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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2012, 2:02 PM EST for Brantley County, Pierce County, Ware County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Mar 3, 2012, 2:02 PM EST (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brantley County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:10 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Hoboken, GA | A FEW REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUD IN HOBOKEN AREA. |
| Mar 3, 2:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Waycross, GA | WARE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES IN THE SUNNYSIDE AREA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
330 WFUS52 KJAX 031902 TORJAX GAC025-229-299-031945- /O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0013.120303T1902Z-120303T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 202 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SOUTHERN PIERCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WESTERN BRANTLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 245 PM EST * AT 202 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MANOR...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARGYLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAYCROSS...DEENWOOD...SUNNYSIDE...BLACKSHEAR...HOBOKEN AND PATTERSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 INCH 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 200 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3142 8210 3114 8201 3107 8259 3123 8265 TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 254DEG 38KT 3119 8245 $$ PETERSON
2 follow-up statements
854 WWUS52 KJAX 031913 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 213 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 GAC025-229-299-031945- /O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120303T1945Z/ WARE GA-PIERCE GA-BRANTLEY GA- 213 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR WESTERN BRANTLEY...SOUTHERN PIERCE AND CENTRAL WARE COUNTIES... AT 214 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACKSHEAR...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PATTERSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3132 8239 3142 8210 3114 8201 3108 8250 TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 254DEG 43KT 3133 8218 $$ SHULER
331 WWUS52 KJAX 031942 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 242 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 GAC025-229-299-031952- /O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120303T1945Z/ WARE GA-PIERCE GA-BRANTLEY GA- 242 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN BRANTLEY...SOUTHERN PIERCE AND CENTRAL WARE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3132 8239 3142 8210 3114 8201 3108 8250 TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 254DEG 43KT 3142 8180 $$ PETERSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:19 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:06 AM EST | Flood Watch | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 9:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 10:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 10:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Jeff Davis | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 10:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 11:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 11:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 11:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 12:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Ware | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 12:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Ware | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 12:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 12:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 21 min |
| Mar 3, 1:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 1:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Ware | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 1:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn, Wayne | 25 min |
| Mar 3, 2:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Pierce, Ware | 116 min |
| Mar 3, 2:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn, Pierce, Wayne | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 2:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 3:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn and 1 more | 119 min |
| Mar 3, 4:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch, Echols, Ware | 41 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.