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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 15, 2001Flagler County, Putnam County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2001, 5:32 PM EDT for Flagler County, Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2001, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Flagler County, FL, Putnam County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2001-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 871 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
871 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KJAX 152133
TORJAX

FLC035-107-152200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
532 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN FLAGLER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES ANDALUSIA...
  EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES...CRESCENT CITY...EAST PALATKA...PALATKA...POMONA
  PARK...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 523 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRESCENT CITY...MOVING
  NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
  CRESCENT CITY...
  ANDALUSIA...
  POMONA PARK...
  SATSUMA...

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THE PARENT STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 2934 8163 2940 8144 2987 8159 2979 8186

$$

CARROLL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion39 min
Jun 15, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.