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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2004, 5:15 PM EDT for Ware County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. 8 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
- Jul 15, 2004, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ware County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Waresboro, GA | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL FROM PARTS OF THE COUNTY. WINDS ESTIMATED 40 TO 50 MPH NEAR WARESBORO. |
| Jul 15, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Waresboro, GA | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL FROM PARTS OF THE COUNTY. WINDS ESTIMATED 40 TO 50 MPH NEAR WARESBORO. |
| Jul 15, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Waresboro, GA | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL FROM PARTS OF THE COUNTY. WINDS ESTIMATED 40 TO 50 MPH NEAR WARESBORO. |
| Jul 15, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Waresboro, GA | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL FROM PARTS OF THE COUNTY. WINDS ESTIMATED 40 TO 50 MPH NEAR WARESBORO. |
| Jul 15, 5:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waresboro, GA | TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 122. |
| Jul 15, 5:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waresboro, GA | TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 122. |
| Jul 15, 5:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waresboro, GA | TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 122. |
| Jul 15, 5:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waresboro, GA | TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 122. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2953 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KJAX 152115 TORJAX GAC299-152145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 515 PM EDT THU JUL 15 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 513 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER DIXIE UNION...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYCROSS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 545 PM EDT... DIXIE UNION... 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. LAT...LON 3149 8251 3130 8261 3118 8240 3138 8241 $$ WELSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Pierce, Ware | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Ware | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Jeff Davis | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 8 min |
| Jul 15, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 34 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.