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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 5, 1995Duval County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 11:25 AM EDT for Duval County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1995, 11:25 AM EDT (15:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1995, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Duval County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 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 1995-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1098 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 214 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
1098 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 5, 6:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
FLZ020-021-023-023>025-029>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154
-162>166-501-501-051200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
800 AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

...TORNADOES NOW THE MAIN THREAT FROM ALLISON...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 546 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY FOR
ALL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...AND
LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
...A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA...

THE MAIN EFFECTS OF HURRICANE ALLISON OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE A THREAT OF TORNADOES AND THE
POSSIBLITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL RAINFALL.

WITH A LANDFALLING HURRICANE THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER. TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS CAN AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES AND BE
ALERT TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN THE EVENT THAT A WARNING IS ISSUED
THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY.

TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING
AND THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. AT

SOME REPORTS FROM THIS MORNINGS WEATHER:
A METEOROLOGIST FROM TV-12 REPORTED AN OVERTURNED CAR IN
JACKSONVILLE ON COLONEY DRIVE...SOUTH OF BEACH BLVD.  THE ROOF OF
THE CROOKED RIVER ELEMENTRY SCHOOL...IN ST MARYS GEORGIA...WAS
ALSO DAMAGED EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE GLYNN COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE
HAS REPORTED TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BRUNSWICK WITH NO DAMAGE.

THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL STILL EXIST BUT SATELLITE IMAGERY
INDICATES THE THREAT OF TORRENTAL RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED WESTWARD
INTO THE PANHANDLE. COMMUTERS SHOULD ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME FOR
THEIR MORNING COMMUTE AS ROADS ARE SLICK. NO FLOODED ROADWAYS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS
STILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILTY OF FLOODING.

THE FOLLOWING SHELTERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA
RESIDENTS ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS...HAMILTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL...
STEPHEN FOSTER MEMORIAL PARK IN WHITE SPRINGS...AND THE LAFAYETTE
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GYM. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE NOT IN EFFECT.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO NOT TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS
OF FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY UNLESS IN AN
ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY. CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON YOUR
PLANS AND HEED THEIR ADVISE FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE ROUTES TO
ARRIVE AT YOUR DESTINATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER UPDATES ON HURRICANE ALLISON.

SANDRIK
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
FLZ020-021-023-023>025-029>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154
-162>166-501-501-051200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
800 AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

...TORNADOES NOW THE MAIN THREAT FROM ALLISON...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 546 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY FOR
ALL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...AND
LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
...A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA...

THE MAIN EFFECTS OF HURRICANE ALLISON OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE A THREAT OF TORNADOES AND THE
POSSIBLITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL RAINFALL.

WITH A LANDFALLING HURRICANE THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER. TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS CAN AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES AND BE
ALERT TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN THE EVENT THAT A WARNING IS ISSUED
THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY.

TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING
AND THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. AT

SOME REPORTS FROM THIS MORNINGS WEATHER:
A METEOROLOGIST FROM TV-12 REPORTED AN OVERTURNED CAR IN
JACKSONVILLE ON COLONEY DRIVE...SOUTH OF BEACH BLVD.  THE ROOF OF
THE CROOKED RIVER ELEMENTRY SCHOOL...IN ST MARYS GEORGIA...WAS
ALSO DAMAGED EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE GLYNN COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE
HAS REPORTED TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BRUNSWICK WITH NO DAMAGE.

THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL STILL EXIST BUT SATELLITE IMAGERY
INDICATES THE THREAT OF TORRENTAL RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED WESTWARD
INTO THE PANHANDLE. COMMUTERS SHOULD ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME FOR
THEIR MORNING COMMUTE AS ROADS ARE SLICK. NO FLOODED ROADWAYS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS
STILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILTY OF FLOODING.

THE FOLLOWING SHELTERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA
RESIDENTS ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS...HAMILTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL...
STEPHEN FOSTER MEMORIAL PARK IN WHITE SPRINGS...AND THE LAFAYETTE
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GYM. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE NOT IN EFFECT.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO NOT TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS
OF FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY UNLESS IN AN
ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY. CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON YOUR
PLANS AND HEED THEIR ADVISE FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE ROUTES TO
ARRIVE AT YOUR DESTINATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER UPDATES ON HURRICANE ALLISON.

SANDRIK
Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
8AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

TIME(EDT)    COUNTY/STATE              EVENT/REMARKS

330 AM       DUVAL CO FL               TV 4 REPORTS PUBLIC SIGHTING OF A
                                       TORNADO NEAR BEACH BLVD AT INTERCOASTAL
                                       WATERWAY.

338 AM       DUVAL CO FL               TREES DOWN AND 1 CAR OVERTURNED
                                       AT COLONIES DR. SOUTH OF BEACH BLVD
                                       IN JACKSONVILLE BEACH. MINOR DAMAGE
                                       TO ANOTHER CAR IN SAME LOCATION.

400 AM       CAMDEN CO GA              ROOF DAMAGE TO CROOKED RIVER ELEMENTARY
                                       SCHOOL. POLICE CONFIRM TORNADO
                                       SIGHTING. DAMAGE TO HOMES ON WHEELER
                                       ST. IN ST. MARYS GA.
715 AM        GLYNN CO GA             GLYNN CO SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTS
                                      2 SEPERATE TORNADO SIGHTINGS JUST
                                      SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK. NO EXTENSIVE
                                      DAMAGE.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:54 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1000 AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

TIME(EDT)    COUNTY/STATE              EVENT/REMARKS

415 AM       CAMDEN CO GA              KINGS BAY NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE WEATHER
                                       DET REPORTS. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO MCDONALDS
                                       NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN ON BASE AND
                                       CAMPERS AND BOATS OVERTURNED AT BASE:
                                       RECREATION FACILITIES.

SANDRIK
Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1000 AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

TIME(EDT)    COUNTY/STATE              EVENT/REMARKS

415 AM       CAMDEN CO GA              KINGS BAY NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE WEATHER
                                       DET REPORTS. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO MCDONALDS
                                       NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN ON BASE AND
                                       CAMPERS AND BOATS OVERTURNED AT BASE
                                       RECREATION FACILITIES.

SANDRIK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 3:34 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXDuval56 min
Jun 5, 3:41 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXNassau64 min
Jun 5, 12:32 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXFlagler58 min
Jun 5, 12:59 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXAlachua, Bradford46 min
Jun 5, 1:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXPutnam32 min
Jun 5, 3:57 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXCamden63 min
Jun 5, 4:10 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXPierce, Ware65 min
Jun 5, 4:41 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXGlynn64 min
Jun 5, 5:02 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXBacon58 min
Jun 5, 5:32 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXCamden, Glynn58 min
Jun 5, 6:25 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXGlynn65 min
Jun 5, 8:02 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXGlynn29 min
Jun 5, 3:05 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXGlynn40 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.