMS CELL WILL TRACK NORTH AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. TONIGHT...CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. CONVECTION ACROSS SE GA AND NE FL WILL PUSH OFFSHORE THIS EVENING...THEN AFTER MIDNIGHT RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM THE WEST AS THE PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE APPROACHES. BETWEEN 06Z-12Z HAVE LOW RAIN CHANCES OF 20-30% FROM DOUGLAS TO OCALA WESTWARD...WITH POPS <15% TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST. ALTHO RAIN CHANCES WILL BE LOW AND CONFINED TO OUR WESTERN ZONES...DYNAMICAL FORCING IN TERMS OF SPEED SHEAR WILL BE MODERATE...AND THUS SOME ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. FEEL THAT THE GREATEST AREA OF POTENTIAL STRONG STORMS DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS OUR SUWANNEE VALLEY ZONES WHERE LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO COULD ADVECT INLAND UNDER SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW. TEMPS WILL BE MILD IN THE LOW TO MID 70S WITH HUMID CONDITIONS. TUE...THE SURFACE FRONT WILL SLOWLY SHIFT ESE THROUGH THE DAY BEING DRIVEN NOT BY UPPER LEVEL FORCING (WHICH REMAINS SWLY) BUT BY SHALLOW RIDGING THAT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY WITH AN EASTWARD PROGRESSION DURING THE DAY...WITH THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES OF AROUND 50-60% ACROSS OUR SE FL ZONES IN THE LATE AFTN/EARLY EVENING WHERE HIGH INSTABILITY...POSSIBLY A SEA BREEZE AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL FORCING WILL COINCIDE WITH THE DIFFUSING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AGAIN MODERATE SHEAR VALUES SUPPORT A CHANCE OF A FEW ISOLATED STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS. WED & THU...WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BRIDGES THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS SW FLOW CONTINUES ALOFT. HIGH MEAN LAYER MOISTURE LAYS OUT ACROSS NE FL WED AFTN WITH MODELS INDICATING SHALLOW ONSHORE FLOW. SCENARIO FAVORS ISENTROPIC LIFT AND RESULTANT PRECIP OVER NE FL WED AFTN THROUGH THU...WITH THE MOISTURE SHIFTING NWD OVER SE GA THU ALONG THE DIFFUSED FRONTAL ZONE. RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN ELEVATED IN THE 40-50% RANGE. IF THIS EVENT PANS OUT...RAIN CHANCES MAY NEED TO BE RAISED INTO THE LIKELY (60-70%) RANGE. TEMPS WILL BE MILD WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW/MID 80S UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH MINS IN THE LOW/MID 60S INLAND DUE TO NORTHERLY DRAINAGE FLOW TO UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S ALONG THE EAST COAST. .LONG TERM...FRI THROUGH MON...UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS TO OUR NORTH. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL SAG FARTHER SOUTH OVER NE FL ON FRI AND WILL THUS ADVERTISE A RAIN CHANCE GRADIENT FROM AROUND 20% ACROSS SE GA TO ABOUT 30-40% ACROSS NE FL FOR MAINLY MORNING COASTAL SHOWERS AND AFTN SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SAT WINDS SHIFT MORE TO THE SSW IN ADVANCE OF A WASHED OUT APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WILL CONTINUE WITH A N-S PRECIP CHANCE DISTRIBUTION WITH ABOUT 20% OVER SE GA TO 30% OVER NE FL. THE FRONT MOVES OVER THE AREA LATE SAT NIGHT INTO SUN THEN BEGINS TO STALL OVER N-CENTRAL FL LATE SUN DUE TO LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUN AND MON TRAILING THE FRONT WITH RAIN CHANCES <15% AND TEMPS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO VALUES WITH MINS NEAR 60 WELL INLAND TO NEAR 70 COAST WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE LOW/MID 80S. && .AVIATION... SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 22Z-00Z FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA TERMINALS AND 02Z AT SSI. PERIODS OF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THIS ACTIVITY. ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER 02Z. LOW STRATUS IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS FOR CIGS NEAR 1000 FEET AT EACH TERMINAL. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED UP THROUGH 10000 FEET AT THE REGIONAL TERMINALS. && .MARINE... SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TONIGHT AND TUESDAY DUE TO SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS WITHIN HEAVIER ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS TODAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DECREASE BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT STALLS JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN LATE THIS WEEK...WITH MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS DEVELOPING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BY THURSDAY NIGHT. RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK THROUGH TUESDAY DUE TO INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS...BUILDING SEAS...AND A STRENGTHENING LONGSHORE CURRENT. && .FIRE WEATHER... DRIER AIR WILL TEMPORARILY FILTER INTO INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO NEAR 40 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 70 85 64 84 / 40 30 10 20 SSI 75 84 72 82 / 40 40 40 30 JAX 73 87 69 84 / 50 50 40 40 SGJ 75 87 72 84 / 50 50 40 40 GNV 72 85 68 85 / 40 40 30 50 OCF 73 86 70 86 / 50 50 40 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ENYEDI/NELSON/CHASE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 207 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2012 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136- 149>154-162>166-021000- ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM- ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-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- 207 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY ADVANCES TOWARD THE AREA. THE BEST RAIN RAIN CHANCES WILL BE FROM ABOUT 2 PM TO 8 PM. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SOME STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED. STORMS WILL TRACK TO THE NORTH AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. EASTERLY OCEAN SWELLS AND OCCASIONAL ONSHORE WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. A COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...WHICH MAY LEAD TO PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. ENYEDI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 429 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2012 FLZ037-040-012100- MARION-PUTNAM- 429 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 429 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT MCCOY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SALT SPRINGS...FORT MCCOY...ORANGE SPRINGS...HOG VALLEY... JOHNSON...MANNVILLE...INTERLACHEN AND HOLLISTER THROUGH 500 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 2956 8203 2971 8177 2932 8169 2925 8196 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 195DEG 20KT 2941 8193 ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 459 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2012 FLZ032-037-012145- CLAY-PUTNAM- 459 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL CLAY AND CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 459 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER HOLLISTER...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND MANNVILLE... INTERLACHEN...HOLLISTER...FLORAHOME AND CARRAWAY THROUGH 545 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 2992 8192 2999 8169 2960 8168 2954 8190 TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 198DEG 21KT 2967 8181 ZIBURA
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 39 year old male was struck by lightning while flying a kite in a metal harness with his son. There was light rain at the time, then the first observed lightning strike struck the man. CPR was administered at the scene, then he was transported to the hospital where has was in stable condition that night.
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