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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2009, 4:25 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
- Apr 13, 2009, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2009, 5:09 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brantley County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Ware County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winokur, GA | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE WINOKUR AREA OFF HIGHWAY 301. |
| Apr 13, 5:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winokur, GA | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 2 TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE WINOKUR AREA OFF HIGHWAY 301. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 132025 TORJAX GAC025-049-065-299-132130- /O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0021.090413T2025Z-090413T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 425 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHARLTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA EASTERN CLINCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN BRANTLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA CENTRAL WARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 24 MILES WEST OF RACE POND...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARGYLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RACE POND AND HICKOX. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3121 8195 3097 8193 3084 8259 3104 8259 TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 254DEG 34KT 3095 8251 $$ WOLF
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KJAX 132042 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 442 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 GAC025-049-065-299-132130- /O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090413T2130Z/ CHARLTON GA-CLINCH GA-BRANTLEY GA-WARE GA- 442 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL WARE...SOUTHWESTERN BRANTLEY...EASTERN CLINCH AND NORTHERN CHARLTON COUNTIES... AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF RACE POND...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RACE POND...WINOKUR AND HICKOX. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3121 8195 3097 8193 3084 8259 3104 8259 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 254DEG 34KT 3098 8232 $$ WOLF
000 WWUS52 KJAX 132109 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 509 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 GAC025-049-065-299-132119- /O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090413T2130Z/ CHARLTON GA-CLINCH GA-BRANTLEY GA-WARE GA- 509 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 ALL OR PART OF THIS WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING. 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 700 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3121 8195 3097 8193 3084 8259 3104 8259 TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 254DEG 34KT 3105 8204 $$ ZAPPE
The 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, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Jeff Davis | 37 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, 4:45 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.