Pre-frontal showers and thunderstorms developed over the area during the afternoon. One severe storm impacted parts of Clay county causing hail and wind damage.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Pre-frontal showers and thunderstorms developed over the area during the afternoon. One severe storm impacted parts of Clay county causing hail and wind damage.
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 May 1, 9:14 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1014 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2014 .UPDATE... COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING SE GA AND FL BIG BEND REGION THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE SUWANNEE VALLEY OF NE FL AND WRN PORTION OF SE GA. SCTD SHOWERS ARE POPPING AHEAD OF THIS BAND AND WILL ADJUST POPS TO BRING SHOWERS IN A LITTLE SOONER TODAY. THE FRONT WILL DRIFT SLOWLY INTO SE GA THIS AFTN. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL PUSH THE SHOWERS/STORMS TOWARD THE EAST COAST. SKIES WILL BE CLOUDY FROM THE SUWANNEE VALLEY INTO SE GA THROUGH MIDDAY WHILE A VEIL OF MID/HIGH CLOUDS WITH PEAKS OF SUN WILL ALLOW THE SERN ZONES TO WARM AND DESTABILIZE A LITTLE MORE. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN THIS REGION FROM NOON TO 6 PM...AND WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS ACRS NE FL. && .AVIATION... HAVE ADDED VCSH AND MVFR CIGS AT SSI SINCE SHOWERS ARE POPPING OVER SE GA ALREADY. MAY NEED TO ADD VCSH BY 15Z FOR DUVAL COUNTY TERMINALS. WILL MONITOR RADAR FOR TRENDS. && .MARINE... NO HEADLINES. WINDS WILL BECOME SE THIS AFTN. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH TONIGHT/FRIDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT...WITH CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW HEADLINE CRITERIA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK TODAY...THEN MODERATE RISK EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AS FLOW BECOMES ONSHORE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 78 56 68 52 / 40 30 50 50 SSI 78 63 67 56 / 50 40 60 60 JAX 83 63 73 55 / 60 40 60 60 SGJ 82 67 74 59 / 60 40 60 60 GNV 85 66 75 57 / 60 40 60 60 OCF 86 66 78 60 / 60 40 60 60 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && TRABERT/ZIBURA/WALKER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 248 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2014 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-021000- 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- 248 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2014 ...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... ...SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL TODAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS. MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE SANTA FE RIVER AT THREE RIVER ESTATES. ELSEWHERE MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING CONTINUES WITHIN SEVERAL LOCAL RIVER BASINS. PLEASE REFER TO THE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA. MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE FOR THE SANTA FE RIVER AT THREE RIVERS ESTATES. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE WITHIN SEVERAL OTHER LOCAL RIVER BASINS. PLEASE REFER TO THE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .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), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:11 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were blown down near Gano Court. One was blown down on a vehicle, with no injuries reported.
Dime size hail was reported off of Wells Road in Orange Park.
Quarter size hail was reported off of Collins Road in and Blanding Blvd. in Orange Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, May 2014
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