Pulse severe storms fired along the Interstate 75 corridor during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Storms produced wet microbursts and marginally severe hail.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Pulse severe storms fired along the Interstate 75 corridor during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Storms produced wet microbursts and marginally severe hail.
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 31, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 245 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... ANTICIPATE SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE OVER INTERIOR PART OF FL PENINSULA LATE TODAY...WHEN/WHERE GREATEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/T-STORMS SHOULD BE...AS SUGGESTED BY HI-RES MODEL GUIDANCE. VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING CLEARING BEHIND EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AS IT MOVES INLAND...AND RAIN CHANCES FOR EASTERN COUNTIES WILL DIMINISH AS SEA BREEZE MOVES W OF I-95 CORRIDOR. FOR TONIGHT...MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS SCATTERED SHOWERS/T-STORMS WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH OVER WRN HALF OF FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING...AND THIS IS SHOWN IN HOURLY POP GRIDS. DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AREA- WIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT. CURRENT LOW TEMP FORECAST OF 67-70 INLAND...LOWER 70S COAST LOOKS GOOD. FOR MONDAY...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE JUST N OF AREA BREAKS DOWN AS UPPER SYSTEM STARTS TO APPROACH FROM THE WEST. AFTER MANY DAYS OF DEEP E TO SE FLOW... MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS A CHANGE TO S OR SW IN 925-850 MB LAYER. THIS SUGGESTS GREATER RAINFALL POTENTIAL FOR CENTRAL AREAS AND POSSIBLY INLAND EASTERN AREAS AS WELL MONDAY AFTERNOON. UNSTABLE AIRMASS SHOULD SUPPORT AT LEAST SCATTERED COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/T-STORMS ALONG SLOWLY ADVANCING EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AND ADVANCING WEST COAST SEA BREEZE. HAVE 40-50 POP MOST INLAND AREAS MON AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD BE NEAR 90 WELL INLAND...UPPER 80S EASTERN COUNTIES...MID 80S IMMEDIATE COAST. .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... SCATTERED SHWRS/TSTMS INLAND MONDAY EVENING WILL DECREASE FOR THE OVERNIGHT. FOR TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...UPPER TROUGHING WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL GULF STATES...WITH A STALLED FRONT NW OF THE AREA. A DEEPER MOISTURE PROFILE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED/NUMEROUS SHWRS AND TSTMS TUESDAY AFTN/EARLY EVENING. A SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER TROUGH MAY RESULT IN ACTIVITY LINGERING LONGER INTO THE NIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. WITH THE REGION CLOSER TO THE UPPER TROUGH EXPECT A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL. .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE LITTLE THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK...WEAKENING OVER THE WEEKEND AS IT MOVES OVER THE LOCAL AREA. THERE CONTINUES TO BE BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE POTENTIAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE FL STRAITS...WITH A WEAK CLOSED LOW LATE WEEK MOVING NE BY THE WEEKEND. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURE FOR THE LONG TERM...PRODUCING ABOVE NORMAL POPS FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WITHIN A COUPLE DEGREES OF NORMAL WILL PREVAIL. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EXCEPT FOR LOWER CONDITIONS VICINITY AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA WHICH SHOULD MAINLY BE CONFINED TO AREAS WEST OF OUR EASTERN TAF SITES. CONFINED TEMPO TSRA WITH GUSTY WINDS TO KGNV. POTENTIAL FOR WET MICROBURSTS FROM ANY STRONG STORM THAT DEVELOPS. && .MARINE... AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NORTH OF THE WATERS BREAKS DOWN...WILL SEE EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW THIS AFTERNOON TO BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY AROUND 10 KT...WITH SEAS MAINTAINING 3-5 FT WITH CONTINUED 2 FT EASTERLY SWELL. SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH SPEEDS LESS THAN 15 KNOTS WILL PREVAIL TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BACKING TO THE EAST THURSDAY...AND TO THE NE FRIDAY. RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK THROUGH MONDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 68 89 68 87 / 40 50 40 60 SSI 72 83 74 80 / 10 20 30 50 JAX 69 88 69 85 / 10 40 20 60 SGJ 71 84 72 81 / 10 20 20 50 GNV 68 89 70 86 / 30 50 50 60 OCF 69 90 70 86 / 30 50 40 60 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ALLEN/WOLF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 403 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-010815- 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- 403 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 ...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN ZONES LATE TODAY... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE I-75 CORRIDOR AND ACROSS WELL INLAND PORTIONS OF SE GA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. JDS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 343 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 FLZ040-312030- MARION FL- 343 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 343 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LYNNE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JUNIPER SPRINGS...LYNNE...MOSS BLUFF AND BURBANK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 2912 8170 2904 8189 2927 8206 2938 8179 TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 152DEG 4KT 2915 8184 ALLEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
553 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
FLZ036-312245-
ALACHUA FL-
553 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALACHUA COUNTY UNTIL
645 PM EDT...
AT 553 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALACHUA...OR 13 MILES WEST OF GAINESVILLE. THIS
STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALACHUA...ARCHER AND NEWBERRY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 2974 8266 2975 8245 2954 8239 2953 8265
2955 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 357DEG 3KT 2968 8255
ALLENSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
556 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
GAZ132-149-312245-
ATKINSON GA-COFFEE GA-
556 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ATKINSON AND WESTERN
COFFEE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
AT 555 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTH OF AMBROSE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOUGLAS...PEARSON...WILLACOOCHEE...BROXTON...AMBROSE AND PRIDGEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAT...LON 3151 8308 3156 8306 3161 8306 3163 8301
3166 8301 3166 8300 3178 8300 3179 8298
3178 8292 3179 8290 3125 8278 3124 8305
3128 8303 3131 8306 3134 8307 3135 8309
3137 8311 3147 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 174DEG 22KT 3147 8302
ALLENThe Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down and blocking the road at 1504 NW 61st Terrace. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
Power lines were blown down.
A large tree limb was blown down a truck at 20112 NW Santa Fe Blvd in High Springs. No damage was reported. The time of damage was estimated based on radar.
Tree limbs were blown down, one along SW 1st Street and Poe Springs Road.
An observer measured 0.95 of rainfall in 30 minutes.
Trees were blown down into power lines near Fort White.
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, May 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: 571088, 569019, 571089, 571090, 569018, 571091.