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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL

January 25, 2011Marion County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2011, 4:28 PM EST for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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: Jan 25, 2011, 4:28 PM EST (21:28 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2011, 5:15 PM EST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Marion County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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
Jan 25, 5:00 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Silver Springs Sho, FL	BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED DAMAGE TO FENCES AND POOL SCREENS ON SE 64TH AVENUE IN THE BELLEVIEW AREA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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
Jan 25, 2:07 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

115 
WFUS52 KJAX 252128
TORJAX
FLC083-252215-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0003.110125T2128Z-110125T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
428 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 429 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEIRSDALE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LADY LAKE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  WEIR...WEIRSDALE...SILVER SPRINGS SHORES...OCKLAWAHA...MOSS BLUFF
  AND JUNIPER SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2914 8203 2931 8167 2929 8164 2905 8163
      2904 8165 2896 8165 2895 8166 2896 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 232DEG 41KT 2889 8199

$$

ENYEDI

2 follow-up statements

896 
WWUS52 KJAX 252138
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
438 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

FLC083-252215-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110125T2215Z/
MARION FL-
438 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY...

AT 438 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEIRSDALE...OR NEAR
THE VILLAGES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
OCKLAWAHA...MOSS BLUFF AND JUNIPER SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2917 8197 2931 8167 2929 8164 2905 8163
      2904 8165 2896 8165 2895 8166 2896 8209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 229DEG 40KT 2897 8192

$$

ENYEDI

804 
WWUS52 KJAX 252208 RRA
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
508 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

FLC083-252215-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110125T2215Z/
MARION FL-
508 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY...

AT 508 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTH OF JUNIPER SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JUNIPER
SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2920 8183 2929 8164 2905 8163 2904 8165
      2896 8165 2895 8166 2895 8184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 230DEG 31KT 2911 8173

$$

ENYEDI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 1:57 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Gilchrist	33 min
Jan 25, 2:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Gilchrist	22 min
Jan 25, 2:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia, Gilchrist	32 min
Jan 25, 3:24 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Union	36 min
Jan 25, 3:44 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 3 more	91 min
Jan 25, 3:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	26 min
Jan 25, 3:53 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bradford, Clay	37 min
Jan 25, 4:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Clay, Duval, Saint Johns	50 min
Jan 25, 4:11 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	34 min
Jan 25, 4:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Alachua, Marion	30 min
Jan 25, 4:31 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	44 min
Jan 25, 4:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua, Marion, Putnam	39 min
Jan 25, 4:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Saint Johns	36 min
Jan 25, 4:41 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Alachua, Marion, Putnam	94 min
Jan 25, 4:55 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		95 min
Jan 25, 5:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam, Saint Johns	44 min
Jan 25, 5:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	44 min
Jan 25, 5:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Flagler	36 min
Jan 25, 6:30 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		60 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.