Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 1986, 6:45 AM EST for Alachua County, Bradford County, Clay County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports 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
- Mar 14, 1986, 6:45 AM EST (11:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 1986, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Alachua County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 6:45 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bradford, FL | |
| Mar 14, 7:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clay, FL | |
| Mar 14, 7:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bradford, FL |
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 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 14, 3:40 AM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 335 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM... AT 330 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 30 MILES WEST OF WAYCROSS SOUTHWEST THROUGH VALDOSTA TO NEAR DEADMAN BAY...WEST OF CROSS CITY. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWN WERE WEST OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA WHERE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING WEST OF JACKSONVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE OVER THE LIVE OAK AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OFj LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..AND POSSIBLY HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 5:00 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 500 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM... AT 455 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FORM CROSS CITY FLORIDA THROUGH LIVE OAK FLORIDA NORTH TO WAYCROSS GEGORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS.. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..AND POSSIBLY HAIL IN THE LIVE OAK AND LAKE CITY VICINITIES FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED IN NORTH FLORIDA STORMS HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT AS THE STORMS COULD MOVE RAPIDLY INTO YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:18 AM EST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 615 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNITL 900 AM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM CROSS CITY TO JUST WEST OF GAINESVILLE NORTH TO BAKER COUNTY AND ON INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SOME STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AND UNDERPASSES..MOTORIST DRIVE WITH CAUTION THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE HAIL ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO BE ON THE ALERT FOR LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 7:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 50 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.