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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL

February 2, 2007Marion County, Putnam County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2007, 12:15 AM EST for Marion County, Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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 2, 2007, 12:15 AM EST (05:15 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2007, 12:45 AM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Marion County, FL, Putnam County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 2, 12:30 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Crescent City, FL	TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 17 AND UNION AVE. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE.
Feb 2, 12:30 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Salt Springs, FL	TREES DOWN ON NATIONAL FOREST ROAD 43 BETWEEN SALT SPRINGS AND FORT GATES FERRY. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE.

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 1, 4:17 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KJAX 020515
TORJAX
FLC083-107-020545-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0004.070202T0515Z-070202T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1215 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA
  SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1245 AM EST

* AT 1212 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SALT
  SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
   POMONA PARK BY 1225 AM EST...
   GEORGETOWN AND CRESCENT CITY BY 1230 AM EST...

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

LAT...LON 2935 8161 2932 8168 2927 8164 2912 8164
      2910 8168 2941 8186 2952 8152 2941 8148
      2938 8145

$$

HESS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 1, 7:46 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		59 min
Feb 1, 11:26 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Marion	49 min
Feb 1, 11:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Flagler, Putnam	45 min
Feb 1, 11:53 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		67 min
Feb 2, 12:27 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Marion	48 min
Feb 2, 12:54 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Flagler	21 min
Feb 2, 1:18 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Flagler	42 min
Feb 2, 1:23 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		67 min
Feb 2, 2:30 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Flagler	30 min
Feb 2, 2:34 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		56 min
Feb 2, 3:16 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Marion	32 min
Feb 2, 2:34 PM EST	Fire Weather Watch	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more	25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.