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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Jacksonville, FL

September 6, 2004Wayne County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2004, 9:57 PM EDT for Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 18 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 6, 2004, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2004, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 6, 10:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jesup, GA	* 1 INJ * TREE FELL ONTO HOUSE LOCATED ON SPRING GROVE ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE. INFORMATION RELAYED VIA EMERGENCY MANAGER.
Sep 6, 10:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jesup, GA	* 1 INJ * TREE FELL ONTO HOUSE LOCATED ON SPRING GROVE ROAD. WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE. INFORMATION RELAYED VIA EMERGENCY MANAGER.
Sep 6, 10:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jesup, GA	* 1 INJ * WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE. ONE INJURY - TREE FELL ONTO HOUSE LOCATED ON SPRING GROVE ROAD. INFORMATION RELAYED VIA EMERGENCY MANAGER.
Sep 6, 10:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jesup, GA	TREE FELL ON TRAILER IN JESUP. THREE PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 7:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

738 
WFUS52 KJAX 070158
TORJAX
GAC305-070215-
/X.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0044.040907T0157Z-040907T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JESUP...GARDI

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 954 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDI...MOVING NORTH AT 50
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DOCTORTOWN.

GET UNDER AGWORKBENCH 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 500 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3143 8202 3140 8181 3217 8163 3221 8192

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 9:16 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden	29 min
Sep 7, 9:39 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Glynn	66 min
Sep 7, 1:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Bacon	27 min
Sep 7, 3:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Brantley	25 min
Sep 7, 3:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Charlton	23 min
Sep 7, 4:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden	46 min
Sep 7, 4:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Charlton	22 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.