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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 12, 2001Clinch County, Ware County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2001, 4:26 AM EDT for Clinch County, Ware 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
Jun 12, 2001, 4:26 AM EDT (08:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2001, 5:30 AM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clinch County, GA, Ware County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 483 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
483 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KJAX 120827
TORJAX
GAC065-101-299-120930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
426 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLINCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES FARGO...
  SOUTHEASTERN ECHOLS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  SOUTH CENTRAL WARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 AM EDT

* AT 418 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEEDMORE...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES WEST OF FARGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 530 AM EDT...
  NEEDMORE...
  FARGO...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTLY AT 904-741-4370 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3074 8285 3059 8273 3076 8238 3097 8251

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXClinch32 min
Jun 11, 8:32 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXWare43 min
Jun 11, 8:47 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXAtkinson, Clinch43 min
Jun 11, 9:51 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXBrantley, Charlton39 min
Jun 11, 11:22 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXEchols38 min
Jun 12, 2:34 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXEchols41 min
Jun 12, 3:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClinch, Echols49 min
Jun 12, 4:26 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXEchols64 min
Jun 12, 6:23 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXEchols52 min
Jun 12, 6:23 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXClinch52 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.