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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 1, 1989Pierce County, Ware County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at May 1, 1989, 7:21 PM EDT for Pierce County, Ware County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1989, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1989, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pierce County, GA, Ware 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 1989-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 704 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 12:00Z on 1989-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
704 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAV 012322
TORSAV
GAC229-299-020000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
721 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
          ...PIERCE...EASTERN WARE
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE POLICE IN WAYCROSS JUST NORTHEAST OF THE
WAYCROSS AIRPORT. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH.R.6T
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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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.