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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL

February 3, 2006Suwannee County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 2006, 7:38 PM EST for Suwannee County, Florida. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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: Feb 3, 2006, 7:38 PM EST (00:38 UTC)
Expired: Feb 3, 2006, 8:30 PM EST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Suwannee County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 3, 7:40 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	Live Oak, FL
Feb 3, 7:49 PM EST	HAIL 0.88	Live Oak, FL
Feb 3, 8:06 PM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 N Live Oak, FL	FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED AT JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 129 AND 136 NORTH OF LIVE OAK.

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
Feb 3, 7:20 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KJAX 040039
SVRJAX
FLC121-040130-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0021.060204T0038Z-060204T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
738 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SUWANNEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIVE OAK

* UNTIL 830 PM EST

* AT 735 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF LIVE OAK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HOUSTON.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 3026 8325 3010 8317 3030 8278 3044 8309

$$

WOLF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 3, 7:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Bradford, Hamilton, Union	59 min
Feb 3, 7:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker	51 min
Feb 3, 7:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Columbia	48 min
Feb 3, 8:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Nassau	50 min
Feb 4, 3:07 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more	15 hr
Feb 4, 3:24 PM EST	Freeze Watch	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union	41 hr

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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.