Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1993, 7:11 PM EDT for Columbia County, Hamilton County, Suwannee County, Florida. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Columbia County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Suwannee County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAX 062315 TORJAX FLC047-121-003-023-070015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 711 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT S... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...SUWANNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA ...BAKER COUNTY...COLUMBIA COUNTY AT 707 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN NORTHERN BAKER COUNTY MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR U.S. 90 AND STATE ROAD 252 IN WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY NEAR THE SUWANNEE COUNTY LINE. 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 BO&DY. 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, Jul 6, 3:11 PM EDT, 4 hours before
FLZ008-009-062015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 311 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 1993 WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN WESTERN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY. SEVERAL LIGHTNING INDUCED GRASS FIRES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WEST OF I-95 NEAR SR 207 OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR GRANDIN 5 MILES EAST OF THE CLAY COUNTY BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH PALATKA SHORTLY AND TOWARDS GAINESVILLE IN THE NEXT HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS SO MORE GRASS FIRES CAN BE EXPECTED UNDER THESE DRY CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL SHOULD ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. &
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
FLZ008-009-062015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 311 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 1993 WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN WESTERN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY. SEVERAL LIGHTNING INDUCED GRASS FIRES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WEST OF I-95 NEAR SR 207 OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR GRANDIN 5 MILES EAST OF THE CLAY COUNTY BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH PALATKA SHORTLY AND TOWARDS GAINESVILLE IN THE NEXT HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS SO MORE GRASS FIRES CAN BE EXPECTED UNDER THESE DRY CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL SHOULD ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. &
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:50 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
FLZ007-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 650 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...SEA BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE INLAND IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA... AT 650 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO NORTHEAST OF CROSS CITY. HEAVIEST STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ALL OF COLUMBIA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH COLUMBIA COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND THROUGH GILCHRIST...SUWANNEE...HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE COUNTIES THE NEXT TWO HOURS...THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKLEY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD HEAD INDOORS FOR A PLACE OF SAFETY. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY AND SAFELY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:52 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
FLZ007-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 650 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...SEA BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE INLAND IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA... AT 650 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO NORTHEAST OF CROSS CITY. HEAVIEST STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ALL OF COLUMBIA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH COLUMBIA COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND THROUGH GILCHRIST...SUWANNEE...HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE COUNTIES THE NEXT TWO HOURS...THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKLEY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD HEAD INDOORS FOR A PLACE OF SAFETY. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY AND SAFELY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker, Duval | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Gilchrist | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Suwannee | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker | 64 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.