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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 5, 1995Flagler County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1995, 12:32 PM EDT for Flagler County, Florida. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 1995, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1995, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Flagler County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1098 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 5.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAX 051632
TORJAX
FLC035-051730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1232 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...FLAGER COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.
 
 
AT 1230 PM NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPER INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST
WEST OF BUNNELL. THE STORM WAS TRACKING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL
PASS NEAR PALM COAST BY 1245.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE 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.
 
JOHNSON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 5, 7:54 AM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

FLZ020-021-023-023>025-029>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154
-162>166-501-501-051200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
800 AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

...TORNADOES NOW THE MAIN THREAT FROM ALLISON...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 546 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY FOR
ALL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...AND
LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
...A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA...

THE MAIN EFFECTS OF HURRICANE ALLISON OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE A THREAT OF TORNADOES AND THE
POSSIBLITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL RAINFALL.

WITH A LANDFALLING HURRICANE THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER. TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS CAN AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES AND BE
ALERT TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN THE EVENT THAT A WARNING IS ISSUED
THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY.

TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING
AND THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. AT

SOME REPORTS FROM THIS MORNINGS WEATHER:
A METEOROLOGIST FROM TV-12 REPORTED AN OVERTURNED CAR IN
JACKSONVILLE ON COLONEY DRIVE...SOUTH OF BEACH BLVD.  THE ROOF OF
THE CROOKED RIVER ELEMENTRY SCHOOL...IN ST MARYS GEORGIA...WAS
ALSO DAMAGED EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE GLYNN COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE
HAS REPORTED TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BRUNSWICK WITH NO DAMAGE.

THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL STILL EXIST BUT SATELLITE IMAGERY
INDICATES THE THREAT OF TORRENTAL RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED WESTWARD
INTO THE PANHANDLE. COMMUTERS SHOULD ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME FOR
THEIR MORNING COMMUTE AS ROADS ARE SLICK. NO FLOODED ROADWAYS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS
STILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILTY OF FLOODING.

THE FOLLOWING SHELTERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA
RESIDENTS ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS...HAMILTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL...
STEPHEN FOSTER MEMORIAL PARK IN WHITE SPRINGS...AND THE LAFAYETTE
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GYM. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE NOT IN EFFECT.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO NOT TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS
OF FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY UNLESS IN AN
ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY. CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON YOUR
PLANS AND HEED THEIR ADVISE FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE ROUTES TO
ARRIVE AT YOUR DESTINATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER UPDATES ON HURRICANE ALLISON.

SANDRIK

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

FLZ020-021-023-023>025-029>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154
-162>166-501-501-051200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
800 AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

...TORNADOES NOW THE MAIN THREAT FROM ALLISON...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 546 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY FOR
ALL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...AND
LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
...A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA...

THE MAIN EFFECTS OF HURRICANE ALLISON OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE A THREAT OF TORNADOES AND THE
POSSIBLITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL RAINFALL.

WITH A LANDFALLING HURRICANE THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER. TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS CAN AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES AND BE
ALERT TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN THE EVENT THAT A WARNING IS ISSUED
THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY.

TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING
AND THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. AT

SOME REPORTS FROM THIS MORNINGS WEATHER:
A METEOROLOGIST FROM TV-12 REPORTED AN OVERTURNED CAR IN
JACKSONVILLE ON COLONEY DRIVE...SOUTH OF BEACH BLVD.  THE ROOF OF
THE CROOKED RIVER ELEMENTRY SCHOOL...IN ST MARYS GEORGIA...WAS
ALSO DAMAGED EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE GLYNN COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE
HAS REPORTED TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BRUNSWICK WITH NO DAMAGE.

THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL STILL EXIST BUT SATELLITE IMAGERY
INDICATES THE THREAT OF TORRENTAL RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED WESTWARD
INTO THE PANHANDLE. COMMUTERS SHOULD ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME FOR
THEIR MORNING COMMUTE AS ROADS ARE SLICK. NO FLOODED ROADWAYS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS
STILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILTY OF FLOODING.

