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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 22, 2005Appling County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2005, 3:19 PM EST for Appling County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 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
Mar 22, 2005, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 4:15 PM EST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Appling County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 22, 1:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 2005-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 381 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000
WUUS52 KJAX 222020
SVRJAX
GAC001-222115-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0021.050322T2019Z-050322T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
319 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  APPLING COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAXLEY

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 316 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.  THIS STORM   
  WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAXLEY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES        
  NORTH OF ALMA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BAXLEY BY 330 PM EST

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT 
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS 
SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3175 8249 3169 8242 3169 8242 3181 8213
      3191 8236

$$

ZIBURA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 2:00 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXCoffee60 min
Mar 22, 2:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBacon, Jeff Davis63 min
Mar 22, 3:02 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXCoffee28 min
Mar 22, 3:11 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXBacon49 min
Mar 22, 3:28 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXAppling47 min
Mar 22, 4:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPierce, Wayne38 min
Mar 22, 4:15 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXWayne45 min
Mar 22, 4:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson68 min
Mar 22, 4:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClinch80 min
Mar 22, 4:54 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXWayne21 min
Mar 22, 5:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWare56 min
Mar 22, 5:12 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXWare48 min
Mar 22, 5:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley, Charlton67 min
Mar 22, 6:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCamden, Glynn50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.