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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 2, 2007Coffee County, Jeff Davis County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2007, 1:44 AM EST for Coffee County, Jeff Davis County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 2, 2007, 1:44 AM EST (06:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2007, 2:30 AM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coffee County, GA, Jeff Davis 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
Mar 1, 4:35 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Mar 2, 12:54 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 1205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 330 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 429 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.0
Supercell composite: 12.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KJAX 020644
TORJAX
GAC069-161-020730-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0010.070302T0644Z-070302T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
144 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 230 AM EST

* AT 142 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BROXTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
  GREEN...SNIPESVILLE AND HAZLEHURST.

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 800 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3165 8300 3150 8288 3174 8251 3191 8260

$$

SHASHY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KJAX 020655
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
155 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

GAC069-161-020730-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070302T0730Z/
COFFEE GA-JEFF DAVIS GA-
155 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EST FOR JEFF
DAVIS AND NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTIES...

AT 150 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR DENTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROXTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DENTON 
AND HAZLEHURST.

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 3170 8285 3160 8272 3174 8254 3183 8255
      3190 8262

$$

SHASHY

000 
WWUS52 KJAX 020714
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
213 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

GAC069-020723-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070302T0730Z/
COFFEE GA-
213 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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 800 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3188 8259 3182 8258 3181 8253 3183 8252
      3186 8245 3195 8242 3192 8255

$$

GAC161-020730-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070302T0730Z/
JEFF DAVIS GA-
213 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...

AT 210 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN JEFF
DAVIS COUNTY...OR ABOUT NEAR GRAHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

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 800 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3188 8259 3182 8258 3181 8253 3183 8252
      3186 8245 3195 8242 3192 8255

$$

SHASHY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 2:16 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	44 min
Mar 2, 2:44 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling	46 min
Mar 2, 3:11 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Echols	49 min
Mar 2, 3:20 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch	40 min
Mar 2, 4:39 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton	51 min
Mar 2, 4:52 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Charlton	38 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2007 Every tornado warning in 2007 Tornadoes in 2007

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.