Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 51, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 1998, 1:53 AM EDT for Suwannee County, Florida. It was in force for 77 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
- Sep 30, 1998, 1:53 AM EDT (05:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 1998, 3:10 AM EDT
- In force
- 77 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Suwannee County, FL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAX 300553 RRA TORJAX FLC121-300710- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 153 AM EDT WED SEP 30 1998 * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SUWANNEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA * UNTIL 310 AM EDT * AT 151 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF NEWBURN MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... NEWBURN BY 215 AM EDT GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM... ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. BEWARE THE THREAT OF RISING WATER. SJTAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. KUYPER
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 29, 6:00 PM EDT, 7 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 6:00 PM EDT, 7 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 600 PM EDT TUE SEP 29 1998 LATEST SATELLITE IMAGES AND RADAR LOOPS SHOW RAIN SHIELD BEGINNING TO MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF OUR CWA... ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA CWA. A QUICK LOOK AT THE MODELS SHOW THAT THE ETA SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE OF THE SITUATION AS FAR AS PCPN IS CONCERNED. THIS MEANS THAT POPS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TONIGHT FOR THE SE GEORGIA CWA AND LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW FOR THE NORTH FLORIDA FA. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOW A BIT OF DRY AIR INTRUSION ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF OUR CWA. GIVE N THIS SCENARIO...IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING TO CONSIDER WEATHER WE SHOULD EXTEND THE FLOOD WATCH EAST INTO THE COASTAL COUNTIES ACROSS NE FL. IF THE ETA VERIFIES... SIGNIFICANT RAIN AMOUNTS COULD SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA TOMORROW. AS FAR AS THE SE GA FA IS CONCERNED...I WOULD CONSIDER PUTTING UP A WATCH TONIGHT AT LEAST FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CWA AND THEN CONSIDER EXTENDING IT EAST TOMORROW. RADAR ALREADY SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. SANTOS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 29, 8:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
AMZ435-450-452-454-470-472-474- FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-300645- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 850 PM EDT TUE SEP 29 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 500 AM EDT... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA ALACHUA... BAKER... BRADFORD... COLUMBIA... GILCHIRST... HAMILTON... SUWANNEE...AND UNION... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG LOW LEVEL FLOW AND DRY AIR ALOFT HAS INCREASED THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHEAST FLORIDA...AND THE COASTAL WATERS. PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND TO TAKE ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR THEIR PARTICULAR AREA. ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE REMNANTS OF GEORGES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS HAS INCREASED THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING TONIGHT ESPECIALLY FOR PORTIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN NORTH FLORIDA...THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE MAINLY ALONG THE I- 75 CORRIDOR NORTH OF GAINESVILLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS SPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. STORM SHPOTTERS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.NWSJAX.NOAA.GOV (LOWER CASE LETTERS) SANTOS
Special weather statement, Sep 29, 8:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
AMZ435-450-452-454-470-472-474- FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-300645- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 850 PM EDT TUE SEP 29 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 500 AM EDT... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA ALACHUA... BAKER... BRADFORD... COLUMBIA... GILCHIRST... HAMILTON... SUWANNEE...AND UNION... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG LOW LEVEL FLOW AND DRY AIR ALOFT HAS INCREASED THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHEAST FLORIDA...AND THE COASTAL WATERS. PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND TO TAKE ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR THEIR PARTICULAR AREA. ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE REMNANTS OF GEORGES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS HAS INCREASED THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING TONIGHT ESPECIALLY FOR PORTIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN NORTH FLORIDA...THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE MAINLY ALONG THE I- 75 CORRIDOR NORTH OF GAINESVILLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS SPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. STORM SHPOTTERS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.NWSJAX.NOAA.GOV (LOWER CASE LETTERS) SANTOS
Local storm report, Sep 29, 11:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA
1112 PM EDT TUE SEP 29 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0920 PM BAXLEY GA WIND DAMAGE
09/29/98 APPLING *** 1 INJ ***
12 MOBILE HOMES AND 1
VEHICLE DAMAGED. 4 OUT
SHELTER BUILDINGS
DESTROYED AND TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN.Local storm report, Sep 29, 11:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA
1112 PM EDT TUE SEP 29 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0920 PM BAXLEY GA WIND DAMAGE
09/29/98 APPLING *** 1 INJ ***
12 MOBILE HOMES AND 1
VEHICLE DAMAGED. 4 OUT
SHELTER BUILDINGS
DESTROYED AND TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 12:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 12:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 3:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 81 min |
| Sep 30, 3:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 75 min |
| Sep 30, 5:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 5:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 77 min |
| Sep 30, 6:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee | 76 min |
| Sep 30, 8:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 32 min |
| Sep 30, 9:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 52 min |
| Sep 30, 12:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 1:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 66 min |
| Sep 30, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford | 46 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.