Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 28, 1995, 2:54 PM EST for Glynn County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Glynn County, GA, McIntosh County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAV 281956 TORSAV GAC127-191-GAZ906-907-908-282100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 254 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ...GLYNN COUNTY...SOUTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM ...THE ALTAMAHA RIVER TO ST. SIMONS SOUND ...ST. SIMONS SOUND TO ST. ANDREW SOUND AT 250 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER CENTRAL GLYNN COUNTY. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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. MARINE INTEREST FROM THE ALTAMAHA RIVER TO SAINT ANDREW SOUND SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THE STORM AND ASSOCIA TED TORNADO MOVE OFFSHORE. STAY IN PORT IF POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WILL CREATE LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELVISION FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
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, Jan 28, 12:16 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
FLZ020>025-029-035-GAZ164>166-501-281920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1216 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 54 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... BAKER,COLUMBIA,DIXIE,HAMILTON,LAFAYETTE,MADISON,NASSAU, SUWANNEE,TAYLOR AND FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA... CAMDEN AND CHARLTON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RAPIDLY MOVING EASTWARD OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE VERY STRONG. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 40 KNOTS. RESIDENTS OF THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 2PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAINFALL, DANGEROUS LIGHNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 2:28 PM EST, 26 minutes before
FLZ020>024-282130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 230 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 54 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... BAKER, COLUMBIA, DIXIE, HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, NASSAU AND SUWANNEE... MOST OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION REMAIN OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES RAPIDLY EASTWARD NEAR 30 MPH. CURRENTLY OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE FROM LAFAYETTE COUNTY EAST INTO BAKER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WILL CONTINUE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 2:30 PM EST, 24 minutes before
FLZ020>024-282130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 230 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 54 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... BAKER, COLUMBIA, DIXIE, HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, NASSAU AND SUWANNEE... MOST OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION REMAIN OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES RAPIDLY EASTWARD NEAR 30 MPH. CURRENTLY OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE FROM LAFAYETTE COUNTY EAST INTO BAKER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WILL CONTINUE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 11:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 32 min |
| Jan 28, 12:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Berrien, Coffee | 69 min |
| Jan 28, 1:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Ware | 49 min |
| Jan 28, 1:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Berrien, Lanier | 59 min |
| Jan 28, 2:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch | 59 min |
| Jan 28, 2:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce | 59 min |
| Jan 28, 2:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Lowndes | 43 min |
| Jan 28, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 40 min |
| Jan 28, 5:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce, Wayne | 27 min |
| Jan 28, 6:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Liberty, McIntosh | 28 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.