Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 1995, 8:08 AM EST for Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 1995, 8:08 AM EST (13:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 1995, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAX 141307 RRA SVRJAX FLC107-141400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 808 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 805 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 14, 5:57 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
FLZ023-025-030-031-032-037-141200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 557 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995 AT 06:00 AM EST THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 WEST OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA THROUGH WESTERN BAKER COUNTY TO NEAR GAINSVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER BAKER COUNTY...HOWEVER... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED THROUGH OUT THE LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AT 25-30 MPH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH BAKER ...UNION...BRADFORD AND THE REMAINDER OF ALACHULA COUNTIES BY 6:30 AND AND INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF DUVAL...CLAY...NASSAU AND PUTNAM PUTNAM COUNTIES BY 7:00 AM EST. $$ SANDRIK
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 6:03 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
FLZ023-025-030-031-032-037-141200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 557 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995 AT 06:00 AM EST THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 WEST OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA THROUGH WESTERN BAKER COUNTY TO NEAR GAINSVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER BAKER COUNTY...HOWEVER... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED THROUGH OUT THE LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AT 25-30 MPH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH BAKER ...UNION...BRADFORD AND THE REMAINDER OF ALACHULA COUNTIES BY 6:30 AND AND INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF DUVAL...CLAY...NASSAU AND PUTNAM PUTNAM COUNTIES BBY 7:00 AM EST. $$ SANDRIK
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 7:27 AM EST, 41 minutes before
FLZ020-021-022-023-024-025-029-030-031-032-033-035-036-037-501- 141330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 730 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST FLORIDA COUNTIES...ALACHULA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...DUVAL...NASSAU... PUTNAM...ST JOHNS AND UNION COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NASSAU...DUVAL AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AT 7:20 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SREVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG OVER GEORGIA ALONG THE BEND IN THE ST MARYS RIVER. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NASSAU COUNTY BY 7:45 AM EST AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED GUSTY WIND...HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE FORMING WEST OF CECIL FIELD AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH WESTERN DUVAL COUNTY BY 8:00 AM ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING PARRELL TO THE ATLANTIC COASTAL COUNTIES AND WILL CROSS THE COAST OVER ST JOHNS AND SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTIES BY 8:00 AM. ELSEWHERE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER THE REGION WEST OF THE ST. JOHNS RIVER AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OUT THE MORNING. SANDRIK
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 7:30 AM EST, 38 minutes before
FLZ020-021-022-023-024-025-029-030-031-032-033-035-036-037-501- 141330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 730 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST FLORIDA COUNTIES...ALACHULA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...DUVAL...NASSAU... PUTNAM...ST JOHNS AND UNION COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NASSAU...DUVAL AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AT 7:20 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SREVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG OVER GEORGIA ALONG THE BEND IN THE ST MARYS RIVER. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NASSAU COUNTY BY 7:45 AM EST AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED GUSTY WIND...HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE FORMING WEST OF CECIL FIELD AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH WESTERN DUVAL COUNTY BY 8:00 AM ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING PARRELL TO THE ATLANTIC COASTAL COUNTIES AND WILL CROSS THE COAST OVER ST JOHNS AND SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTIES BY 8:00 AM. ELSEWHERE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER THE REGION WEST OF THE ST. JOHNS RIVER AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OUT THE MORNING. SANDRIK
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 8:02 AM EST, 6 minutes before
FLZ037-141400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 803 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS A ABOUT TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVIVE RADAR INDICATES A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LAKE GEORGE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY BY 8:20 AM AND INTO THE PALATKA AREA BY 8:45 AM. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM. SANDRIK
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 8:03 AM EST, 5 minutes before
FLZ037-141400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 803 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS A ABOUT TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVIVE RADAR INDICATES A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LAKE GEORGE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY BY 8:20 AM AND INTO THE PALATKA AREA BY 8:45 AM. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM. SANDRIK
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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.