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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 2, 1995Bradford County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 1995, 8:47 AM EDT for Bradford County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 1995, 8:47 AM EDT (12:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1995, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Bradford County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 1995-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1228 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAX 021247
TORJAX
FLC007-021315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
847 AM EDT WED AUG 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...BRADFORD COUNTY
 
AT 847 AM DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSONVILLE WAS SHOWING A POSSIBLE TORNADO
WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE STARKE AREA BETWEEN 850 AND 855 AM.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  AFBANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:39 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXNassau51 min
Aug 2, 3:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam31 min
Aug 2, 4:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSaint Johns30 min
Aug 2, 7:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam60 min
Aug 2, 8:30 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXDuval, Saint Johns30 min
Aug 2, 8:43 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXClay, Putnam32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.