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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 5, 1995Duval County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1995, 3:34 AM EDT for Duval County, Florida. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1995, 3:34 AM EDT (07:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1995, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Duval County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 19 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 274 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
274 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 050733
TORJAX
FLC031-FLZ501-050830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
334 AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN DUVAL COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
      ...FOR BOATERS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
 
 
   ...FERNANDINA BEACH  TO  JACKSONVILLE BEACH
 
AT 330 AM A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS SPOTTED NEAR BEACH BOULEVARD AND THE
INTERCOASTAL.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE0 OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 3:41 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXNassau64 min
Jun 5, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval50 min
Jun 5, 12:32 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXFlagler58 min
Jun 5, 12:59 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXAlachua, Bradford46 min
Jun 5, 1:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXPutnam32 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.