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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

February 10, 1986Pierce County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 1986, 11:39 PM EST for Pierce County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 1986, 11:39 PM EST (04:39 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 1986, 12:45 AM EST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Pierce County, GA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1986-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1986-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 281 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAV 110439
TORSAV
GAC229-110545-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
1139 PM EST MON FEB 10 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...PIERCE

AT 1130 PM EST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF BLACKSHEAR
GEORGIA.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOU1R.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY !!

PLEASE MAKE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.