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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1986, 6:04 PM EDT for Alachua County, Florida. It was in force for 71 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1986, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1986, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Alachua County, FL
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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 618 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAX 132241 TORJAX FLC001-132315- BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 640 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...ALACHUA AT 635 PM EDT PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN NORTHWEST GAINESVILLE AT I75 AND 39TH STREET MOVING EAST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THAT AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...YOU SHOULD GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A) REINFORCED BUILDING.
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, Jun 13, 2:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 230 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1986 AT 230 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER JACKSONVILLE'S WESTSIDE WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR WILSON AND 103RD STREETS. THIS AND OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..AND SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. IF YOU ARE NEAR A THUNDERSTORM BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. BOATERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS THESE STORMS MOVE OFFSHORE DURING THE NEXT ONE TO THREE HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:32 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 530 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1986 AT 525 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ALACHUA IN ALACHUA COUNTY WAS INDICATED ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR. OTHER STRONG THUNDER STORMS WERE SHOWN IN AN AREA FROM LAKE CITY TO GAINESVILLE AND ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..AND SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. IF YOU ARE NEAR A THUNDERSTORM BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.