A trough of low pressure over SE Georgia combined with mid level impulses traversing the area under WSW flow produced strong to severe storms over an unstable afternoon airmass.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A trough of low pressure over SE Georgia combined with mid level impulses traversing the area under WSW flow produced strong to severe storms over an unstable afternoon airmass.
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 23, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 250 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 ...UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH TUE... .SHORT TERM...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SYNOPSIS...AN UNSETTLED DIURNAL PRECIP PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER SE GA AND NE FL TODAY AND TUESDAY UNDER A MOIST WSW STEERING FLOW. PWATS WILL NEAR 2 INCHES WITH HIGH LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY AND PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN WNW UPPER LEVEL FLOW...BOTH CONVECTIVE INGREDIENTS THAT FAVOR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL RAIN CHANCES THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS DURING THE AFTN/EVENING HOURS. DRIER AIR AIR AND SUBSIDENCE WILL ADVANCE OVER THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH WED WHICH WILL DECREASE TSTORM COVERAGE SOME. THIS AFTN...ABUNDANT DEBRIS CLOUDINESS FROM YESTERDAYS PRECIP HAS HELPED LIMIT INSTABILITY THIS AFTN AND THUS STORMS REMAIN FAIRLY TAME COMPARED TO THIS TIME YESTERDAY. ENE STEERING FLOW WILL FOCUS ACTIVITY OVER SE GA AND TOWARD THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN THIS AFTN/EARLY EVENING. A FEW STRONG TSTORMS MAY FORM AS BOUNDARY COLLISIONS OCCUR WITH THE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN HAZARDS. TONIGHT...PRECIP WILL TAPPER OFF AFTER SUNSET OVER INLAND AREAS AND OFFSHORE OF THE ATLANTIC COAST WHILE ACTIVITY WILL REGENERATE NEAR THE GULF COAST AND APALACHEE BAY UNDER WESTERLY STEERING FLOW. LINGERING CLOUDINESS TONIGHT WILL LIMIT FOG DEVELOPMENT WHILE A FEW AREAS COULD SEE SOME PATCHY LATE FOG DUE TO HIGH LOW LEVEL GROUND MOISTURE. TUE & TUE NIGHT...PRECIP WILL EDGE INLAND FROM THE GULF COAST REGION TOWARD GILCHRIST...ALACHUA...MARION AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH ACTIVITY PROGRESSING INLAND UNDER WSW STEERING FLOW TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH THE AFTN HOURS. ADVERTISED RAIN CHANCES INCREASING TO NEAR 60% OVER THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY BY MIDDAY WITH 60% RAIN CHANCES OVER SE GA AND THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN AND ATLANTIC COAST INTO TUE EVENING WITH ACTIVITY FADING AFTER SUNSET. TEMPS WILL AGAIN BE A BIT LOWER DUE TO LINGERING CONVECTIVE CLOUDS WITH HIGHS NEARING 90 DEG INLAND TO UPPER 80S COAST WITH MOIST AND STICKY DEW PTS IN THE LOW/MID 70S. TEMPS WILL COOL INTO THE LOWER 70S UNDER MOSTLY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TUE NIGHT. WED & WED NIGHT...GFS ADVERTISES THE MEAN LAYER 1000-500 MB RIDGE AXIS LIFTING NORTHWARD OVER SOUTH FL WITH A CENTER OVER EASTERN GULF WHICH WILL BRING INCREASED SUBSIDENCE OVER THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. THE GFS ADVERTISED A POCKET OF PWATS NEAR 1.5 INCHES TRAVERSING THE FORECAST AREA WHILE THE NAM IS MORE MOIST WITH PWATS 1.75 IN OR SO. ANTICIPATE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BE LESS IN COVERAGE ON WED DUE TO A BIT LESS AVAILABLE MOISTURE BUT SCATTERED AFTN TSTORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WIND GUST POTENTIAL GIVEN HIGH INSTABILITY AND THE PRESENCE OF DRIER AIR ALOFT. THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL REMAIN DOMINANT AND ADVERTISED LOW 20% RAIN CHANCES MOVING INLAND FROM THE GULF WED MORNING...WITH 40-50% RAIN CHANCES TOWARD THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN AND OVER INLAND SE GA DURING THE AFTN/EVENING. .LONG TERM...TROUGHING WILL PERSIST GENERALLY NORTH OF THE REGION WITH A PERSISTENT SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS MEANDERING OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN FL PENINSULA. THIS REGIME WILL BRING A DOMINANT WEST COAST SEA BREEZE PATTERN TO THE AREA...WITH PWATS AROUND 1.5-2 INCHES. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO AMPLIFY OVER THE EASTERN GULF COAST REGION INTO THE WEEKEND...WHICH WILL HELP TO TEMPER AFTN/EVENING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. BASICALLY ADVERTISED 30-40% RAIN CHANCES EACH PERIOD FOR NOW WITH THE GREATEST CHANCES OF PRECIP ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 301 CORRIDOR WHERE AFTN/EVENING SEA BREEZE/OUTFLOW COLLISIONS WILL FOCUS. TEMPS NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW/MID 90S AND MINS IN THE LOW/MID 70S. && .AVIATION...TEMPO MVFR DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVENING AT ALL TERMINALS. BASED ON DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS AND HIGH INSTABILITY...INCLUDED CONVECTIVE WIND GUSTS IN THUNDERSTORMS TO 30 KTS WITHIN TEMPO GROUPS. CONVECTION WILL WANE AFTER SUNSET WITH LINGERING PRECIP NEAR SSI/CRG POSSIBLE...WITH REDEVELOPMENT OF PRECIP NEAR THE GULF COAST EARLY TUE MORNING UNDER PREVAILING WEST FLOW. INCLUDED TEMPO MVFR AFTER 07Z TONIGHT AT CRG AND VQQ DUE TO GROUND FOG AND PERSISTENCE. ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY AFTN TS EXPECTED TUE AFTN. && .MARINE...OFFSHORE FLOW 10 KTS OR LESS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SAT WITH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS OVER SOUTH FL AND TROUGHING PERSISTING TO THE NORTH ALONG THE SE ATLANTIC SEABOARD. WSW WINDS WILL BECOME SSE NEAR THE COAST IN THE AFTN/EVENING WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS NEARING 10-15 KTS AT NIGHT POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL RANGE FROM 1-3 FT. NO HEADLINES EXPECTED. AFTERNOON AND EVENING TSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE NEARSHORE WATERS EACH PERIOD. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK TODAY AND TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 71 90 70 94 / 50 60 60 50 SSI 75 86 74 90 / 50 60 60 40 JAX 71 91 72 93 / 50 60 60 50 SGJ 73 88 73 89 / 50 60 60 40 GNV 70 90 71 93 / 40 60 50 40 OCF 71 90 71 93 / 30 50 40 40 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ENYEDI/SANDRIK/MCALLISTER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 254 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-241000- 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- 254 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST TO EAST OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER BASIN. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH INLAND AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG. .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. PP/ABE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
321 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
FLZ024-GAZ164-165-232000-
CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-NASSAU-
321 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CHARLTON...
CAMDEN AND NASSAU COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID
UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 321 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 5 MILES WEST OF KINGS FERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
HILLIARD...HOMELAND...FOLKSTON AND KINGS FERRY THROUGH 400 PM EDT.
HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 3083 8168 3074 8169 3060 8198 3074 8217
3078 8216 3079 8224 3082 8229 3109 8187
3084 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 247DEG 8KT 3081 8191
STRUBLESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
323 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
FLZ025-232015-
DUVAL-
323 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR DUVAL COUNTY
FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 324 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES EAST OF FORT CAROLINE...MOVING
NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND CRAIG FIELD...SAN PABLO...NEPTUNE BEACH...JACKSONVILLE
BEACH...FORT CAROLINE...MAYPORT...TALBOT ISLAND AND LITTLE TALBOT
ISLAND THROUGH 415 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER
AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
MINOR DAMAGE.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 3030 8158 3054 8157 3054 8155 3052 8154
3055 8152 3056 8152 3056 8149 3053 8148
3049 8141 3028 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 189DEG 4KT 3038 8146
STRUBLEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
324 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG HIGH SPRINGS 29.82N 82.59W
06/22/2014 ALACHUA FL UTILITY COMPANY
POWER LINES HAD DAMAGE DUE TO FALLEN TREES AND LARGE TREE
LIMBS. TRANSFORMERS WERE DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES.
&&
AENYEDIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
328 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0324 PM TSTM WND GST MAYPORT 30.38N 81.41W
06/23/2014 M37 MPH DUVAL FL AWOS
&&
AENYEDIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
345 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM TSTM WND GST 5 W MAYPORT 30.39N 81.50W
06/23/2014 M41 MPH DUVAL FL MESONET
&&
AWALKERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
352 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
FLZ040-232030-
MARION-
352 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MARION COUNTY
FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 352 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 6 MILES EAST OF WEIRSDALE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND WEIRSDALE...OCKLAWAHA...LAKE WEIR...MOSS BLUFF...JUNIPER
SPRINGS AND SALT SPRINGS THROUGH 430 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER
INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 2937 8180 2934 8168 2931 8167 2928 8164
2905 8163 2904 8165 2896 8166 2895 8166
2896 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 217DEG 24KT 2900 8181
STRUBLEThe Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down near the St. Marys River west of Kingland.
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