Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1995, 8:05 AM EST for Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 1995, 8:05 AM EST (13:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1995, 8:30 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nassau County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
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, 4 hours 46 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, 4 hours 1 minute 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, 3 hours 56 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, 3 hours 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, 2 hours 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 30 min |
| Mar 8, 6:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 7:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 7:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker | 28 min |
| Mar 8, 7:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 8:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 8:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 8:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 9:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 69 min |
| Mar 8, 8:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 41 min |
| Mar 8, 9:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.