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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 7, 1995Putnam County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 1995, 5:01 PM EDT for Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1995, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1995, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1090 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1090 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 072057
TORJAX
FLC107-072200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
501 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
AT 500 PM EDT...STATE POLICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR CORAL FARMS
ROAD AND ROUTE 100 IN PUTNAM COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
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.  HUSE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion63 min
Jul 7, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Putnam, Saint Johns65 min
Jul 7, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval, Nassau65 min
Jul 7, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion32 min
Jul 7, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval67 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.