Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 1995, 4:17 PM EST for Alachua County, Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 1995, 4:17 PM EST (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 1995, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Alachua County, FL, Marion County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 11, 9:52 AM EST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 9:52 AM EST, 6 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 950 AM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 OBSVG SQLN ON KJGX WSR 88D AS IT APCHS CWA. W/ STNG FLO OUT OF NE GLFMEX AND DAYTM HTG TO DESTABILZE AMS THINGS SHUD POP ERLY AFTN IN GA AND LATE AFTN INTO EVE OVR NE FL. VWP HAS 30 KT SPD SHR BTWN 1K AND 2K W/ 35 KT WND IND AT 2K SO TORNADIC ACTIVITY IS A GUD POSSIBILITY TDA. SANDRIK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 12:20 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
FLZ020>023-030-031-035-036-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-112300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1220 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...THE STRONG SQUALL LINE IS POISED TO ENTER THE AREA... AT 1210 PM EST TALLAHASSEE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A STRONG SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH TAYLOR AND MADISON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THOMAS...COOK AND COLQUITT COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA. TALLAHASSEE WEATHER HAS REPORTED SEVERAL BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AND WIND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. THIS LINE SHOULD BEGIN TO ENTER THE REGION DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERSONS IN THE NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA/SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AREA SHOULD ANTICIPATE WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH...HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. TORNADOES CAN AND DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED TAKE SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELTER IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR IN A DITCH OR CULVERT IF SHELTER IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN A CAR...DURING THE LAST SEVERE WEATHER EVENT TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN THEIR CAR WAS FLIPPED OVER BY A TORNADO. IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICALS IS RECOMMENDED IN ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND IN HAMILTON...COLUMBIA...BAKER...SUWANNEE...GILCHRIST...ALACHUA... UNION AND BRADFORD COUNTIES. SANDRIK
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 12:22 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
FLZ020>023-030-031-035-036-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-112300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1220 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...THE STRONG SQUALL IN IS POISED TO ENTER THE AREA... AT 1210 PM EST TALLAHASSEE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A STRONG SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH TAYLOR AND MADISON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THOMAS...COOK AND COLQUITT COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA. TALLAHASSEE WEATHER HAS REPORTED SEVERAL BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AND WIND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. THIS LINE SHOULD BEGIN TO ENTER THE REGION DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERSONS IN THE NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA/SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AREA SHOULD ANTICIPATE WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH...HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. TORNADOES CAN AND DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED TAKE SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELTER IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR IN A DITCH OR CULVERT IF SHELTER IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN A CAR...DURING THE LAST SEVERE WEATHER EVENT TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN THEIR CAR WAS FLIPPED OVER BY A TORNADO. IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICALS IS RECOMMENDED IN ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND IN HAMILTON...COLUMBIA...BAKER...SUWANNEE...GILCHRIST...ALACHUA... UNION AND BRADFORD COUNTIES. SANDRIK
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 12:23 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
FLZ020>023-030-031-035-036-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-112300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1220 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...THE STRONG SQUALL LINE IS POISED TO ENTER THE AREA... AT 1210 PM EST TALLAHASSEE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A STRONG SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH TAYLOR AND MADISON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THOMAS...COOK AND COLQUITT COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA. TALLAHASSEE WEATHER HAS REPORTED SEVERAL BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AND WIND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. THIS LINE SHOULD BEGIN TO ENTER THE REGION DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERSONS IN THE NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA/SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AREA SHOULD ANTICIPATE WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH...HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. TORNADOES CAN AND DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED TAKE SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELTER IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR IN A DITCH OR CULVERT IF SHELTER IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN A CAR...DURING THE LAST SEVERE WEATHER EVENT TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN THEIR CAR WAS FLIPPED OVER BY A TORNADO. IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICALS IS RECOMMENDED IN ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND IN HAMILTON...COLUMBIA...BAKER...SUWANNEE...GILCHRIST...ALACHUA... UNION AND BRADFORD COUNTIES. SANDRIK
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 12:55 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-501- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-501-501-112330- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1255 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...TORNADO WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR HAMITON AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES OF NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN GOERGIA AND NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA THROUGH 6 PM... AT 1245 PM EST TALLAHASSEE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A STRONG SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH TAYLOR AND MADISON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THOMAS...COOK AND COLQUITT COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA. TALLAHASSEE WEATHER HAS REPORTED SEVERAL BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AND WIND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. THIS LINE SHOULD BEGIN TO ENTER HAMILTON AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES MOMENTARLY. PERSONS IN THE NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA/SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AREA SHOULD ANTICIPATE WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. TORNADOES CAN AND DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED TAKE SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELTER IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR IN A DITCH OR CULVERT IF SHELTER IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN A CAR...DURING THE LAST SEVERE WEATHER EVENT TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN THEIR CAR WAS FLIPPED OVER BY A TORNADO. IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICALS IS RECOMMENDED IN ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA. SANDRIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 12:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 56 min |
| Nov 11, 1:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia | 46 min |
| Nov 11, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bradford, Union | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 2:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval | 68 min |
| Nov 11, 2:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay | 51 min |
| Nov 11, 2:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 32 min |
| Nov 11, 2:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam, Saint Johns | 50 min |
| Nov 11, 1:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 69 min |
| Nov 11, 1:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 1:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Ware | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 1:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.