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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Jacksonville, FL

September 1, 2001Camden County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2001, 4:55 PM EDT for Camden County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2001, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2001, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Camden County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 1, 4:56 PM EDTTornado F0St Marys, GAWeak FO. Tops of trees damaged.

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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2001-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1840 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2001-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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.

294 
WFUS52 KJAX 012055
TORJAX
GAC039-012145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
455 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES...DUNGENESS...KINGS BAY BASE...ST. MARYS...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 450 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF KINGS BAY BASE...MOVING EAST AT
  10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
  ST. MARYS...
  KINGS BAY BASE...
  DUNGENESS...

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 3088 8167 3070 8164 3072 8123 3096 8127

$$

WELSH

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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.