Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT for Duval County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1992, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Duval County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 1664 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAX 140118 TORJAX FLC031-140145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 915 PM EDT WED MAY 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA ...SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AT 910 PM EDT...FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC ON SOUTHSIDE BLVD NEAR THE AUBURN APARTMENTS MOVING SOUTHEAST 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.
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, May 13, 5:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
FLZ007-008-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 53O PM EDT WED MAY 13 1992 AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BAKER COUNTY NEAR SANDERSON OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN NASSAU COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLY STRONG GUSTY WIND AND [AND SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, May 13, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
FLZ008-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 630 PM EDT WED MAY 13 1992 AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NASSAU COUNTY AND NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. OVER A HALF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING THE LAST HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
FLZ008-007-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 700 PM EDT WED MAY 13 1992 AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM OCEANWAY WEST ALONG THE FLORIDA GEORGIA BORDER THROUGH BAXTER TO HAMILTON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE ACCOMPANIED HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING THE LAST HOUR WITH WIND GUST OF 38 MPH. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF ROADS... UNDERPASSES AND DRAINAGE DITCHES.
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:06 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 905 PM EDT WED MAY 13 1992 AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MAYPORT THROUGH JACKSONVILLE TO LAKE CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE ACCOMPANIED HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AT JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING PAST 2 HOURS. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORT AROUND THE JACKSONVILLE AREA. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS AND WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS...LOW LYING AREA...DRAINAGE DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE IN
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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.