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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Jacksonville, FL

September 6, 2004Charlton County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2004, 10:17 AM EDT for Charlton County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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: Sep 6, 2004, 10:17 AM EDT (14:17 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2004, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Charlton County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 6, 4:50 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

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

919 
WFUS52 KJAX 061416
TORJAX
GAC049-061500-
/X.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0033.040906T1417Z-040906T1500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1017 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FOLKSTON

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 1007 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR FOLKSTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RACE POND BY 1025 AM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT
SEVERE WEATHER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3082 8191 3078 8204 3102 8218 3102 8208
      3106 8204 3106 8197 3103 8194 3096 8190
      3088 8189

$$

PETERSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 5, 8:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Atkinson	42 min
Sep 5, 8:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Bacon	43 min
Sep 5, 9:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Atkinson	30 min
Sep 5, 9:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Coffee	31 min
Sep 5, 10:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Glynn	26 min
Sep 6, 4:45 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden	30 min
Sep 6, 10:02 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden	58 min
Sep 6, 10:36 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden	39 min
Sep 6, 12:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Brantley	44 min
Sep 6, 1:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Pierce	57 min
Sep 6, 3:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Wayne	66 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.