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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 1, 2001Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2001, 3:27 PM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2001, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2001, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 3:38 PM EDTThunderstorm WindJekyll Is, GALarge trees and power lines were blown down.
Aug 1, 3:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWaverly, GALarge trees and power lines were blown down.

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2001-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1892 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 2001-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
1892 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 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 011928
TORJAX

GAC039-127-012000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
327 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 321 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRUNSWICK...MOVING
  NORTH AT 20 MPH.

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 3111 8169 3098 8155 3129 8113 3146 8134

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.