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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 8, 1995Alachua County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT for Alachua County, Florida. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Alachua County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 1995-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 082338 COR
TORJAX
FLC001-090030-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
730 PM EDT SAT APR 8 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ...

IN NORTH FLORIDA

   ...ALACHUA COUNTY

ALACHUA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
NEAR ROCHELLE SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 20. THE STORM WHICH SPAWNED THE
TORNADO IS MOVING NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE LAKE
NEWMAN AREA OVER TEH NEXT 20 MINUTES.

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 2NO 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua56 min
Apr 8, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBradford66 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.