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Tornado Warning 94, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2004, 11:43 AM EDT for Flagler County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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 26, 2004, 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2004, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Flagler County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 26, 4:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KJAX 261543 TORJAX FLC035-261630- /X.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0003.040926T1543Z-040926T1630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1143 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FLAGLER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BUNNELL * UNTIL 1230 PM EDT * AT 1132 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH OF BUNNELL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF ORMOND BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ESPANOLA BY 1150 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 500 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 2924 8129 2938 8115 2959 8140 2950 8146 $$ DEESE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Sep 26, 10:50 AM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 10:50 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1050 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004
HURRICANE JEANNE OVER CENTRAL FL JUST EAST OF TAMPA MOVING WNW.
RAIN SHIELD HAS REACHED AS FAR NORTH AS SOUTHERN ST. JOHNS AND
SOUTHERN ALACHUA COUNTIES. RAIN AND WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS JEANNE CONTINUES WNW. TPC HAS
CANCELED HURRICANE WATCH NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE. A TS WARNING
CONTINUES NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE WITH A HURRICANCE WARNING TO THE
SOUTH. WILL UPDATE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH OVER INTERIOR SE GA
TO A WARNING.
&&
.MARINE...WINDS 30-40 KNOTS OVER NE FL WATERS AND 20-30 KNOTS OVER
SE GA WATERS. SEAS NOW STARTING TO LEVEL OFF FROM 9 FEET AT GRAYS
REEF TO 16 FEET AT ST. AUGUSTINE BOUY BUT SHOULD STILL RISE AS
JEANNE MOVES WNW.
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...HUR WARNING ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE TO
FERNANDINA BEACH.
INLAND TS WIND WARNING INTERIOR NE FL.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON MONDAY.
GA...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON MONDAY.
INLAND TS WIND WARNING INTERIOR SE GA.
&&
MZ/MTHazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 11:12 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1112 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-271000- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE- COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 1112 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...HURRICANE WARNING FROM ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTHWARD... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND IN SOUTH GEORGIA... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING FOR ALACHUA...BAKER... BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...HAMILTON...SUWANNEE... UNION...PUTNAM AND MARION COUNTIES... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING FOR APPLING...ATKINSON... BACON...BRANTLEY...CHARLTON...CLINCH...COFFEE...ECHOLS...JEFF DAVIS...PIERCE...WARE AND WAYNE COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... ...FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA... ...SEVERAL RIVERS STILL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE... PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSONVILLE FOR DETAILS ON IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE JEANNE. SEVERAL AREA RIVERS REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... HURRICANE JEANNE IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AND MOVE INTO SOUTH GEORGIA MONDAY MORNING AND EXITING TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING IN ADDITION TO MORE HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. PP/MKT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 26, 8:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
854 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM TROPICAL STORM FLAGLER BEACH 29.47N 81.13W
09/26/2004 FLAGLER FL EMERGENCY MNGR
POWERLINES DOWN AT VARN PARK. TIME IS APPROXIMATE. REPORT
RECEIVED AT 820 AM.
&&
CARROLLLocal storm report, Sep 26, 10:45 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1045 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1033 AM TROPICAL STORM WEIRSDALE 28.98N 81.92W
09/26/2004 MARION FL EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
&&
CARROLLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 12:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler | 32 min |
| Sep 26, 2:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 41 min |
| Sep 26, 4:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 14 min |
| Sep 26, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 16 min |
| Sep 26, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval, Saint Johns | 38 min |
| Sep 26, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 31 min |
| Sep 26, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 18 min |
| Sep 26, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval, Saint Johns | 23 min |
| Sep 26, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.