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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jacksonville, FL

November 8, 1996Charlton County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 1996, 10:58 AM EST for Charlton County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 8, 1996, 10:58 AM EST (15:58 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 1996, 11:30 AM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Charlton County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 8, 11:15 AM ESTTornado F0Winokur, GA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 1996-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 910 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 1996-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 214 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
910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAX 081600 RRA
TORJAX
GAC049-081630-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1058 AM EST FRI NOV 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ...
 
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN CHARLTON COUNTY
 
AT 1055 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SEVERICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO CROSSING ROUTE 1 AND HEADING TOWARD WINOKUR.
 
 
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 vIN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 8:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCoffee69 min
Nov 8, 10:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton65 min
Nov 8, 11:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley67 min
Nov 8, 11:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGlynn63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.