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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 2006, 4:29 PM EST for Appling County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2006, 4:29 PM EST (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 4:55 PM EST
- In force
- 26 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:23 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 2, 2:12 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 2:12 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
212 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST...
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
TONIGHT...STRONG UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS ALONG THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE
TO INTERACT WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S AND DEWPOINTS IN
THE MID/UPPER 60S THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WILL BE CONCERNED
MOSTLY WITH SMALL PORTIONS OF THE SW-NE ORIENTED LINE AS THEY BOW
OUT AT TIMES INTO POSSIBLE TORNADIC CIRCULATIONS. SW-NE LINE WILL
ALSO SLOWLY PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND SHOULD EXIT
OFFSHORE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH ISOLD SHOWERS AND SOME PATCHY FOG. MIN
TEMPS WILL ONLY BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 50S IN MOST LOCATIONS.
TUE...BECOMING SUNNY AND BREEZY WITH WEST WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 25 MPH AT TIMES. NOT MUCH COLD AIR BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AND
WILL MAX TEMPS INTO THE UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S.
TUE NIGHT...CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WITH MIN TEMPS IN THE
LOWER 40S AND SOME PATCHY FOG DUE TO CALM WINDS AND WET GROUND BY
MORNING.
WED...MOSTLY SUNNY AND CONTINUED MILD WITH WEST WINDS 10 MPH OR LESS
AND MAX TEMPS MAINLY IN THE UPPER 60S.
WED NIGHT...INCREASING MID/HI CLOUDS AHEAD OF COLD SHOT OF
AIR...STILL APPEARS AS THOUGH THIS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE GOES THROUGH
DRY AND WILL HOLD POPS IN THE 10% OR LESS RANGE. MIN TEMPS IN THE
MID/UPPER 40S.
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SUB-FREEZING TEMPS POSSIBLE FRI
AND SAT NIGHTS AS VERY COLD SHOT OF AIR PUSHES INTO THE FORECAST
AREA. NEW 12Z GFS MOS GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING A HARD FREEZE FOR MUCH
OF THE INLAND FORECAST AREA FRIDAY NIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...ISSUED AN UPDATE TO INCLUDE TOR WATCH AND SCA FOR OFFSHORE
WATERS. COLD FRONT AND CONVECTION WILL PUSH THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SCA
CONDITIONS OFFSHORE AND SCEC NEAR SHORE MAINLY DUE TO WINDS THROUGH
TUESDAY. SECONDARY COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY WILL INCREASE WINDS AND
SEAS AGAIN TO NEAR SCA CONDITIONS OFFSHORE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 54 68 40 68 / 40 0 0 0
SSI 57 68 43 66 / 50 0 0 0
JAX 57 71 41 68 / 60 0 0 0
SGJ 61 72 46 67 / 50 0 0 0
GNV 57 72 41 70 / 60 0 0 0
OCF 58 73 42 71 / 40 0 0 0
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES:ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE...FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE...AND ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE.
&&
PUBLIC...HESS
MARINE/FIRE WX...ZIBURAHazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 1:33 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 133 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8 ADDED FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-031100- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 133 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS WARM FRONT LIFTS FURTHER NORTH WHILE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFLUX OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...AIDING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PRECEDE AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL INTERACT WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS TO CREATE ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS....WITH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ENDING WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM. PLEASE LEAVE WEATHER RADIOS IN ALERT MODE. REMEMBER TO SEEK SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY AND USHER IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DURING THE WEEKEND... LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THE WATCH AREA. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. ECZ/HESS
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 412 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 FLZ021-022200- SUWANNEE- 412 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUWANNEE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 500 PM EST... AT 412 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF DOWLING PARK TO LURAVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND NEWBURN...OBRIEN...MCALPIN...LIVE OAK AND HOUSTON THROUGH 500 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. ENYEDI
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 418 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 GAZ133>135-022200- APPLING-BACON-JEFF DAVIS- 418 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR APPLING...JEFF DAVIS AND BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 500 PM EST... AT 418 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAHAM...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND PINE GROVE...GRAHAM AND BAXLEY THROUGH 500 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE. THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. ENYEDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 63 min | |
| Jan 2, 3:11 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 94 min | |
| Jan 2, 4:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 65 min | |
| Jan 2, 4:59 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 91 min | |
| Jan 2, 5:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 49 min | |
| Jan 2, 6:58 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 92 min | |
| Jan 2, 6:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 36 min |
| Jan 2, 7:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 33 min |
| Jan 2, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.