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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 2, 2003Coffee County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2003, 11:40 PM EDT for Coffee County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2003, 11:40 PM EDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2003, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Coffee County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 11:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2003-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2502 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
2502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

544 
WFUS52 KJAX 030340
TORJAX
GAC069-030415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1140 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1131 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROXTON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES
  EAST OF AMBROSE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3167 8296 3151 8304 3143 8273 3158 8265
$$

CAMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCoffee, Jeff Davis47 min
May 2, 11:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Jeff Davis45 min
May 2, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling40 min
May 2, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBacon35 min
May 2, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWayne38 min
May 3, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson36 min
May 3, 12:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPierce, Ware39 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.