A meandering surface front over the area in concert with the sea breezes and an approaching mid level impulse spawned scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A meandering surface front over the area in concert with the sea breezes and an approaching mid level impulse spawned scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
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 Apr 13, 7:55 AM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 855 AM EDT MON APR 13 2015 ...UNSETTLED PATTERN TO CONTINUE THIS WEEK... .UPDATE... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS PERCHED ALONG THE FL/GA BORDER. THE NEXT IMPULSE IS RIDING ALONG THE BOUNDARY APPROACHING THE FL PANHANDLE. AN AREA OF MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS ACCOMPANY THIS FEATURE APPROACHING INTERIOR SE GA THIS MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS OFFSHORE. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIFT TO THE NORTH LATER TODAY AS THE IMPULSE CROSSES SE GA. THE COMBINATION OF THE FRONT...THE PRECIP OFFSHORE MOVING TO THE WEST AS LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES SE...AND SEABREEZES...WILL LEAD TO A RATHER WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED/SCATTERED TSTMS THIS AFTN...WITH THE HIGHEST COVERAGE ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS WITH THE INTERSECTION OF THE ABOVE FEATURES. STEERING FLOW IS ONLY A LITTLE GREATER THAN SUNDAY...AND WITH RICH DEEP LAYER MOISTURE PER THIS MORNINGS KJAX SOUNDING...HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL REMAINS THE MAIN FCST CONCERN. WITH THE LOCALIZED NATURE OF THE HEAVY RAIN...WILL NOT ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH...USING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE FCST THIS AFTN INTO EARLY EVENING. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S WILL GENERALLY PREVAIL. && .AVIATION... LIFR CIGS AT GNV WILL ERODE BY LATE MORNING...OTHERWISE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO THIS AFTN. ANOTHER ROUND OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED/SCATTERED TSTMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTN...WITH MVFR/LOCAL IFR IN THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY. WILL USE VCTS FOR THE TSTMS FOR NOW. && .MARINE... E/SE WINDS 10-15 KNOTS WILL PREVAIL TODAY...VEERING TO THE SOUTH TONIGHT. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK THROUGH TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 82 66 85 67 / 80 60 70 20 SSI 76 68 81 67 / 40 20 60 30 JAX 83 67 85 67 / 60 40 60 30 SGJ 81 68 83 67 / 40 30 60 30 GNV 85 66 85 67 / 80 60 50 20 OCF 86 67 85 67 / 70 60 50 20 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ALLEN/WALSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 355 AM EDT MON APR 13 2015 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-141000- COASTAL WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-INLAND NASSAU-INLAND DUVAL-UNION- BRADFORD-CLAY-ST. JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION- COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING- WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN- ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 355 AM EDT MON APR 13 2015 ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE OVER INLAND AREAS AS THE SEA BREEZE MOVES INLAND. THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL PROMOTE HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED ONE TO THREE RAINFALL TOTALS...ALONG WITH TEMPORARY/LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE ACTIVITY WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS...THEN FADE AFTER SUNSET...WITH MOST ACTIVITY ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. STRONGER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF ANY WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR THEIR AREA...AND TO RELAY ANY FLOODING REPORTS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
941 AM EDT MON APR 13 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W BRYCEVILLE 30.39N 82.01W
04/12/2015 NASSAU FL DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS HORSESHOE CIRCLE. THE COUNTY
ROAD DEPT REMOVED THE DEBRIS THIS MORNING.
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AENYEDIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1249 PM EDT MON APR 13 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM FLOOD 5 ENE BAXLEY 31.80N 82.27W
04/12/2015 APPLING GA EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGHWAY 144 NORTHEAST OF BAXLEY IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOOD
WATERS CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL.
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WALSHThe Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:19 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down at Royal Palms Parkway and Rymfire Drive. The cost of damage was estimated.
A lightning strike in Macclenny injured two. A structure fire was also caused. The cost of damage was unknown.
A tree fell on a home on Southwest Pinemount Road. The cost of damage was unknown, but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, April 2015
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: 568550, 568539, 568540.