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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 27, 1995Duval County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1995, 5:02 PM EDT for Duval County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1995, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Duval County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 1995-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2072 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 1995-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2072 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 272101
TORJAX
FLC031-272130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
502 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.
 
AT 456 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECIEVED REPORTS OF FUNNEL
CLOUDS IN THE SAN JOSE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTY.
PERSONS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER NEED TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
 
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.
 
SANDRIK

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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.