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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 7, 1994Duval County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 5:32 PM EDT for Duval County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1994, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Duval County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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 1994-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAX 072132
TORJAX
FLC031-072200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
532 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL   HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN DUVAL COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
AT 530 PM LOCAL TELEVISION METEOROLOGIST RECIEVED A REPORT OF A FUNNEL
CLOUD AT BEACH BLVD AND HODGES ROAD MOVING TO THE EAST RAPIDLY.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER dYOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
 
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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 7, 4:54 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
FLZ025-032-033-072300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
454 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1994

AT 450 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE
WESTSIDE OF JACKSONVILLE NEAR I10 AND I295 TO STARKE MOVING TO THE EAST
AT ABOUT 25 MPH. DURING THE PAST HOUR WIND GUST TO 43 MPH WERE REPORTED
AT CECIL FIELD ON THE JACKSONVILLE WESTSIDE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATLY.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:55 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
FLZ025-032-033-072300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
454 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1994

AT 450 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE
WESTSIDE OF JACKSONVILLE NEAR I10 AND I295 TO STARKE MOVING TO THE EAST
AT ABOUT 25 MPH. DURING THE PAST HOUR WIND GUST TO 43 MPH WERE REPORTED
AT CECIL FIELD ON THE JACKSONVILLE WESTSIDE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNIN~G
STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATLY.

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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.