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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 3, 20124 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2012, 2:27 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2012, 2:27 PM EST (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2012, 2:55 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brantley County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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.

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 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

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The text

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

325 
WFUS52 KJAX 031927
TORJAX
GAC025-127-229-305-032015-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0014.120303T1927Z-120303T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
227 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  EASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  NORTHERN BRANTLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN GLYNN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 315 PM EST

* AT 226 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  PATTERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SCREVEN...WAYNESVILLE...JESUP...THALMANN...GARDI...DOCTORTOWN...
  MOUNT PLEASANT AND EVERETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 
INCH 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3166 8181 3158 8169 3156 8169 3153 8165
      3151 8165 3148 8161 3145 8162 3141 8158
      3124 8169 3122 8170 3113 8220 3144 8221
      3148 8216 3147 8214 3149 8213 3167 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 244DEG 40KT 3141 8206

$$

SHULER

1 follow-up statement

054 
WWUS52 KJAX 031955
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
255 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

GAC025-127-229-305-032005-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120303T2015Z/
WAYNE GA-PIERCE GA-BRANTLEY GA-GLYNN GA-
255 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GLYNN...NORTHERN BRANTLEY...
EASTERN PIERCE AND SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

ALL OR PART OF THIS WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A TORNADO WARNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3166 8181 3158 8169 3156 8169 3153 8165
      3151 8165 3148 8161 3145 8162 3141 8158
      3124 8169 3122 8170 3113 8220 3144 8221
      3148 8216 3147 8214 3149 8213 3167 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 244DEG 40KT 3155 8172

$$

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, 2:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Brantley, Pierce, Ware	43 min
Mar 3, 2:04 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch, Pierce, Ware	116 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.