Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 22, 2015

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
314 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2015

...HOT WITH DAYTIME HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK...

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...

SHOWERS/T-STORMS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING INTERIOR NE FL OCALA TO
VALDOSTA. THIS IS LIKELY TO BE THE CORRIDOR WITH GREATEST COVERAGE
OF PRECIP THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MORE ISOLATED ACTIVITY FURTHER
EAST. MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS ACTIVITY COULD CONTINUE WELL INTO
THE EVENING IN OUR WRN COUNTIES...AND HAVE SHOWN THIS IN HOURLY
POP GRIDS. LOW TEMPS TONIGHT LWR-MID 70S INLAND...UPR 70S COAST.

FOR SUNDAY...MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING SE
ACROSS GA IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH A SURFACE TROUGH MOVING OVER SRN
GA. THIS COMBINED WITH SEA BREEZES SHOULD GENERATE SCATTERED
SHOWERS/T-STORMS ACROSS FORECAST AREA. WENT WITH 40-50 POP FOR
MUCH OF FORECAST AREA. WITH UNSTABLE AIRMASS...AND APPROACHING
SHORTWAVE TROUGH...COULD SEE A FEW STRONG STORMS...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS SE GA.

SUNDAY WILL BE ANOTHER DAY WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES...WITH HIGH TEMPS LWR-MID 90S INLAND...UPR 80S/NEAR
90 COAST. WITH HIGH DEWPOINTS...WE'LL SEE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX
VALUES IN THE 103-107 RANGE...SIMILAR TO TODAY.

.SHORT TERM /SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...

SUN NIGHT...LEAD SHORTWAVE ENERGY BREAKING DOWN THE RIDGE WILL
PUSH ACRS SE GA DURING THE EVENING AND WILL SETTLE ACROSS NE FL
OVERNIGHT. ONGOING SCATTERED STRONG/ISOLD SVR STORMS DURING THE
EVENING HOURS WILL LINGER UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT THEN WITH
SHORTWAVE IN THE VICINITY...ISOLD STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING TOWARDS MORNING. MUGGY
OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID/UPPER 70S.

MONDAY...MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE WASHES OUT AND PUSHES INTO THE ATLC
AND CNTRL FLORIDA WITH WEAK RIDGING BUILDING IN ACROSS SE GA.
SLIGHTLY DRIER AIRMASS WILL PUSH IN AT MID/UPPER LEVELS WITH
PRECIP WATER AMOUNTS FALLING JUST BELOW 2 INCHES. THIS WILL TEND
TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION SOMEWHAT WITH 20-30% COVERAGE SE GA AND
30-40% COVERAGE NE FL WITH A FEW STRONG STORMS BUT SEVERE THREAT
WILL BE REDUCED FROM SUNDAY. MAIN STORY WILL BE THE HEAT AS HIGHS
INTO THE LOWER/MIDDLE 90S COMBINE WITH MIDDLE 70S DEWPOINTS TO
PRODUCE ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES.

TUESDAY...NEXT SHORTWAVE ALOFT AND WEAKENING COLD FRONT AT THE
SURFACE WILL PUSH INTO NE FL/SE GA AND EXPECT SCATTERED STORMS
WITH THIS FEATURE ALTHOUGH BOTH THE GFS/EURO MODELS ARE ONLY
PROJECTING STORM CHANCES IN THE 20-30% RANGE AND CONFIDENCE IN
STORM COVERAGE IS ONLY MODERATE AT THIS TIME. STILL EXPECT THE
HEAT TO CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WITH MAX TEMPS WELL INTO
THE MIDDLE 90S OVER INLAND AREAS AND HEAT INDICES AROUND 105
DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...

LONG RANGE MODELS (GFS/EURO) STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH STALLING
WEAKENED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS NE FL/COASTAL SE GA IN A NORTH
SOUTH ORIENTATION AND EXPECT TROFINESS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT
AND THIS WILL CONTINUE SCATTERED TO POSSIBLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
STORMS ACROSS NE FL/COASTAL SE GA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
WHILE LESSER CONVECTIVE COVERAGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS INLD SE GA.
NOW MODELS STILL DIFFER ON EXACT DETAILS AND HOW FAR INTO SOUTH
GEORGIA THIS DRIER AIR AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT IT CAN PENETRATE
SO FOR NOW WILL KEEP AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THERE.
OTHERWISE EXPECT NORMAL TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS TO CONTINUE WITH
LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S FOR HIGHS AND LOWS IN THE 70S.

&&

.AVIATION...
ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING TSRA EXPECTED
TODAY...WITH BETTER COVERAGE INTERIOR NE FL/SE GA. MAINTAINED JUST
VCTS FOR NOW EASTERN TAFS...WITH A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA AT KGNV
18-22Z PERIOD. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS NEXT 24 HRS.

&&

.MARINE...
WEAK ONSHORE FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AT 10 KNOTS OR
LESS WITH SEAS 2-3 FT. EARLY NEXT WEEK SOUTH FLOW WILL INCREASE TO
10-15 KNOTS WITH SEAS 2-4 FT AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH
IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND STALL OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BY THE END
OF NEXT WEEK.

RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  75  93  74  95 /  30  50  30  30
SSI  78  88  78  91 /  10  20  30  20
JAX  75  92  75  93 /  10  40  30  30
SGJ  77  89  76  90 /  10  20  30  30
GNV  75  93  74  94 /  30  50  40  30
OCF  75  93  74  94 /  30  50  30  40

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...NONE.
&&

WOLF/HESS/GUILLET

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
958 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 2015

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-230845-
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-
958 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 2015

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED...MOSTLY AT INLAND LOCATIONS. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE...MOSTLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. STRONGER ACTIVITY WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL PEAK AT 102-107 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES
BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS AS ACTIVITY MOVES GENERALLY
SOUTHEASTWARD AT 10-15 MPH.

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL OVER OUR REGION NEXT WEEK...CREATING
SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY OVER NORTHEAST
AND NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA AND COASTAL SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. STRONGER
ACTIVITY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES.

LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE DANNY MAY REACH OUR
COASTAL WATERS TOWARDS MIDWEEK...WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE THREAT
FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.

PLW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
515 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2015

FLZ040-222145-
MARION FL-
515 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM EDT...

AT 514 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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...
RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES...DUNNELLON AND ROMEO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 2900 8236 2900 8237 2901 8240 2902 8240
      2901 8242 2902 8242 2905 8246 2905 8249
      2904 8250 2904 8253 2922 8253 2922 8229
      2897 8230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 039DEG 10KT 2916 8247

ALLEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
735 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2015

GAZ136-152>154-230015-
INLAND GLYNN GA-WAYNE GA-BRANTLEY GA-COASTAL GLYNN GA-
735 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GLYNN...NORTHEASTERN BRANTLEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 734 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
COX...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF TIBET...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 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...
BRUNSWICK...GARDI...DOCK JUNCTION...WAYNESVILLE...EVERETT...
THALMANN...COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES...ATKINSON...MOUNT PLEASANT AND BOYS
ESTATE.

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.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3122 8144 3112 8146 3113 8150 3122 8156
      3117 8153 3114 8153 3115 8154 3114 8154
      3122 8191 3158 8185 3155 8167 3150 8165
      3147 8161 3140 8158 3133 8147 3133 8143
      3131 8144 3129 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 015DEG 13KT 3147 8160

ALLEN