Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 1986, 9:26 AM EST for Clinch County, Lanier County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 1986, 9:26 AM EST (14:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 1986, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinch County, GA, Lanier County, GA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 9:40 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clinch, GA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAV 061426 TORSAV GAC065-173-061530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 926 AM EST THU FEB 6 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...CLINCH AND EASTERN LANIER AT 915 AM EST THE LANIER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO IN LAKELAND AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT IN SOME BUILDINGS AND SOME TREES DOWN. PLEASE MAKE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 6, 9:21 AM EST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 920 AM EST THU FEB 6 1986 THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL ARE APPROACHING THE SUWANNEE RIVER AT THIS TIME AND WILL LIKELY ARRIVE IN THE LAKE CITY GAINESVILLE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS BEFORE THE NOON HOUR. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER YOUR AREA THEY WILL LIKELY CAUSE HEAVY RAINS AND MINOR STREET FLOODING. GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 35 AND 40 MPH WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT NEAR 40 MPH. MARINE INTEREST OPERATING IN THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND IN THE ATLANTIC...BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS BUILDING SEAS AND POOR VISIBILITIES AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OFF THE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Wayne | 61 min |
| Feb 6, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Long | 61 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.