Hail, Coffee
- When
- June 10, 4:07 PM EST
- Where
- Coffee County, 0.69 mi N of Douglas Muni Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.490, -82.850
Quarter to dime size hail was observed.
Hail in Georgia, June 10, 2012
Mean layer troughing to the west of the area and high pressure to the south funneled a moist and unstable airmass over the area. Scattered severe storms developed in the afternoon and evening.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Mean layer troughing to the west of the area and high pressure to the south funneled a moist and unstable airmass over the area. Scattered severe storms developed in the afternoon and evening.
What forecasters said that day
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, 1:43 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 1:43 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 243 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...STRONG STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY... .SHORT TERM...NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY... REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH STRONG STORMS WITH WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL OF SOME DAMAGING WINDS WITH HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS WELL. STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE JAX METRO AREA. ACTIVITY WILL FADE AFTER SUNSET AND SHOULD BASICALLY END ACROSS NE FL AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN JUST SOME ISOLD SHOWERS/STORMS ACROSS SE GA WHERE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL LINGER AS DRY SLOT WITH MID/UPPER LEVEL DRIER AIR SETTLES OVER NE FL FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GENERAL STORM MOTION THIS EVENING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AROUND 15 KNOTS. MONDAY...LARGE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF APPROACHING TROF AND ASSOCD WITH ONGOING CONVECTION OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY WILL BE PUSHED INTO INLD SE GA WITH MODELS DIFFERING ON HOW MUCH MOISTURE PUSHES INTO THE RIDGE OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. AT THE VERY LEAST NUMEROUS/WIDESPREAD HEAVY TSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS SE GA WITH SCTD/NUMEROUS ACTIVITY EXPECTED ACRS NE FL BY THE AFTERNOON AS MORNING SUNSHINE SHOULD PUSH TEMPS INTO THE LOWER 90S IN MANY LOCATIONS WITH HEAT INDICES CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES. NOT SURE IF FLOOD WATCH WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS SE GA SINCE THEY HAVE MISSED SOME OF THE STORMS OVER PREVIOUS DAYS. HPC 5 DAY QPF FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWS A GENERAL 1-2 INCHES ACRS NE FL AND 2-3 INCHES ACROSS SE GA WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. MONDAY NIGHT...STRONG DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL WIND DOWN DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT TSTM ACTIVITY AHEAD OF APPROACHING TROF MAY CONTINUE SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS INLD SE GA AND THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY WITH SOME INCHING EASTWARD TOWARDS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE SLOWER MOVING ACTIVITY. TUESDAY...MID/UPPER LEVEL TROF AXIS PUSHES INTO THE FORECAST AREA WITH PRECIP WATER AMOUNTS STILL CLOSE TO 2 INCHES. WESTERLY STEERING FLOW AROUND 10 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH STORMS ALL THE WAY TO THE BEACHES BUT SLOW STORM MOTION WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS/WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL. HIGHS STILL RUNNING CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES. WEDNESDAY...TROF AXIS LINGERS DIRECTLY OVER THE REGION AND EXPECT AT LEAST NUMEROUS COVERAGE OF TSTM ACTIVITY BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH STRONG STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. MAX TEMPS WILL SURGE QUICKLY INTO THE LOWER 90S AHEAD OF AFTERNOON RAINFALL. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... DIURNAL SCATTERED TSTM ACTIVITY EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD AS RIDGING BUILDS IN ALOFT NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINS TO TRIGGER DAILY CONVECTION. MAX TEMPS WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL VALUES AROUND 90 DEGREES. && .AVIATION... IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN PASSING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION. CONVECTION WILL WIND DOWN BY THIS EVENING AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR CEILINGS LATE TONIGHT CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT BUT CONFIDENCE IS RATHER LOW AT THIS TIME. && .MARINE... WINDS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTH TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 15 KNOTS OVER THE OFFSHORE ZONES. SEAS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 FEET. SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL BECOME OFFSHORE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS SOUTH OF THE AREA. NO HEADLINES. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 90 70 90 / 60 70 70 80 SSI 74 85 73 86 / 40 60 60 70 JAX 72 90 70 89 / 50 60 60 70 SGJ 73 86 72 87 / 30 40 40 70 GNV 72 92 70 90 / 40 60 60 70 OCF 72 93 70 91 / 40 60 60 60 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && HESS/SHULER/KEEGAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 9:00 AM EST, 7 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1000 AM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-111029- 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- 1000 AM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY... ...SCATTERED STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL STILL POSSIBLE IN HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A TROPICAL AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE. A FASTER STORM MOTION TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL LESSEN THE WIDESPREAD FLOODING THREAT...BUT LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE IN RAIN-SATURATED AREAS IS LIKELY. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NUMEROUS TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. .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. ENYEDI/JCH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:46 PM EST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
446 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
GAZ132-149-102115-
ATKINSON-COFFEE-
446 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL
ATKINSON AND SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL
HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 446 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 2 MILES NORTH OF PEARSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
PEARSON...DOUGLAS AND NICHOLLS THROUGH 515 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE
QUARTER 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.
LAT...LON 3163 8279 3153 8259 3147 8260 3147 8263
3144 8262 3127 8281 3134 8296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 215DEG 19KT 3135 8284
TRABERTSpecial weather statement, Jun 10, 3:47 PM EST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 447 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 FLZ032-033-037-102130- CLAY-PUTNAM-ST. JOHNS- 447 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN CLAY... NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM AND CENTRAL ST. JOHNS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 448 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOSTWICK...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALATKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND PALATKA...ORANGE MILLS... EAST PALATKA...CARRAWAY...BOSTWICK...HASTINGS...PICOLATA...GREEN COVE SPRINGS AND BAKERSVILLE THROUGH 530 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER 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. LAT...LON 3002 8176 2995 8145 2961 8154 2972 8189 TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 213DEG 15KT 2976 8168 NELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:53 PM EST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 453 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 FLZ040-102145- MARION- 453 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 454 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES EAST OF LYNNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LYNNE THROUGH 545 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING 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. LAT...LON 2937 8181 2930 8167 2911 8182 2918 8200 TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 211DEG 6KT 2921 8186 NELSON
Local storm report, Jun 10, 3:54 PM EST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
454 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0449 PM HAIL 10 SW OCALA 29.08N 82.25W
06/10/2012 M0.25 INCH MARION FL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL ON FLORIDA 200.
&&
SPCLocal storm report, Jun 10, 3:59 PM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
459 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM LIGHTNING 2 SSW JACKSONVILLE HEIG 30.22N 81.80W
06/10/2012 DUVAL FL 911 CALL CENTER
HOUSE FIRE DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKE. EXTENT OF DAMAGE
UNKNOWN.
&&
DSHULERSpecial weather statement, Jun 10, 4:06 PM EST, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 506 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 FLZ036-040-102145- ALACHUA-MARION- 506 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALACHUA AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 506 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES WEST OF LOWELL...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CITRA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LOWELL...REDDICK...FLEMINGTON... CITRA...MICANOPY...MCINTOSH...LOCHLOOSA AND CROSS CREEK THROUGH 545 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING 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. LAT...LON 2952 8232 2953 8206 2926 8217 2931 8233 TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 192DEG 9KT 2935 8224 NELSON
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, June 10, 2012
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 10, 2012
- Rip Current in New Jersey, June 10, 2012
- Excessive Heat in Texas, June 10, 2012
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 10, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 10, 2012
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 10 to 30, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 10, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 10 to 11, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, June 10 to 11, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, June 10, 2012
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 10, 2012
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2012
Sources
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: 393696.