TS Dorian was offshore of the NE Florida Atlantic Coast and tracked NE during the day. Scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms developed along the sea breezes.
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TS Dorian was offshore of the NE Florida Atlantic Coast and tracked NE during the day. Scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms developed along the sea breezes.
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 Aug 3, 8:51 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 951 AM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 ...ANY IMPACTS FROM DORIAN TO REMAIN EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA... .UPDATE... FORECAST AREA REMAINS IN WEAK NORTHWEST STEERING FLOW PATTERN IN BETWEEN TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD) DORIAN EAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE NEXT APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROF/CONVECTION OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WHICH WILL DROP INTO THE SERN U.S. LATER TODAY. LOCALLY...THIS WILL ALLOW MOISTURE IN PLACE TO DEVELOP ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS OVER INLAND AREAS WHICH WILL TRACK TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 5-10 MPH AND SHOULD MAKE IT TO THE BEACHES/NEARSHORE COASTAL WATERS LATE IN THE DAY/EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE ACTIVITY DIMINISHES AFTER SUNSET AND ENDS BY MIDNIGHT. MAX TEMPS TODAY TO REACH INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S OVER INLAND AREAS AND UPPER 80S AT THE BEACHES AS SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS AND SHOULD PUSH INLAND TO THE I-95 CORRIDOR JUST WEST OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. && .AVIATION... CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE OF MAINLY VFR CONDS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. TSTM CHANCES WILL REMAIN LOW ENOUGH TO JUST KEEP THEM IN THE VICINITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. && .MARINE... WITH TD DORIAN STAYING JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE COASTAL WATERS EXPECT OFFSHORE FLOW AT GENERALLY 15 KNOTS OR LESS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY WITH SEAS OF 2-4 FT. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN JUST OUTSIDE OF THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS WITH VERY LITTLE IMPACT FROM TD DORIAN EXPECTED IN THE REGION. RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK OF RIPS DUE TO SOME SWELLS PUSHING INTO THE COAST FROM TD DORIAN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 93 73 93 72 / 30 20 40 30 SSI 88 78 89 77 / 30 30 40 40 JAX 90 73 91 73 / 30 30 40 40 SGJ 88 74 89 74 / 30 30 30 30 GNV 90 72 91 72 / 30 30 30 30 OCF 90 73 91 74 / 30 20 30 30 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && HESS/GUILLET
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 809 AM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-041008- ALACHUA- ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-APPLING- ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-CAMDEN (COASTAL)- CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS- FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT TO 20 NM-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST- GLYNN (COASTAL)-GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU- PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE- UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 809 AM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... TROPICAL DEPRESSION DORIAN ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE WILL SLOWLY DRIFT NORTH TODAY THEN NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AWAY FROM THE REGION. VERY LITTLE IMPACT IS EXPECTED TO THE FORECAST AREA EXCEPT FOR A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL BEACHES TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR MORE DETAILS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY OVER THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...WITH GRADUAL PROGRESSION TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN NEXT WEEK. .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.
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:10 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was observed about 3 miles SW of Fernandina Beach over the Intracoastal Waterway.
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