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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL

February 26, 2008Atkinson County, Coffee County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 2008, 12:58 PM EST for Atkinson County, Coffee County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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 26, 2008, 12:58 PM EST (17:58 UTC)
Expired: Feb 26, 2008, 1:21 PM EST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Atkinson County, GA, Coffee County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 26, 1:15 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nw Pearson, GA	POWERLINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 244 TWO MILES NORTH OF KIRKLAND AND FIVE MILES NORTHWEST OF PEARSON. TIME WAS BASED ON RADAR IMAGERY AND POSITION WAS ADJUSTED AFTER FOLLOW UP WITH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
Feb 26, 1:15 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Douglas, GA	SCATTERED TREES DOWN IN THE DOUGLAS METRO AREA.

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 26, 11:00 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 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.

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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KJAX 261758
SVRJAX
GAC003-069-261845-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0021.080226T1758Z-080226T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1258 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ATKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 145 PM EST

* AT 1254 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  NORTH OF WILLACOOCHEE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3160 8262 3156 8263 3155 8260 3151 8259
      3146 8260 3146 8263 3137 8263 3131 8307
      3149 8313 3157 8307 3167 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 265DEG 39KT 3146 8299

$$

HESS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KJAX 261822
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
121 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

FLC089-GAC039-127-261831-
/O.EXP.KJAX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080226T1830Z/
NASSAU FL-CAMDEN GA-GLYNN GA-
121 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GLYNN...EASTERN CAMDEN AND
EASTERN NASSAU COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 130 PM EST...

THE STORMS ARE MOVING OFFSHORE...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS 
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REMAIN ALERT FOR 
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3131 8141 3134 8135 3131 8127 3123 8125
      3111 8139 3100 8142 3097 8139 3073 8144
      3052 8141 3052 8146 3057 8150 3054 8157
      3059 8166 3115 8176 3137 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 247DEG 42KT 3119 8129 3064 8130

$$

SANDRIK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 25, 8:32 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more	22 hr
Feb 26, 3:31 AM EST	Red Flag Warning	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more	38 hr
Feb 26, 11:44 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Ware	16 min
Feb 26, 12:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton, Clinch, Ware	44 min
Feb 26, 12:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Coffee, Jeff Davis	43 min
Feb 26, 12:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch, Echols, Ware	53 min
Feb 26, 12:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Camden, Glynn	47 min
Feb 26, 12:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Pierce, Ware	61 min
Feb 26, 12:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Jeff Davis	23 min
Feb 26, 1:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Pierce, Wayne	41 min
Feb 26, 1:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Camden, Charlton	59 min
Feb 26, 1:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Pierce, Ware	27 min
Feb 26, 1:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden, Glynn	23 min
Feb 26, 1:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Wayne	24 min
Feb 26, 1:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Camden, Charlton	48 min
Feb 26, 2:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Camden	44 min

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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.