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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 5, 1995Glynn County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1995, 3:05 PM EDT for Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 1995, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1995, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Glynn County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 051905
TORJAX
GAC127-051945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
305 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ...
 
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...GLYNN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.
 
AT 3 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR INDIACTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
IN SOUTHERN GLYNN COUNTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 520 AND
STATE ROAD 99. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST AND IS PART OF A
STRONG RAIN BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL STORM. THIS STORM SHOULD
PASS THROUGH THE THALMANN AND EVERETT AREAS DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
SANDRIK

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

Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:54 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 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, 5 hours 5 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, 3 hours 20 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
9

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

FLZ020-021-023-023>025-029>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154
-162>166-501-501-060000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
200 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

...TORNADOES CONTINUE AS THE MAIN THREAT FROM ALLISON...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 547 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MONDAY NIGHT
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 TROPICAL STORM ALLISON OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA
AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE THE THREAT OF TORNADOES...THE
POSSIBLITY OF HEAVY  RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS.

AS ALLISON MOVES NORTH OF THE REGION NUMEROUS NARROW RAINBANDS WILL
RACE ACROSS THE AREA. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES WITH THESE
FAST MOVING LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS. TORNADOES CAN AND DO OCCUR
SUDDENLY AND WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA NEED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

AS ALLISON MOVES BY THE AREA THE WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHEAST
INTO THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TO THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA.

THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL STILL EXISTS BUT SATELLITE
IMAGERY INDICATES THE THREAT OF TORRENTAL RAINFALL REMAINS OVER THE
THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS STILL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILTY OF FLOODING.

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 ADVnISE 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 TROPICAL STORM ALLISON.

SANDRIK

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

FLZ020-021-023-023>025-029>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154
-162>166-501-501-060000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
200 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

...TORNADOES CONTINUE AS THE MAIN THREAT FROM ALLISON...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 547 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MONDAY NIGHT
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 TROPICAL STORM ALLISON OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA
AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE THE THREAT OF TORNADOES...THE
POSSIBLITY OF HEAVY  RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS.

AS ALLISON MOVES NORTH OF THE REGION NUMEROUS NARROW RAINBANDS WILL
RACE ACROSS THE AREA. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES WITH THESE
FAST MOVING LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS. TORNADOES CAN AND DO OCCUR
SUDDENLY AND WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA NEED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

AS ALLISON MOVES BY THE AREA THE WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHEAST
INTO THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TO THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA.

THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL STILL EXISTS BUT SATELLITE
IMAGERY INDICATES THE THREAT OF TORRENTAL RAINFALL REMAINS OVER THE
THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS STILL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILTY OF FLOODING.

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 TROPICAL STORM ALLISON.

SANDRIK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 3:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden	63 min
Jun 5, 4:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Pierce, Ware	65 min
Jun 5, 4:41 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Glynn	64 min
Jun 5, 5:02 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Bacon	58 min
Jun 5, 5:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden, Glynn	58 min
Jun 5, 6:25 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Glynn	65 min
Jun 5, 8:02 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Glynn	29 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.