National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

1.   Radar Images from the Jacksonville 88D Radar

            March 31, 2012 Hail Storms

Image 1 - Base Reflectivity, Duval County, 439 pm 

Image 2 - Base Velocity, Duval County, 445 pm

Image 3 - Base Reflectivity, St. Johns County, 613 pm

2. Precipitation

Precipitation image shown below indicates widespread 0.5 to 1 inch rainfall amounts
in northeast Florida and 0.25 to 0.5 inches in southeast Georgia.
Some areas of 1 to 3 inches are also noted in portions of northeast
Florida and southeast Georgia...mostly notable from Gainesville to
the Suwannee Valley and also between Waycross and Jesup. Unfortunately,
some areas received little if any rain, which include Marion county
in northeast Florida and Glynn and Atkinson counties in southeast
Georgia.

Some ground truth 24 hours rainfall amounts (inches)
ending 8 am Sunday morning:

Volunteer observer NE Satsuma                       3.07
Volunteer observer NW Gainesville                  2.94
Volunteer observer SSW Macclenny                 2.75    
Volunteer observer ENE Keystone Heights    2.69
COOP weather observer Lake City                   2.25
Gainesville FL Airport                                          1.97
COOP weather observer Glen St Mary             1.82
Jacksonville FL NAS                                            1.31

3. Preliminary storm reports.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1008 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1135 AM         TSTM WND DMG     4 NE HIGH SPRINGS       29.86N 82.54W
03/31/2012           ALACHUA            FL                                   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN THAT SPARKED
            A WILDFIRE AT 22209 NW 188 STREET IN HIGH SPRINGS.

0136 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SE ST. AUGUSTINE      29.86N 81.26W
03/31/2012  M49.00 MPH       AMZ454             FL               C-MAN STATION

            THE CMAN SITE AT THE ST AUGUSTINE PIER MEASURED A GUST TO
            49 MPH.

0145 PM      HAIL             3 NE BUNNELL            29.50N 81.22W
03/31/2012  E0.25 INCH       FLAGLER      FL     EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLAGLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED REPORT OF PEA
            SIZED HAIL IN THE SOUTH PALM COAST AREA.

0230 PM      HAIL             FLAGLER BEACH           29.47N 81.13W
03/31/2012  E0.25 INCH       FLAGLER            FL   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZE HAIL OBSERVED IN WEST FLAGLER BEACH.

0312 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 42 ENE ST. AUGUSTINE BE 30.00N 80.60W
03/31/2012  M54.00 MPH       AMZ472             XX                           BUOY

            THE ST. AUGUSTINE BUOY...BUOY 41012...REPORTED A PEAK
            WIND GUST OF 47 KTS...OR 54 MPH.

0435 PM     HAIL             2 NE ARLINGTON          30.35N 81.58W
03/31/2012  E1.00 INCH       DUVAL              FL   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE REPORTED IN A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT ON
            MERRILL ROAD.

0435 PM     HAIL             2 NNE ARLINGTON         30.36N 81.59W
03/31/2012  M0.88 INCH       DUVAL              FL     PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF NICKEL SIZED HAIL ALONG ROGERO ROAD IN
            THE ARLINGTON AREA OF JACKSONVILLE.

0444 PM     HAIL             6 NE LAKE GENEVA        29.83N 81.95W
03/31/2012  M0.88 INCH       CLAY               FL    TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL AT GOLD HEAD BRANCH
            STATE PARK.

0449 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 E ARLINGTON           30.33N 81.52W
03/31/2012  M52.00 MPH       DUVAL              FL             ASOS

            THE ASOS AT CRAIG AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 52
            MILES AN HOUR.

0545 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 SW DURBIN             30.06N 81.50W
03/31/2012  M60.00 MPH          ST. JOHNS          FL    TRAINED SPOTTER

            A SPOTTER REPORTED A GUST TO 60 MPH ON A PERSONAL WEATHER
            STATION.

0600 PM       FUNNEL CLOUD     ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH     29.84N 81.32W
03/31/2012                                           ST. JOHNS          FL          PUBLIC

            POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.

0600 PM      HAIL             3 NNW CRESCENT BEACH    29.77N 81.26W
03/31/2012  E1.00 INCH       ST. JOHNS          FL            PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON A1A. HAIL DENTED CARS
            IN RESTAURANT PARKING LOT.