Several waves of strong to severe storms moved across the area. One wave brought locally heavy rainfall across the Suwannee River Valley, then as the low level jet approach through midday, shear increased as did diurnal instability which then produced strong to severe storms and an isolated tornado in the World Golf Village.
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Several waves of strong to severe storms moved across the area. One wave brought locally heavy rainfall across the Suwannee River Valley, then as the low level jet approach through midday, shear increased as did diurnal instability which then produced strong to severe storms and an isolated tornado in the World Golf Village.
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 10, 7:34 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
834 PM EDT Wed Apr 10 2024
...New UPDATE...
.UPDATE...
Issued at 824 PM EDT Wed Apr 10 2024
For the latest NE FL and SE GA Daily Key Messages please visit:
https://www.weather.gov/media/jax/briefings/nws-jax-briefing.pdf
Forecast remains on track through tonight and into tomorrow with
potential for strong to severe storms developing ahead of the
approaching frontal boundary from out of the west.
&&
.NEAR TERM...
Issued at 245 PM EDT Wed Apr 10 2024
For the latest NE FL and SE GA Daily Key Messages please visit:
https://www.weather.gov/media/jax/briefings/nws-jax-briefing.pdf
Mild low temperatures are expected tonight ahead of the
approaching cold front from the west, lows will only fall into the
upper 60s overnight. Precipitation will begin around 2am for the
western interior Georgia counties, and pre-frontal thunderstorms
will move into our western counties shortly afterwards. There
will be potential for pre-dawn strong to severe thunderstorms for
SE GA, although the main activity will be after sunrise.
&&
.SHORT TERM...
(Thursday through Friday night)
Issued at 245 PM EDT Wed Apr 10 2024
Pre frontal convection will already be underway over west and
northwestern areas by Thursday Morning, and will continue to
progress south and east through the evening hours. The Storm
Prediction Center (SPC) continues to put the area in a "slight"
risk for severe storms, with the primary hazards being damaging
wind gusts and isolated tornadoes given the amount of shear and
dynamic forcing. Lackluster mid/upper level lapse rates and
sufficient, but not significant, CAPE should limit hail potential
for tomorrow. Given the timing of the front, the main source of
uncertainty will be respect to the amount of available
instability, especially further south and east where some heating
of the low levels could increase this - at the "cost" of
decoupling with the most favorable dynamics generally moving off
to the north and east. Overall, enough ingredients are in place
area wide warranting our "slight" risk.
Although not as elevated as severe potential, flash flooding with
locally heavy rainfall is also a threat, especially for more
urban areas or those more susceptible to flooding. Widespread
rainfall amounts around an a inch will be expected, with isolated
amounts up to 2-3 inches.
Increasingly breezy conditions will also be in store moving into
and throughout the day Thursday, which has prompted a wind
advisory area wide. Ahead of convection, southerly winds around
20-25mph will be expected with gusts near or slightly above 40 mph
at times. Behind convection, clearing out should allow some time
for convective gusts approaching the 40 mph threshold to occur
over interior areas that clear out a bit into the afternoon and
evening. All in all, decided to put a wind advisory in effect for
the entire CWA, covering most of the Thursday time frame. With
regards to temperatures: the strong southerly flow, almost semi
offset with the passing convection, will yield generally upper 70s
and low 80s, with an increasingly drier seasonable night Thursday
Night falling into the 50s.
A drier and only slightly cooler day will be in store Friday with
highs into mid/upper 70s to near 80. A dry front will cross the
region during the evening, which will essentially only shift our
wind direction from the southwest/west towards the northwest/north
going into the weekend as high pressure builds behind it. Friday
will still be a breezy day with a modest pressure gradient in
place with the high and departing low, though the gradient weakens
Friday Night as the aforementioned high moves towards GA. Friday
Night will be cooler than Thursday Night, with more values in the
lower 50s inland and mid to upper 50s near the St. Johns River and
coast.
&&
.LONG TERM...
