A warm front lifted northward over the Florida peninsula. During the afternoon, the front combined with an upper level short wave trough combined to trigger scattered severe storms over northeast Florida during the afternoon and evening hours.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A warm front lifted northward over the Florida peninsula. During the afternoon, the front combined with an upper level short wave trough combined to trigger scattered severe storms over northeast Florida during the afternoon and evening hours.
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 Apr 14, 8:23 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 923 AM EDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED STRONG STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .UPDATE... CLOUDS ARE THICKENING AND LOWERING NORTH OF I-10 TO THE WEST OF JAX...AND THE SATELLITE BLENDED PRECIP WATER SHOWS MOISTURE INCREASING FROM THE SW. SHOWERS ARE MOVING INTO SE GA AND SUWANNEE VALLEY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AS EXPECTED. KJAX MORNING SOUNDING SHOWS ATMOSPHERE BELOW 700MB IS VERY DRY AND EXPECT A FEW HOURS WILL BE NEEDED TO SLOWLY MOISTEN THE LOWER LEVELS NEAR THE EAST COAST. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A LOW/WAVE FORMING OVER SOUTHERN LA WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SEWD ACROSS THE GULF. AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH TODAY...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO THE FORECAST AREA. ADDING TO THE INSTABILITY WILL BE A SHORTWAVE TRACKING EAST ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTN INTO THE EVENING HOURS. FORECAST IS ON TRACK FOR THIS MORNING. && .AVIATION...MID AND HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. CIGS WILL LOWER WITH MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AFTER 18Z WITH RAIN BECOMING WIDESPREAD WITH ISOLD TSRA. IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT MAINLY AFTER 06Z. && .MARINE...EASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS TODAY WITH SEAS INCREASING TO 2 TO 4 FOOT RANGE. RAIN WILL INCREASE OVER THE WATERS BY MID AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SCEC CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT MAINLY OFFSHORE. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 76 62 83 64 / 70 70 20 20 SSI 73 65 78 64 / 60 70 30 20 JAX 79 64 84 63 / 60 70 40 20 SGJ 77 65 82 65 / 50 70 40 20 GNV 81 65 87 64 / 70 70 40 20 OCF 83 66 88 64 / 70 70 30 20 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && MKT/MZ/AW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 259 AM EDT SUN APR 14 2013 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-151000- 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- 259 AM EDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL DEVELOP ON THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY TONIGHT. THIS SCENARIO WILL ALLOW FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. ISOLATED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AS WELL WITH GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION ON MONDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO REPORT ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. JCH
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:00 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A house fire was started by lightning near Manorville Drive and Montsville Ct. The cost of damage was unknown and estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.
Trees and power lines were blown down at Birch Street and Lakeview Trail.
Nickel size hail was reported in Lake Weir.
One inch hail was reported NE of Ocklawaha.
Trees were blown down along NW 66th Blvd.
Trees were blown down along 24th Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, April 2013
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: 439356, 439352, 439358, 439357, 439353, 439354.