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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1989, 11:07 AM EDT for Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1989, 11:07 AM EDT (15:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1989, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lowndes 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAV 091508
TORSAV
GAC185-091600-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
1107 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
...LOWNDES
A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF MOODY AIR FORCE BASE BY
TOWER PERSONNEL. THE STORM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
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 TNHE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.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 9, 7:53 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 755 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 444 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALACHUA...BAKER...COLUMBIA... CLAY...GILCHRIST...HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE...SUWANNEE...UNION...DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES AND THEIR ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UTIL 100 PM EDT. AT 750 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM TALLAHASSEE EAST TO HAMILTON COUNTY THEN NORTHEAST TO SAVANNAH GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THoUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS...OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 935 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 444 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALACHUA...BAKER...COLUMBIA... CLAY...GILCHRIST...HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE...SUWANNEE...UNION...DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES AND THEIR ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UTIL 100 PM EDT. AT 935 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHES FROM THE CAROLINAS SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO IS CROSSING THE SUWANNEE RIVER NEAR LIVE OAK..JASPER. VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE MOVING INTO THIS AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. IN THE PAST 6 HOURS VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN THE SUWANNEE... WITHALACOOCHEE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. VALDOSTA GEORGIA REPORTS 2.65 INCHES WILL ALMOST 5 INCHES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARES FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THJNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Berrien, Coffee, Lanier | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Ware | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 57 min |
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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.