(Saturday through next Wednesday)
Issued at 245 PM EDT Wed Apr 10 2024
High pressure passes almost directly overhead on Saturday and into
Saturday Night, moving offshore by Sunday. A ridge of high
pressure will then linger across the area through the rest of this
period, with no major frontal systems appearing likely until at
least mid next week. Temperatures slowly moderate through the
weekend as the high moves offshore and a return flow develops over
the FL peninsula: Near average Friday and slightly to modestly
above average for the weekend and into the start of next week.
&&
.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 748 PM EDT Wed Apr 10 2024
Initially SE winds at 15-20 knots with gusts of up to 20-25 knots
will shift to become more southerly between 12z-16z with sustained speeds
increasing to 20-25 knots with gusts rising to 35+ knots, shifting
to the SW by the end of the forecast period with winds reducing
to 12-15 knots with gusts of about 20-25 knots. Heavy showers and
thunderstorms will develop throughout the region with potential
for strong and severe storms impacting forecast sites between
16z-21z and then moving offshore by end of period.
&&
.MARINE...
Issued at 245 PM EDT Wed Apr 10 2024
A tightening pressure gradient between an exiting high and
approaching frontal system will lead to Advisory level conditions
starting this evening. A cold front will cross the region Today,
which will lead to a period of thunderstorms, which may become
strong to severe. The region will be between the trough to the
north and a high building to the west through Thursday night, which
will keep conditions elevated.
Rip Currents: SE GA: High Today, Moderate Thursday
NE FL: High through Thursday
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 67 80 54 76 / 70 100 0 0
SSI 67 77 56 76 / 20 90 0 0
JAX 69 80 56 79 / 20 90 0 0
SGJ 69 82 57 80 / 0 90 0 0
GNV 68 79 54 78 / 20 90 0 0
OCF 69 81 56 79 / 10 90 0 0
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...Wind Advisory from 2 AM to 8 PM EDT Thursday for FLZ021-023-024-
030-031-033-035-038-120-124-125-132-133-136>138-140-220-225-
232-236-237-240-322-325-340-422-425-522.
High Rip Current Risk until 4 AM EDT Thursday for FLZ124-125-133-
138.
GA...Wind Advisory from 2 AM to 8 PM EDT Thursday for GAZ132>136-149-
151>154-162-163-165-166-250-264-350-364.
High Rip Current Risk until 4 AM EDT Thursday for GAZ154-166.
AM...Small Craft Advisory from 4 AM to 6 PM EDT Thursday for AMZ450-
452-454.
Small Craft Advisory until 8 AM EDT Thursday for AMZ470-472-474.
Gale Warning from 8 AM to 6 PM EDT Thursday for AMZ470-472-474.
&&The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:10 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Measured rainfall in the past 6 hours about 5 miles north of Blue Springs was 4.37 inches.
A power line was blown down across Buccaneer Trail near McArthur Estates. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
Just before noon a supercell thunderstorm, embedded within |a larger squall line, generated a tornado that touched down in the|Trailmark and Samara Lakes neighborhoods. Radar data and damage |indicate that the tornado made an initial touchdown in a heavily |wooded area along County Road 13 North. The tornado rapidly moved |northeastward, reaching County Road 208 where a tree had been |snapped and fell onto an adjacent mobile home. Within the |Trailmark neighborhood, damage considered for the EF-1 rating |included destroyed fences, vinyl siding torn from residences, |roofing tiles and soffits damaged or torn from structures, |several broken windows, and destroyed screened-in patio areas. The|tornado reached peak intensity in the Trailmark neighborhood with|maximum estimated speed of 100 mph. The 6.7 mile long track ended|northeast of the the Samara Lakes neighborhood where similar |damage occurred. NWS survey results revealed the tornado reached |its widest point of 310 yards in the Samara Lakes neighborhood. |There was one minor injury associated with this tornado event.
A large branch fell onto a car just south of Junction Road and east of US 17. The time of damage was based on radar.
Two trees were blown down in Crescent City along Highway 17. The time of damage was based on radar.
A couple of trees were blown down. One was across Freemont Turn and the other across Frontier Drive. The time of damage was based on radar.
Power lines were blown down in the F Section of Palm Coast. The time of damage was based on radar.
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