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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Jacksonville, FL

September 6, 2000Glynn County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2000, 9:35 AM EDT for Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 6, 2000, 9:35 AM EDT (13:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2000, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Glynn County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 529 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 2000-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

748 
WFUS52 KJAX 061335
TORJAX
GAC127-061400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
935 AM EDT WED SEP 6 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GLYNN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES...BRUNSWICK...COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES...DOCK JUNCTION...
  ST. SIMONS...

* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT

* AT 929 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER BRUNSWICK...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE 
FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY 
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY 
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


$$

SHASHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 12:06 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXCamden24 min
Sep 6, 12:30 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXCamden30 min
Sep 6, 12:58 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXCamden32 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000

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.