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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2012, 2:44 PM EST for Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 2:44 PM EST (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Glynn County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
172
WFUS52 KJAX 031944
TORJAX
GAC127-032015-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0015.120303T1944Z-120303T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
244 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GLYNN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 315 PM EST
* AT 244 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6
MILES WEST OF BOYS ESTATE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOCK
JUNCTION...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOYS
ESTATE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3121 8150 3118 8172 3140 8162 3141 8158
3136 8152 3134 8144 3128 8139 3129 8128
3128 8127
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 248DEG 37KT 3131 8151
$$
SHULER1 follow-up statement
196
WWUS52 KJAX 032011
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
311 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GAC127-032021-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120303T2015Z/
GLYNN GA-
311 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GLYNN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 315
PM EST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3121 8150 3118 8172 3140 8162 3141 8158
3136 8152 3134 8144 3128 8139 3129 8128
3128 8127
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 248DEG 37KT 3133 8142
$$
PETERSONThe 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, 2:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn, Pierce, Wayne | 28 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.