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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jacksonville, FL

September 11, 1995Saint Johns County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 11, 1995, 1:45 PM EDT for Saint Johns County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 1995, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 1995, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Johns County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 1995-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 922 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Sep 11, 9:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 9:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
957 AM EDT MON SEP 11 1995

SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING FRONT FROM NEAR CHS TO NORTH OF MCN AND PROGGED
AT PRESENT TO MOVE TO NEAR JAX AND S GA 12Z TUE. SOME CONVECTION
ASSOCIATED WITH IT ON SATELLITE ACROSS CAROLINAS AND NOT MOVING TOO
FAR SOUTHWARD ATTM. HOWEVER SHOWERS AND TSMS CONTINUE OFF NE FL COAST
WITH A FEW NOW MOVING ONSHORE NEAR ST AUGUSTINE. WITH EASTERLY FLOW
SETTING UP WILL CONTINUE SCENERO OF GRADUALLY INCREASING POPS...ESP
ALONG COAST...NEXT 3 PERIODS.

PETERSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 11, 10:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1035 AM EDT MON SEP 11 1995

TIME (EDT)   .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE         ....COUNTY LOCATION....

411 PM       RIVERDALE                 FL   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED.
09/09/95     ST JOHNS

445 PM       SAN MATEO                 FL   FATALITY (MALE) TO BOATER
09/09/95     PUTNAM                         ON ST JOHNS RIVER FROM
                                            LIGHTNING.

PETERSON
Local storm report, Sep 11, 10:39 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1035 AM EDT MON SEP 11 1995

TIME (EDT)   .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE         ....COUNTY LOCATION....

411 PM       RIVERDALE                 FL   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED.
09/09/95     ST JOHNS

445 PM       SAN MATEO                 FL   FATALITY (MALE) TO BOATER
09/09/95     PUTNAM                         ON ST JOHNS RIVER FROM
                                            LIGHTNING.

PETERSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 12:41 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXSaint Johns34 min
Sep 11, 1:30 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXSaint Johns45 min

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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.