Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Jacksonville, FL
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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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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</html>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.
SANDRIKLocal 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.
SANDRIKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 3:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 12:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 12:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 3:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Pierce, Ware | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 4:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 5:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 5:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 6:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 8:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 3:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 40 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.