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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Jacksonville, FL

November 16, 2011Atkinson County, Clinch County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 2011, 7:55 PM EST for Atkinson County, Clinch County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
Nov 16, 2011, 7:55 PM EST (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2011, 8:34 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atkinson County, GA, Clinch County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 16, 8:15 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG4 Nnw Homerville, GATHE 911 CENTER REPORTED A TREE BLOWN DOWN ON A POWERLINE JUST OFF OF 441 NORTH NEAR HOMERVILLE. THE TIME GIVEN WAS BASED ON RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 769 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

191 
WUUS52 KJAX 170055
SVRJAX
GAC003-065-170145-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0310.111117T0055Z-111117T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
755 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ATKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EST

* AT 755 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 19 MILES WEST OF
  COGDELL...OR NEAR LAKELAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  COGDELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3137 8263 3128 8263 3129 8266 3128 8270
      3123 8270 3110 8263 3100 8298 3118 8298
      3118 8304 3119 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 244DEG 31KT 3110 8301

$$

STRUBLE
2 follow-up statements
393 
WWUS52 KJAX 170107
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
807 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

GAC003-065-170145-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-111117T0145Z/
ATKINSON GA-CLINCH GA-
807 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN CLINCH AND SOUTHEASTERN ATKINSON COUNTIES...

AT 807 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF COGDELL...
OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF PEARSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COGDELL
AND AXSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3130 8279 3135 8263 3128 8263 3129 8266
      3128 8270 3123 8270 3110 8263 3102 8296
      3118 8298 3120 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 243DEG 32KT 3115 8289

$$

STRUBLE
362 
WWUS52 KJAX 170134
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
834 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

GAC003-065-170144-
/O.CAN.KJAX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-111117T0145Z/
ATKINSON GA-CLINCH GA-
834 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLINCH AND
SOUTHEASTERN ATKINSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

ALTHOUGH THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...HAIL UP TO THREE
QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3130 8279 3135 8263 3128 8263 3129 8266
      3128 8270 3123 8270 3110 8263 3102 8296
      3118 8298 3120 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 243DEG 32KT 3126 8264

$$

SANDRIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 7:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis43 min
Nov 16, 8:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Pierce, Ware45 min
Nov 16, 8:53 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXBrantley, Pierce, Wayne37 min
Nov 16, 9:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClinch42 min
Nov 16, 10:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley, Pierce, Ware, Wayne47 min
Nov 16, 11:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley, Glynn, Pierce, Wayne39 min
Nov 16, 11:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXEchols46 min
Nov 17, 12:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn31 min
Nov 17, 12:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClinch, Echols29 min
Nov 17, 12:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden53 min
Nov 17, 1:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton, Clinch, Ware30 min
Nov 17, 1:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton, Ware44 min
Nov 17, 10:23 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryJAXAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce and 1 more6 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.