East coast sea breeze storms moved inland an converged with high instability and inflow which cause a brief, weak EF0 landspout to form NW of Screven.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
East coast sea breeze storms moved inland an converged with high instability and inflow which cause a brief, weak EF0 landspout to form NW of Screven.
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 24, 1:02 PM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 202 PM EDT Thu May 24 2018 ...SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS... .NEAR TERM /through Friday/... Latest hi-res guidance indicates shows scattered showers and t-storms this afternoon with sea breezes and south-central GA boundary...increasing in coverage toward evening over western half of forecast area. Some of this activity may drift back east over central portions of our forecast area later in the evening while gradually diminishing. Have shown this evolution in hourly POP/Weather grids. Very light flow would support slow storm motion, increasing the potential for locally heavy rainfall and minor flooding. Another round of sea breeze scattered convection Friday afternoon...again becoming more numerous over western half of foreccast area late in the day and into the evening. Expect a mild night with low temperatures in the upper 60s to lower 70s Tonight...and high temperatures in the mid-upper 80s Friday...with lower 80s immediate coast. .SHORT TERM.../Friday night through Monday/... Lingering convection Friday evening, mainly near the I-75 corridor, will dissipate by midnight, with partly cloudy skies through the Overnight. The region will be between high pressure to the East and a low pressure system to the Southwest Saturday. Enough moisture to support mainly diurnal convection Saturday. Latest model runs are trending toward bringing the low pressure system into the North Central Gulf Saturday night into Sunday. As the low moves further to the North, moisture will increase over the region, producing increasing chances for convection into Sunday afternoon. The low is expected to slowly move North into the central Gulf coast states Sunday night into Monday. This will keep the forecast area in the moist sector of this system with convection and potential for heavy rainfall continuing, but will largely be diurnal. With the amount of cloud cover and precipitation expected this weekend high temperatures will trend a little below seasonal averages. .LONG TERM.../Monday night through Thursday/... The forecast will in large part depend on the track of this weekend's low pressure system. The extended models currently depict the this system to slowly move North Northeastward after reaching land, with this pattern keeping ample moisture across the region. The potential for a heavy rainfall pattern will continue into Tuesday with largely diurnal convection, with primarily diurnal convection for Wednesday and Thursday as well. Temperatures are expected to trend near to slightly above normal this period. && .AVIATION...VFR conditions expected in general next 24 hrs...with locally lower conditions where SHRA/TSRA occur. Best coverage over TAF sites to be thru 22Z eastern TAF sites and 00z western sites. Included mention of gusty winds with TSRA. && .MARINE...Western Atlantic high pressure ridge will remain over the waters... maintaining a SE flow across the waters through the weekend. Winds and seas are expected to remain below advisory criteria through Saturday. Winds and seas may increase to advisory criteria by Sunday and Monday as the pressure gradient increases across the waters. Rip Currents: Moderate risk due to southeasterly flow. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 68 86 68 83 / 80 60 20 30 SSI 72 81 72 80 / 20 20 10 30 JAX 70 86 69 83 / 30 30 10 30 SGJ 71 83 69 79 / 10 20 10 20 GNV 69 87 68 80 / 60 60 30 40 OCF 69 87 68 80 / 50 60 30 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AM...None. && Wolf/23/Cordero
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 131 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2018 FLZ024-025-124-125-241815- Inland Duval FL-Inland Nassau FL-Coastal Duval FL-Coastal Nassau FL- 131 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL NASSAU AND NORTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT... At 131 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Yulee, or 9 miles southwest of Fernandina Beach, moving southwest at 5 mph. Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph can be expected along with possible minor wind damage. Locations impacted include... Yulee and Oceanway. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 3072 8152 3055 8141 3038 8154 3054 8172 TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 036DEG 6KT 3054 8154 23
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 241 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2018 FLZ025-033-125-241915- Inland Duval FL-Coastal Duval FL-Inland St. Johns FL- 241 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. JOHNS AND SOUTH CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT... At 240 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fruit Cove. Another storm in Duval is producing heavy rainfall amounts. These storms were nearly stationary. Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and wind gusts of near 45 mph can be expected along with possible minor damage. Locations impacted include... Fruit Cove and Baymeadows. LAT...LON 3000 8162 3020 8163 3030 8156 3003 8150 TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 239DEG 2KT 3009 8156 SHASHY
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
513 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2018
GAZ135-136-242145-
Appling GA-Wayne GA-
513 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE AND
SOUTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...
At 512 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Odum, or 8 miles southeast of Surrency, moving southwest at 15 to 20
mph.
Frequent to excessive cloud-to-ground lightning and wind gusts of
around 45 mph can be expected along with possible minor damage.
Locations impacted include...
Odum.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3179 8199 3178 8198 3179 8196 3176 8194
3176 8192 3175 8191 3173 8191 3171 8189
3150 8220 3151 8220 3164 8224 3182 8204
3182 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 053DEG 16KT 3168 8207
SHASHYSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
546 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2018
GAZ134>136-151-242230-
Pierce GA-Bacon GA-Appling GA-Wayne GA-
546 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PIERCE...EASTERN BACON...WESTERN
WAYNE AND SOUTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
At 545 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms
centered near Offerman, or over Patterson, moving east at 15 mph.
Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph can be expected along with possible minor
damage. Doppler radar has indicated weak rotation within this storm.
Tornadoes may develop with little or no advanced warning.
Locations impacted include...
Blackshear, Patterson, Odum, Offerman and Bristol.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3174 8202 3127 8205 3127 8211 3132 8233
3167 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 284DEG 11KT 3141 8212
SHASHY..The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
EM did a storm survey and confirmed EF0 tornado damage near Burch Farms and Dixie Road in Screven. Several videos of tornado via Wayne County EM Facebook page. A couple of homes had damage, no injuries reported. The path length and width were unknown but estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
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