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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 30, 1994, 11:46 AM EST for Alachua County, Florida. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 1994, 11:46 AM EST (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 1994, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Alachua County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAX 301647 TORJAX FLC001-301730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1146 AM EST SUN OCT 30 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EST ... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...ALACHUA COUNTY AT 1135 AM EST...A TORNADO IS REPORTED ON THE GROUND SOUTHWEST OF MICANOPY IN ALACHUA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST. 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, Oct 30, 8:47 AM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
FLZ035-301445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 847 AM EST SUN OCT 30 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORRMS MOVING THROUGH THE BIG BEND... AT 840 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN GILCHRIST COUNTY EAST OF BELL AND IN SOUTHWESTERN GILCHRIST COUNTY WEST OF TRENTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS....ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORIST ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN AS VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED QUICKLY AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROAD SURFACES MAKES DRIVING DANGEROUS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Oct 30, 8:49 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
FLZ035-301445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 847 AM EST SUN OCT 30 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORRMS MOVING THROUGH THE BIG BEND... AT 840 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN GILCHRIST COUNTY EAST OF BELL AND IN SOUTHWESTERN GILCHRIST COUNTY WEST OF TRENTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS....ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORIST ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN AS VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED QUICKLY AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROAD SURFACES MAKES DRIVING DANGEROUS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STA TEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Oct 30, 8:55 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
FLZ035-301445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 847 AM EST SUN OCT 30 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE BIG BEND... AT 840 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN GILCHRIST COUNTY EAST OF BELL AND IN SOUTHWESTERN GILCHRIST COUNTY WEST OF TRENTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS....ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORIST ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN AS VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED QUICKLY REDUCED AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROAD SURFACES MAKES DRIVING DANGEROUS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER S>TATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 12:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Putnam | 52 min |
| Oct 30, 1:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam, Saint Johns | 52 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.