Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2009, 1:23 PM EDT for Jeff Davis County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 13, 2009, 1:23 PM EDT (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jeff Davis County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 1:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Hazlehurst, GA | PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A HAM RADIO OPERATOR IN HAZLEHURST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 12:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -232 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KJAX 131723
TORJAX
GAC161-131800-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0013.090413T1723Z-090413T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
123 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 123 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
HAZLEHURST...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAZLEHURST.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3196 8246 3196 8243 3185 8243 3184 8252
3176 8277 3185 8280 3192 8266 3192 8264
3196 8254 3195 8250 3197 8249 3198 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 252DEG 39KT 3184 8271
$$
WOLF1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KJAX 131742
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
142 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
GAC161-131800-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090413T1800Z/
JEFF DAVIS GA-
142 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...
AT 142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST OF
HAZLEHURST...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3196 8246 3196 8243 3185 8243 3184 8252
3181 8262 3187 8261 3189 8261 3192 8260
3196 8254 3195 8250 3197 8249 3198 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 256DEG 28KT 3186 8251
$$
WOLFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 4:35 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 14 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Jeff Davis | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 12:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 2:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Jeff Davis | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling | 20 min |
| Apr 13, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Coffee, Pierce and 2 more | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 3:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Wayne | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Ware | 22 min |
| Apr 13, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols, Ware | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 3:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Pierce, Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Pierce, Ware | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Ware | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 30 min |
| Apr 13, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Charlton, Ware | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Camden, Charlton, Glynn | 116 min |
| Apr 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.