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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 25, 1988Clinch County, Echols County, Lanier County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 1988, 10:38 AM EDT for Clinch County, Echols County, Lanier County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1988, 10:38 AM EDT (14:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1988, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clinch County, GA, Echols 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 12:00Z on 1988-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1988-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAV 251441
TORSAV
GAC065-101-173-185-251530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
1038 AM EDT MON APR 25 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
          ...CLINCH...ECHOLS...LANIER...LOWNDES
 
AT 1035 AM EDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BETWEEN VALDOSTA AND LAKELAND
GEORGIA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 10:38 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXLowndes52 min
Apr 25, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden47 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.