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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Jacksonville, FL

January 28, 1995Bulloch County, Effingham County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 9:51 PM EST for Bulloch County, Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 1995, 9:51 PM EST (02:51 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1995, 11:00 PM EST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Effingham County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-01-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Jan 28, 4:05 PM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
FLZ020>022-024-025-029-030-032-033-035>037-501-GAZ501-290310-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  ...COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
405 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995

....TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... ALACHUA, CLAY, COLUMBIA, DUVAL,
GILCHRIST, LAFAYETTE, PUTMNAM, ST. JOHNS, SUWANNEE, UNION...

AT 405 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA. HEAVIEST
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING INTO SUWANNEE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES.
MOVEMENT IS RAPIDLY EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE LAKE CITY AREA
AROUND 4:20 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
WEATHER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LASTEST DEVELOPMENTS.

RAM.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 4:08 PM EST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
FLZ020>022-024-025-029-030-032-033-035>037-501-GAZ501-290310-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
405 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995

....TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... ALACHUA, CLAY, COLUMBIA, DUVAL,
GILCHRIST, LAFAYETTE, PUTMNAM, ST. JOHNS, SUWANNEE, UNION...

AT 405 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA. HEAVIEST
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING INTO SUWANNEE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES.
MOVEMENT IS RAPIDLY EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE LAKE CITY AREA
AROUND 4:20 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

RESIDENTS IN THE WAR>NED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
WEATHER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LASTEST DEVELOPMENTS.

RAM.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 4:12 PM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
FLZ020>022-024-025-029-030-032-033-035>037-501-GAZ501-290310-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  ...COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
405 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995

....TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... ALACHUA, CLAY, COLUMBIA, DUVAL,
GILCHRIST, LAFAYETTE, PUTMNAM, ST. JOHNS, SUWANNEE, UNION...

AT 405 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA. HEAVIEST
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING INTO SUWANNEE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES.
MOVEMENT IS RAPIDLY EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE LAKE CITY AREA
AROUND 4:20 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

RESIDENTS INl THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
WEATHER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LASTEST DEVELOPMENTS.

RAM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 9:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCandler37 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.