Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1994, 2:54 PM EDT for Alachua County, Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1994, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1994, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Alachua County, FL, Putnam County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1924 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAX 281856 TORJAX FLC001-FLC107-282000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 254 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT ... IN NORTH FLORIDA SOUTHEAST ALACHUA AND SOUTHWEST PUTNAM COUNTY AT 245 PM EDT SKYWARN SPOTTER IN MARION COUNTY FLORIDA AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 326 AND INTERSTATE 75 REPORTS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 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 ROOMd 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, Jul 28, 9:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
FLZ020-021-022-023-024-025-029-030-031-032-033-035-036-037-FL501- GA501-GAZ166-165-164-281545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 942 AM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 ....THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO NEAR CEDAR KEY HEADING FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... AT 940 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATE THAT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND MARCHING INTO NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IS A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS GILCHRIST ...LEVY AND ALACHUA COUNTIES. THE LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING ARCHER AND NEWBERRY JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE. THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 15 MPH, AND SHOULD MOVE OVER THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE WITHIN THE HOUR. LIGHTNING DETECTING EQUIPMENT INDICATES NUMERUOUS LIGHTNING STRIKES IN WESTERN ALACHUA..LEVY COUNTIES. MOST EXPERTS AGREE THE SINGLE MOST IMPOR NTHING ONE CAN DO DURING AN ELECTRICAL STORM IS TO GET INDOORS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH FURTHER INLAND TO STARKE... LAKE CITY..ORANGE PARK AND JACKSONVILLE WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS. MARINE INTERESTS OPERATING IN THE COASTAL WATERS OFF SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE COASTAL WATERS AROUND THE NOON HOUR AND CONTINUING THRU LATE THIS EVENING. BE ON THE WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFF THE COAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. ....DO NOT VENTURE TOO FAR OFF THE COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THIS STORM SYSTEM...
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:42 AM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
FLZ020-021-022-023-024-025-029-030-031-032-033-035-036-037-FL501- GA501-GAZ166-165-164-281545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 942 AM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 ....THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO NEAR CEDAR KEY HEADING FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... AT 940 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATE THAT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND MARCHING INTO NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IS A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS GILCHRIST ...LEVY AND ALACHUA COUNTIES. THE LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING ARCHER AND NEWBERRY JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE. THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 15 MPH, AND SHOULD MOVE OVER THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE WITHIN THE HOUR. LIGHTNING DETECTING EQUIPMENT INDICATES NUMERUOUS LIGHTNING STRIKES IN WESTERN ALACHUA..LEVY COUNTIES. MOST EXPERTS AGREE THE SINGLE MOST IMPOR NTHING ONE CAN DO DURING AN ELECTRICAL STORM IS TO GET INDOORS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH FURTHER INLAND TO STARKE... LAKE CITY..ORANGE PARK AND JACKSONVILLE WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS. MARINE INTERESTS OPERATING IN THE COASTAL WATERS OFF SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE COASTAL WATERS AROUND THE NOON HOUR AND CONTINUING THRU LATE THIS EVENING. BE ON THE WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFF THE COAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. ....DO NOT VENTURE TOO FAR OFF THE COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THIS STORM SYSTEM...
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 11:05 AM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
FLZ020-021-022-023-024-025-029-030-031-032-033-035-036-037-FL501- GA501-GAZ166-165-164-281600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1105 AM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 AT 1100 AM EDT THE NATIONLA WEATHER SERVICE AT JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTH FLORIDA, SOUTH GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 50 NAUTICAL MILES... ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED FROM THE ST. MARYS RIVER AT THE FLORIDA-GEORGIA BORDER SOUTHWARD TO CEDAR KEY... ...WIND GUSTS OF 28 KNOTS WERE REPORTED AT GAINESVILLE AS THE STORMS APPROACHED, BUT THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS THE SYSTEM DEVELOPS WITH THE MID-DAY HEATING...STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH-NORTH-EAST AT 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR... ...SKYWARN SPOTTERS ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA BE ON THE ALERT AND REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE...(904) 741-4411...
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 11:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
FLZ020-021-022-023-024-025-029-030-031-032-033-035-036-037-FL501- GA501-GAZ166-165-164-281600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1105 AM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 AT 1100 AM EDT THE NATIONLA WEATHER SERVICE AT JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTH FLORIDA, SOUTH GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 50 NAUTICAL MILES... ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED FROM THE ST. MARYS RIVER AT THE FLORIDA-GEORGIA BORDER SOUTHWARD TO CEDAR KEY... ...WIND GUSTS OF 28 KNOTS WERE REPORTED AT GAINESVILLE AS THE STORMS APPROACHED, BUT THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS THE SYSTEM DEVELOPS WITH THE MID-DAY HEATING...STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH-NORTH-EAST AT 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR... ...SKYWARN SPOTTERS ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA BE ON THE ALERT AND REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE...(904) 741-4411...
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:23 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
FLC001-107-282030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 223 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 ...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALACHUA AND PUTNAM COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...VALID FROM 230 PM EDT TO 900 PM EDT... MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS EXIST IN THE AREA AND IN MARION COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS AND OTHERS MAY DEVELOP TO SEVERE STORM LEVEL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS... THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO KEEP ABREST OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:24 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
FLC001-107-282030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 223 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 ...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALACHUA AND PUTNAM COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...VALID FROM 230 PM EDT TO 900 PM EDT... MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS EXIST IN THE AREA AND IN MARION COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS AND OTHERS MAY DEVELOP TO SEVERE STORM LEVEL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS... THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO KEEP ABREST OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Saint Johns | 64 min |
| Jul 28, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 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.