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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1994, 7:53 PM EDT for Clay County, Saint Johns County, Florida. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 2082 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 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 100013 COR TORJAX FLC019-109-FLZ501-100045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING...CORRECTED FOR ORANGE PARK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 753 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT S... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...CLAY COUNTY...ST.JOHNS COUNTY AT 750 PM EDT CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE REPORTED A TORNADO FORMING NEAR ORANGE PARK. THE ST JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO FORMING NEAR PONTE VEDRA BEACH. RADARS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS...WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 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 THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR C>USHIONS 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, 6:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
FLC001-003-007-019-023-031-041-047-067-089-107-109-121-125-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 601 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT... AT 600 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FROM ST SIMONS ISLAND GEORGIA WEST TO WAYCROSS THEN TO ALBANY GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTHERN FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT SINCE THESE THUNDERSTORM HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BOATERS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND INLAND WATERS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
FLC001-003-007-019-023-031-041-047-067-089-107-109-121-125-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 601 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT... AT 600 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FROM ST SIMONS ISLAND GEORGIA WEST TO WAYCROSS THEN TO ALBANY GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTHERN FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT SINCE THESE THUNDERSTORM HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BOATERS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND INLAND WATERS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Duval | 69 min |
| Jun 9, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 47 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.