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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 22, 2005Appling County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 3:28 PM EST for Appling County, Georgia. 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 22, 2005, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 4:15 PM EST
In force
47 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, 8.5 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.

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
WFUS52 KJAX 222028
TORJAX
GAC001-222115-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0005.050322T2028Z-050322T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
328 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  APPLING COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SURRENCY...BAXLEY

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 326 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAXLEY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF    
  ALMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BAXLEY BY 335 PM EST
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SURRENCY BY 345 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.

LAT...LON 3171 8247 3163 8229 3180 8212 3190 8231

$$

ZIBURA
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KJAX 222037
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
336 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005

GAC001-222115-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050322T2115Z/
APPLING GA-
336 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR APPLING COUNTY...

AT 334 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
BAXLEY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF ALMA. MOVEMENT IS TO THE 
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NEAR AND SOUTH OF BAXLEY BY 415 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.

LAT...LON 3171 8247 3163 8229 3180 8212 3190 8231

$$

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, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling56 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

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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.