Tornado Warning 31, NWS Jacksonville, FL

Issued

Jun 12, 2001, 6:23 AM EDT (10:23 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2001, 7:15 AM EDT

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Jacksonville, FL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Echols County, 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.

000 
WFUS52 KJAX 121023
TORJAX
FLC023-047-GAC065-101-121115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA
  NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA
  SOUTHEASTERN CLINCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES FARGO...
  SOUTHEASTERN ECHOLS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 AM EDT

* AT 616 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF NEEDMORE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FARGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 715 AM EDT...
  NEEDMORE...
  FARGO...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3057 8285 3z044 8271 3063 8247 3092 8250

$$

JOHNSON

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 12, 4:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
450 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001

TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED. HAVE ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND FIVE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA.

.JAX...
.FL...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 PM BAKER...COLUMBIA...HAMILTON...
      NASSAU...SUWANNEE.
.GA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 PM FOR ALL ZONES.

TRABERT

In the hours before

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-121500-

NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
500 AM EDT MON JUN 11 2001

...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND FOR
BAKER...HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...COLUMBIA...AND NASSAU COUNTIES OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING AND A FEW SEVERE STORMS...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NUMEROUS OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.  ALSO A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING HIGH DAMAGING
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HAIL.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM
SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS
SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN
YOUR AREA. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ANY UPDATES OR WARNINGS. FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

ZIBURA

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