THE FOLLOWING SHELTERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA
RESIDENTS ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS...HAMILTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL...
STEPHEN FOSTER MEMORIAL PARK IN WHITE SPRINGS...AND THE LAFAYETTE
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GYM. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE NOT IN EFFECT.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO NOT TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS
OF FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY UNLESS IN AN
ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY. CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON YOUR
PLANS AND HEED THEIR ADVISE FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE ROUTES TO
ARRIVE AT YOUR DESTINATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER UPDATES ON HURRICANE ALLISON.

SANDRIK

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:02 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
8AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

TIME(EDT)    COUNTY/STATE              EVENT/REMARKS

330 AM       DUVAL CO FL               TV 4 REPORTS PUBLIC SIGHTING OF A
                                       TORNADO NEAR BEACH BLVD AT INTERCOASTAL
                                       WATERWAY.

338 AM       DUVAL CO FL               TREES DOWN AND 1 CAR OVERTURNED
                                       AT COLONIES DR. SOUTH OF BEACH BLVD
                                       IN JACKSONVILLE BEACH. MINOR DAMAGE
                                       TO ANOTHER CAR IN SAME LOCATION.

400 AM       CAMDEN CO GA              ROOF DAMAGE TO CROOKED RIVER ELEMENTARY
                                       SCHOOL. POLICE CONFIRM TORNADO
                                       SIGHTING. DAMAGE TO HOMES ON WHEELER
                                       ST. IN ST. MARYS GA.
715 AM        GLYNN CO GA             GLYNN CO SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTS
                                      2 SEPERATE TORNADO SIGHTINGS JUST
                                      SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK. NO EXTENSIVE
                                      DAMAGE.

Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1000 AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

TIME(EDT)    COUNTY/STATE              EVENT/REMARKS

415 AM       CAMDEN CO GA              KINGS BAY NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE WEATHER
                                       DET REPORTS. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO MCDONALDS
                                       NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN ON BASE AND
                                       CAMPERS AND BOATS OVERTURNED AT BASE:
                                       RECREATION FACILITIES.

SANDRIK

Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1000 AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

TIME(EDT)    COUNTY/STATE              EVENT/REMARKS

415 AM       CAMDEN CO GA              KINGS BAY NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE WEATHER
                                       DET REPORTS. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO MCDONALDS
                                       NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN ON BASE AND
                                       CAMPERS AND BOATS OVERTURNED AT BASE
                                       RECREATION FACILITIES.

SANDRIK

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 11:45 AM EDT, 47 minutes before

FLZ020-021-023-023>025-029>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-
149>154-162>166-501-501-051845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1145 AM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

...ALLISON CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 545 IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY FOR
ALL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...AND
LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
...A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA...

AT 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALLISON WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH LONGITUDE 86.1 WEST OR ABOUT 120 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 75
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE PRIOR
TO LANDFALL. ALLISON IS MOVING NORTH AT 16 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY.

THE MAIN EFFECTS OF ALLISON OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND A
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ON MONDAY.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH MONDAY
FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

WITH A LANDFALLING HURRICANE THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER. TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS CAN AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. PERSONS IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE ALERT TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN THE EVENT
THAT WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE POSTED THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY.

THE FOLLOWING SHELTERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA
RESIDENTS ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS...MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE NOT IN
EFFECT...

HAMILTON COUNTY..............(1) HAMILTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
(2) STEPHEN FOSTER MEMORIAL PARK IN
WHITE SPRINGS.

LAFAYETTE COUNTY..............LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GYM.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO NOT TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS
AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY UNLESS IN AN ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY.
CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON YOUR PLANS AND HEED THEIR
ADVISE FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE ROUTES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON HURRICANE ALLISON.

JM/JOHNSON

WWUS35KJAX/WWUS35 KJAX 050349 CCA
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 3:34 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Duval	56 min
Jun 5, 3:41 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Nassau	64 min
Jun 5, 11:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Duval	50 min
Jun 5, 12:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Alachua, Bradford	46 min
Jun 5, 1:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Putnam	32 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.