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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1994, 5:01 PM EDT for Camden County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1994, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1994, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Camden County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1005 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 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 KSAV 112100 TORSAV GAC039-112145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 501 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ...CAMDEN COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY...THE THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING KINGSLAND AND ST MARYS. PERSONS IN THIS PATH SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AS THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. 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, Jun 11, 3:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
FLC003-023-047-067-089-121-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 356 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA UNTIL 900 PM... AT 350 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FROM WAYNE COUNTY GEORGIA TO VALDOSTA GEORGIA THEN WEST TO JUST NORTH OF TALLAHASSEE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE VICINITY OF VALDOSTA AND 20 MILES WEST OF SAINT SIMONS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 H AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER HAMILTON...COLUMBIA...BAKKER...SUWANEE...AND NASSAU COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS ON INLAND WATERWAYS AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS SERVICES FOR LATER WEATHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS..
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
FLC003-023-047-067-089-121-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 356 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA UNTIL 900 PM... AT 350 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FROM WAYNE COUNTY GEORGIA TO VALDOSTA GEORGIA THEN WEST TO JUST NORTH OF TALLAHASSEE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE VICINITY OF VALDOSTA AND 20 MILES WEST OF SAINT SIMONS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 H AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER HAMILTON...COLUMBIA...BAKKER...SUWANEE...AND NASSAU COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS ON INLAND WATERWAYS AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS SERVICES FOR LATER WEATHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS..
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Berrien | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 43 min |
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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.