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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1996, 12:41 PM EST for Brantley County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1996, 12:41 PM EST (17:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1996, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brantley County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 7, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:34 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166- 501-501-071930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA (UPDATE NUMBER 3) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1037 AM EST THU MAR 7 1996 ...DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION EXISTS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 70 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 1PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ATKINSON...COFFEE...JEFF DAVIS...BACON...APPLING COUNTIES IN THE JACKSONVILLE COUNTY WARNING AREA UNTIL 1 PM EST. A SQUALL LINE HAS DEVELOPED IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND IS CURRENTLY PASSING THROUGH TALLAHASSEE. THIS LINE IS NOW TRIGGERING CONVECTION IN THE COUNTIES ALONG THE SUWANNEE VALLEY...CELLS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. IT WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCHES THROUGH THE DAY. THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE SITUATION. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER PERSONNEL IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. WELSH
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:45 AM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166- 501-501-071930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA (UPDATE NUMBER 3) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1037 AM EST THU MAR 7 1996 ...DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION EXISTS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 70 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 1PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ATKINSON...COFFEE...JEFF DAVIS...BACON...APPLING COUNTIES IN THE JACKSONVILLE COUNTY WARNING AREA UNTIL 1 PM EST. A SQUALL LINE HAS DEVELOPED IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND IS CURRENTLY PASSING THROUGH TALLAHASSEE. THIS LINE IS NOW TRIGGERING CONVECTION IN THE COUNTIES ALONG THE SUWANNEE VALLEY...CELLS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. IT WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCHES THROUGH THE DAY. THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE SITUATION. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER PERSONNEL IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVfERE WEATHER. WELSH
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:00 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166- 501-501-072200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA (UPDATE NUMBER 4) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1100 AM EST THU MAR 7 1996 ...DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION EXISTS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...A NEW TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 72 GOES INTO EFFECT AT NOON LOCAL AND INCLUDES MOST OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA EXCEPT FLAGLER COUNTY FLORIDA UNTIL 6 PM EST... A SQUALL LINE HAS DEVELOPED IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND IS CURRENTLY PASSING THROUGH TALLAHASSEE. THIS LINE IS NOW TRIGGERING CONVECTION IN THE COUNTIES ALONG THE SUWANNEE VALLEY...CELLS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. IT WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCHES THROUGH THE DAY. THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE SITUATION. ACTIVIATION OF EMERGENCY TEAM AND STORM SPOTTER PERSONNEL IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA IS RECOMMENDED. WELSH
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:02 AM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166- 501-501-072200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA (UPDATE NUMBER 4) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1100 AM EST THU MAR 7 1996 ...DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION EXISTS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...A NEW TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 72 GOES INTO EFFECT AT NOON LOCAL AND INCLUDES MOST OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA EXCEPT FLAGLER COUNTY FLORIDA UNTIL 6 PM EST... A SQUALL LINE HAS DEVELOPED IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND IS CURRENTLY PASSING THROUGH TALLAHASSEE. THIS LINE IS NOW TRIGGERING CONVECTION IN THE COUNTIES ALONG THE SUWANNEE VALLEY...CELLS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. IT WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCHES THROUGH THE DAY. THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON TH6E SITUATION. ACTIVIATION OF EMERGENCY TEAM AND STORM SPOTTER PERSONNEL IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA IS RECOMMENDED. WELSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 53 min |
| Mar 7, 3:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 3:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 4:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 66 min |
| Mar 7, 4:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 46 min |
| Mar 7, 4:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 65 min |
| Mar 6, 7:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 11:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 11:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 11:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 68 min |
| Mar 7, 11:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 1:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 59 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.