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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2005, 12:13 PM EST 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
- Mar 25, 2005, 12:13 PM EST (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2005, 1:00 PM EST
- 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), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 5:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 2323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KJAX 251714 TORJAX FLC035-251800- /O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0013.050325T1713Z-050325T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1213 PM EST FRI MAR 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN FLAGLER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA * UNTIL 100 PM EST * AT 1204 PM EST...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESPANOLA...OR ABOUT NEAR EAST PALATKA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND YELVINGTON AND DINNER ISLAND...AS WELL AS OTHER RURAL LOCATIONS IN WESTERN FLAGLER COUNTY. 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. LAT...LON 2962 8151 2952 8152 2943 8135 2963 8124 $$ ENYEDI
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KJAX 251735 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1233 PM EST FRI MAR 25 2005 FLC035-251800- /O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050325T1800Z/ FLAGLER FL- 1233 PM EST FRI MAR 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN FLAGLER COUNTY... AT 1224 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL FLAGLER COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE DINNER ISLAND AND RURAL SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLAGLER COUNTY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 2962 8151 2952 8151 2951 8132 2963 8126 $$ ENYEDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 3:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 4:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 5:53 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 67 min | |
| Mar 25, 6:54 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 66 min | |
| Mar 25, 8:00 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 45 min | |
| Mar 25, 8:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 8:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 8:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 9:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 9:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 10:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 10:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Union | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 10:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford | 29 min |
| Mar 25, 11:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 11:05 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 85 min | |
| Mar 25, 11:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 11:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 12:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 12:25 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 95 min | |
| Mar 25, 12:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion, Putnam | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 12:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler | 17 min |
| Mar 25, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 45 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.