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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 6, 1989Putnam County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1989, 12:57 PM EDT for Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1989, 12:57 PM EDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1989, 1:27 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 1989-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1716 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 1989-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
1716 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAX 061659
TORJAX
FLC107-061727-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1257 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  127 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
          ...PUTNAM
 
AT 1255 PM EDT...PUTNAM COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICES REPORTED 2 FUNNEL
CLOUDS 10 MILES WEST OF INTERLACHEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.