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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 8, 1995Gilchrist County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1995, 6:30 AM EST for Gilchrist County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 1995, 6:30 AM EST (11:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1995, 7:00 AM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Gilchrist County, FL

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, Mar 8, 3:19 AM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
FLZ020>023-029>032-035>037-081420-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
319 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA COUNTIES
OF
ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...HAMILTON...LA
FAYETTE...PUTNAM..SUWANNEE AND UNION UNTIL 9 AM EST.

NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE A RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHCENRAL FLORIDA EXTENDING
SOUTH INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING
EAST 15 TO 20 MPH.

RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE MOST
CURRENT WEATHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION.

RAM
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 4:04 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
FLZ020>023-029>032-035>037-081005-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
404 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA UNTIL 9 AM EST...
...ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...
HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE...PUTNAM...SUWANNEE AND UNION.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO
HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...GILCHRIST BY 5 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
RPIDLY MOVING TO THE NE 35 TO 40 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPILDY
NORTHEAST.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION.

RAM
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 4:09 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
FLZ020>023-029>033-035>037-081010-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
409 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA UNTIL 9 AM EST...
...ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...
HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE...PUTNAM...SUWANNEE AND UNION.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO
HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...GILCHRIST BY 5 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
RAPIDLY MOVING TO THE NE 35 TO 40 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPILDY
NORTHEAST.
.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.

RAM.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 5:05 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
FLZ020>023-029>032-035>037-081110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
505 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA UNTIL 9 AM EST...
...ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...
HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE...PUTNAM...SUWANNEE AND UNION.

AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST 35-40 MPH THROUGH
HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST AND ALACHUA COUNTIES THROUGH
6AM EST. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
STORMS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

RAM
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:05 AM EST, 25 minutes before
FLZ020>023-029>032-035>037-081210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
605 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA UNTIL 9 AM EST...
...ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...
HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE...PUTNAM...SUWANNEE AND UNION.

AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST 35-40 MPH THROUGH
HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...ALACHUA...UNION AND
BRADFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 7AM EST. FREQEUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS CAN ACCOMPANY WITH THESE STORMS.

MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF DIXIE
COUNTY.
.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

RAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 6:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua34 min
Mar 8, 7:09 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXAlachua36 min
Mar 8, 7:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBaker28 min
Mar 8, 7:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay54 min
Mar 8, 8:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval45 min
Mar 8, 8:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau25 min
Mar 8, 8:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam47 min
Mar 8, 8:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval61 min
Mar 8, 9:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau69 min
Mar 8, 8:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden41 min
Mar 8, 9:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden, Glynn38 min

Nearby

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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.