sparked scattered strong and rotating storms over the area during the afternoon and evening near the east coast.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Deep tropical moisture combined with a weakening cold front front approaching southwest Georgia in concert with the east coast sea breeze and outflow boundaries...sparked scattered strong and rotating storms over the area during the afternoon and evening near the east coast.
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 3, 1:57 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 257 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013 ...HIGH RAIN CHANCES WITH ISOLATED STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY... .SHORT TERM....NEAR TERM (THROUGH SUNSET)... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD NORTHEAST FL WELL IN ADVANCE OF A WEAKENING COLD FRONT THAT IS SLOWLY ADVANCING THROUGH SOUTHEAST GA. THIS FRONT WILL ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA THROUGH SUNSET. MAIN THREATS IN THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WITHIN HEAVIER PULSE STORMS THAT DEVELOP. CONVECTION OVER NORTHEAST FL IS INCREASING IN COVERAGE WHILE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 15 KTS. THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INLAND...AND WILL ENHANCE CONVERGENCE ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WE HAVE INDICATED LIKELY POPS ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE EXPECTED ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. TONIGHT...FRONT WASHES OUT OVER SE GA AND SAGS OVER NORTH FL. CONTINUED WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER FLORIDA ZONES...WITH PATCHY FOG EXPECTED OVER INLAND SE GA WHERE LESS CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED. HUMID OVER NIGHT LOW TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW 70S INLAND TO MID 70S COAST UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. TUE THROUGH WED...THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER N FL TRIES TO MORPH AND LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT TUE OVER SE GA...BUT THE BOUNDARY IS SUPPRESSED SOUTHWARD AND LINGERS OVER S GA WED DUE TO A WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NOSING DOWN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS. THIS LINGERING FRONT...HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CREEPING NORTHWARD FROM SOUTH FL...AND INCREASING UPPER LEVEL SW FLOW SUPPORT HIGH RAIN CHANCES WITH A DIURNAL TREND DURING THROUGH THE PERIOD. WILL INDICATED 20-30% CHANCES OF MORNING SHOWERS/ISOLATED TSTORMS OVER NEAR THE MEANDERING FRONTAL ZONE TUE MORNING OVER NE FL...THEN RAISE RAIN CHANCES INTO THE 60-70% RANGE TUE AFTN ACROSS THE INTERIOR WHERE BOUNDARY COLLISIONS ARE MOST FAVORED. WED THE FRONT WILL LINGER OVER SE GA WHERE NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...THEN WILL ADVERTISE AROUND 605 RAIN CHANCES DURING THE AFTN. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTN/EVENING WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW TEMPS NEAR 70 INLAND TO MID 70S COAST AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90. .LONG TERM...THU THROUGH MON... THU & FRI...DEEP LAYER TROPICAL MOISTURE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SOUTHERN JET STREAM POSITIONS OVER SE GA AND THE FL PENINSULA AS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO DRIFTS NNE IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER TROUGH CARVING OUT OVER THE MS RIVER VALLEY. THE INTENSITY AND EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW LEVEL GULF LOW ARE STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT FOR THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA THIS REGIME DEFINITELY FAVORS ABOVE NORMAL PRECIP CHANCES ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTN/EVENING WHEN INSTABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST...ALTO TEMPS WILL BE TEMPERED BY ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER. WILL CONTINUE WITH RAIN CHANCES IN THE 40-50% RANGE WITH A N-S GRADIENT DUE TO SLIGHTLY LOW MOISTURE VALUES OVER SE GA. THE MAIN CONVECTIVE CONCERN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS...WITH THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER 5-DAY RAINFALL OUTLOOK ADVERTISING WIDESPREAD 2-3 INCHES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. LOWERED DAYTIME HIGHS INTO THE MID/UPPER 80S DUE TO CLOUD COVER...WITH HUMID NIGHTTIME CONDITIONS WITH LOWS IN THE LOW/MID 70S. SAT-MON...AS THE SURFACE LOW DRIFTS NNE OF THE REGION IT WILL TRAIL A LOW LEVEL TROUGH AXIS OVER THE AREA. ALTHO MEAN LAYER MOISTURE VALUES DECREASE...GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF MEAN LAYER TROUGHING MEANDERING OVER THE AREA AND HIGH LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY...WILL ADVERTISE A DIURNAL TREND IN RAIN CHANCES IN THE 40% RANGE EACH DAY. TEMPS WILL MODERATE TO NEAR CLIMO HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 INLAND WITH HUMID OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPS IN THE LOW 70S. && .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND IMPACT THE TERMINALS THROUGH 00Z...WITH PERIODS OF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS AND BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 KTS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME FRAME. ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE AFTER 01Z. EXPECT IFR/LIFR CIGS TO DEVELOP AFTER 06Z...ESPECIALLY AT GNV AND VQQ. IFR CIGS WILL BE ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT JAX...CRG...AND SSI BETWEEN 09Z AND 13Z. CIGS SHOULD LIFT TO MVFR OR VFR TOWARDS 14Z. && .MARINE...SSW 10-15 KTS TONIGHT WITH SEAS 2-4 FT. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS EXPECTED ON TUE WITH A FRONT LINGERING OVER THE AREA...THEN SOUTH WINDS SLOWLY INCREASE WED INTO THU AS THE GULF LOW DRAWS A BIT CLOSER. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS WITH WINDS 15-20 KTS AND SEAS UP TO 6 FT OFFSHORE LIKELY LATE THU INTO SAT AS THE LOW CROSS THE FL PENINSULA. RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK TODAY WITH LOW RISK LIKELY ON TUE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 90 71 89 / 70 70 60 60 SSI 75 84 75 83 / 60 40 30 30 JAX 73 87 71 86 / 70 60 40 50 SGJ 73 84 73 83 / 60 40 30 40 GNV 72 88 71 87 / 40 70 60 60 OCF 73 87 72 87 / 40 70 60 60 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ENYEDI/NELSON/PETERSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1125 AM EDT MON JUN 3 2013 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-041530- 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- 1125 AM EDT MON JUN 3 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... ...A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES AT AREA BEACHES DUE TO A LINGERING EASTERLY OCEAN SWELL. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA...AND WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BY THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY. PORTIONS OF THE AREA COULD SEE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. .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. NELSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 226 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013 GAZ150-163-031915- CLINCH-WARE- 226 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN WARE AND NORTHERN CLINCH COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 226 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF ARGYLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ARGYLE...MANOR...WARESBORO...NEEDHAM...EMERSON PARK...PEBBLE HILL...BOGGY BAY...HEBARDVILLE AND WAYCROSS THROUGH 315 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3132 8241 3107 8226 3102 8272 3116 8272 TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 247DEG 19KT 3114 8262 NELSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 254 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013 FLZ022-023-031945- BAKER-COLUMBIA- 254 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN BAKER AND EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 254 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM EAST OF LAKE CITY NEAR WATERTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WATERTOWN AND FIVE POINTS THROUGH 345 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3044 8248 3028 8233 3013 8255 3023 8266 TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 211DEG 10KT 3021 8257 ENYEDI
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:24 UTC.
4 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was spotted near Interstate 95 north of Brunswick near the Golden Isles Parkway. The time given was based on radar.
The Georgia State Patrol received a funnel cloud report near Brunswick. The time was based on radar.
The Georgia State Patrol received a funnel cloud report on State Road 25 northwest of Jekyll Island. The time was based on radar.
A funnel cloud was reported just east of the St. Simons Island Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 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: 453450, 453451, 453452, 453453.