A frontal boundary was lingering over SE Ga while unstable conditions and elevated moisture content fueled scattered storms along and south of the boundary.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A frontal boundary was lingering over SE Ga while unstable conditions and elevated moisture content fueled scattered storms along and south of the boundary.
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 30, 1:31 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 231 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013 .SHORT TERM...THROUGH TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO SE GA AND NOW THAT TEMPS HAVE HEATED UP INTO THE 90S...SHOWERS/STORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ALONG THE BOUNDARY. DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE MID 70S ACROSS SE GA AND SATELLITE BLENDED PRECIP WATER PRODUCT SHOWS PWATS ARE AROUND 1.9 INCHES. THERE IS ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...BUT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS DRY AIR ALOFT. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOW...GENERALLY 5 KTS. THE RESULT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE STRONGER STORMS...AND THE DRIER AIR IN MID LEVELS PROVIDES THE POTENTIAL FOR WET MICROBURSTS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SCTD SHOWERS/STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING THEN MOSTLY DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER NE FL TONIGHT AND WILL KEEP AT LEAST SILENT OR ISOLATED POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER/MID 70S. .SATURDAY THORUGH MONDAY...STALLED FRONT OVER SE GA WILL LIFT BACK NORTH ON SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AGAIN BY AFTERNOON AS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINES WITH SEABREEZES. LIGHT STEERING FLOW WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WEAK UPPER LOW OVER S FL WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTH INTO NE FL ON SUNDAY WHICH MAY ENHANCE SCATTERED P.M. CONVECTION. SW STEERING FLOW INCREASES ON MONDAY WHICH WILL FAVOR LATE DAY STORMS NEAR THE EAST COAST. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEFORE WASHING OUT WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE SHOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR CONVECTION ALONG WITH SEABREEZE FRONTS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL READINGS WITH POPS NEAR CLIMO. .AVIATION... HAVE TEMPO FOR TSRA AT SSI AND VCTS AT OTHER TERMINALS. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER 00Z. EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS AT GNV AND VQQ BETWEEN 09Z AND 13Z. && .MARINE... SURFACE RIDGE WILL REMAIN TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST WITH NOCTURNAL SURGES...POSSIBLY NEARING SCEC CONDITIONS OFFSHORE. SEAS WILL BE MOSTLY 1 TO 3 FEET. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK THROUGH SATURDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 72 93 72 94 / 30 30 30 40 SSI 77 89 76 89 / 20 30 10 30 JAX 72 92 72 92 / 30 40 30 40 SGJ 74 91 74 90 / 30 40 40 40 GNV 71 92 71 92 / 40 50 50 40 OCF 71 93 71 92 / 30 50 40 40 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && TRABERT/ZIBURA/WALKER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 409 AM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-311000- 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- 409 AM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013 ...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND INTO THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLIDE SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA AND EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. SLOW AND ERRATIC STORM MOTION WILL PROMOTE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND AGGRAVATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING CONCERNS. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. RIVER FLOODING WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THE FRONT WILL STALL AND LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EXTENDED HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND COMBINED WITH THE SEA BREEZES HELP FUEL SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND AGGRAVATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING CONCERNS. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION AND STALL BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH CONTINUED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AND CONTINUED RIVER FLOODING CONCERNS. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 545 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013 GAZ163-302230- CLINCH- 545 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL CLINCH COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 545 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTH OF DU PONT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND DU PONT THROUGH 630 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3085 8258 3087 8296 3101 8297 3103 8260 TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 017DEG 4KT 3095 8288 ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
622 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013
GAZ162-163-302300-
CLINCH-ECHOLS-
622 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN CLINCH
AND EASTERN ECHOLS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
VALID UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
AT 622 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DU PONT...MOVING SOUTH
AT 5 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
HOMERVILLE...DU PONT AND NEEDMORE THROUGH 700 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING
AREAS.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 3060 8256 3063 8299 3086 8296 3112 8297
3110 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 005DEG 7KT 3083 8279
ZIBURASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 636 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013 FLZ020-022-302300- COLUMBIA-HAMILTON- 636 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN COLUMBIA AND EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 636 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER BELMONT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND BELMONT THROUGH 700 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3059 8256 3040 8258 3040 8284 3061 8285 TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 021DEG 5KT 3050 8272 ZIBURA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
706 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013
FLZ021-035-302345-
GILCHRIST-SUWANNEE-
706 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN
GILCHRIST AND EASTERN SUWANNEE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL
AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 706 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES EAST OF SUWANNEE SPRINGS...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT
AREAS AROUND SUWANNEE SPRINGS...WELLBORN...LIVE OAK...HOUSTON...
OBRIEN AND MCALPIN THROUGH 745 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. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING
OF LOW-LYING AREAS.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.
LAT...LON 3040 8295 3039 8290 3034 8285 3034 8279
2999 8279 2999 8276 2997 8276 2993 8280
2985 8273 2976 8275 2982 8293 2983 8290
2988 8288 2989 8292 2995 8293 3009 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 028DEG 14KT 3037 8282
ALLENSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 708 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013 FLZ020-022-023-GAZ150-162-163-310000- BAKER-CLINCH-COLUMBIA-ECHOLS-HAMILTON-WARE- 708 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN WARE...SOUTHEASTERN CLINCH...SOUTHEASTERN ECHOLS...NORTHWESTERN BAKER...NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA AND NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 708 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTH OF FARGO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND NEEDMORE...FARGO AND BELMONT THROUGH 800 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. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. LAT...LON 3032 8232 3047 8290 3077 8277 3078 8219 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 028DEG 14KT 3061 8254 ALLEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
747 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013
FLZ020>022-310030-
COLUMBIA-HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-
747 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN
COLUMBIA...SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES FOR STRONG
WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 830 PM EDT...
AT 747 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER WHITE SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15
MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WHITE
SPRINGS...SUWANNEE VALLEY...SUWANNEE SPRINGS...WINFIELD...FIVE
POINTS...LAKE CITY...HOUSTON...WELLBORN AND LIVE OAK THROUGH 830 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. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING
AREAS.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.
LAT...LON 3051 8294 3036 8252 2997 8273 3009 8311
3010 8312 3010 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 028DEG 14KT 3032 8275
ALLENThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on Cotton Field Lane in the White Springs area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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