Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2011, 2:05 PM EDT for Pierce County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 27, 2011, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2011, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pierce County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2:33 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Ese Patterson, GA | 5871 EAST MAIN ST NEAR DOWNTOWN PATTERSON SPOTTER REPORTS NICKLE SIZE HAIL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
677
WFUS52 KJAX 271805
TORJAX
GAC229-271845-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0007.110327T1805Z-110327T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
205 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 205 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRISTOL...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLACKSHEAR...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRISTOL AND PATTERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3146 8207 3129 8204 3135 8239 3138 8240
3144 8240 3144 8233 3146 8232
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 274DEG 34KT 3138 8234
$$2 follow-up statements
079 WWUS52 KJAX 271818 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 218 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011 GAC229-271845- /O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110327T1845Z/ PIERCE GA- 218 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY... AT 217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF PATTERSON...OR NEAR BLACKSHEAR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PATTERSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3146 8207 3129 8204 3133 8227 3141 8229 TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 274DEG 34KT 3137 8221 $$ SHULER
417 WWUS52 KJAX 271841 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 241 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011 GAC229-271851- /O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110327T1845Z/ PIERCE GA- 241 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3146 8207 3129 8204 3133 8227 3141 8229 TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 274DEG 34KT 3135 8194 $$ SHULER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Pierce, Ware | 20 min |
| Mar 27, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Wayne | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Jeff Davis | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols, Ware | 13 min |
| Mar 27, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Jeff Davis | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Jeff Davis | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Jeff Davis | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Jeff Davis | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 5:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Wayne | 87 min |
| Mar 27, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 7:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 96 min |
| Mar 27, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 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.