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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jacksonville, FL

December 5, 2005Clinch County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 5, 2005, 2:57 PM EST for Clinch County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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: Dec 5, 2005, 2:57 PM EST (19:57 UTC)
Expired: Dec 5, 2005, 3:45 PM EST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clinch County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 5, 3:10 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	15 Sw Homerville, GA	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG OLIVE LEAF ROAD JUST SOUTH OF DUPONT.
Dec 5, 3:10 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Du Pont, GA	END OF HOUSE DAMAGED AT 2371 EDWARD LEE RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME IS APPROXIMATE.
Dec 5, 3:10 PM EST	TORNADO	15 Sw Homerville, GA	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ALONG OLIVE LEAF ROAD JUST SOUTH OF DUPONT. ALSO ONE HOUSE DAMAGED.
Dec 5, 3:10 PM EST	TORNADO	Du Pont, GA	PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT IN CLINCH COUNTY...F1 WITH SMALL AREA OF F2 DAMAGE NEAR DU PONT. BRICK CARPORT DEMOLISHED.

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
Dec 5, 12:50 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KJAX 051957
TORJAX
GAC065-052045-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0022.051205T1957Z-051205T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
257 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOMERVILLE...ARGYLE

* UNTIL 345 PM EST

* AT 251 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DU PONT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF LAKELAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DU PONT BY 310 PM EST
  HOMERVILLE BY 325 PM EST
  ARGYLE BY 335 PM EST

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 700 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3106 8296 3086 8297 3079 8263 3116 8266

$$

WOLF

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KJAX 052006
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
304 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005

GAC065-052045-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-051205T2045Z/
CLINCH GA-
304 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTY...

AT 302 PM EST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO CROSSING
INTO NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTY.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF DU PONT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
LAKELAND...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DU PONT BY 315 PM EST
  HOMERVILLE BY 325 PM EST
  ARGYLE BY 335 PM EST

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 700 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3106 8296 3086 8297 3079 8263 3116 8266

$$

WOLF

000 
WWUS52 KJAX 052023
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
321 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005

GAC065-052045-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-051205T2045Z/
CLINCH GA-
321 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTY...

AT 320 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS MIDWAY BETWEEN DU PONT AND 
HOMERVILLE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOMERVILLE BY 330 PM EST
  ARGYLE BY 340 PM EST

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 700 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3106 8296 3086 8297 3079 8263 3116 8266

$$

WOLF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 5, 4:05 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more	15 hr
Dec 5, 3:33 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Ware	42 min
Dec 5, 4:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley	44 min
Dec 5, 4:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Glynn	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.