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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Jacksonville, FL

September 14, 1995Flagler County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1995, 8:36 PM EDT for Flagler County, Florida. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 1995, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Flagler County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1221 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAX 150036 RRA
SVRJAX
FLC035-150145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
836 PM EDT THU SEP 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...FLAGLER COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.
 
AT 835 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO FLAGLER COUNTY. PERSONS
IN ANDALUSIA CAN EXPECT THE SQUALL LINE TO MOVE INTO THEIR AREA BY 850
PM. PERSONS IN THE BUNNELL AND FLAGER BEACH AREAS CAN EXPECT THE STORM
TO MOVE INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES BETWEEN 9 AND 930 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING.
 
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.
 
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.