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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 3, 2012Glynn County, Georgia

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 1:04 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

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

$$

SHULER
1 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

$$

PETERSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 2:19 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryJAXCamden, Glynn13 hr
Mar 3, 3:06 AM ESTFlood WatchJAXAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more21 hr
Mar 3, 9:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCoffee38 min
Mar 3, 9:59 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXCoffee31 min
Mar 3, 10:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis33 min
Mar 3, 10:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Bacon, Jeff Davis29 min
Mar 3, 10:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis42 min
Mar 3, 11:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne44 min
Mar 3, 11:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAtkinson38 min
Mar 3, 11:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBacon36 min
Mar 3, 12:03 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXAtkinson, Clinch, Ware42 min
Mar 3, 12:42 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXBrantley, Pierce, Ware48 min
Mar 3, 12:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne40 min
Mar 3, 12:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWayne21 min
Mar 3, 1:13 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXBrantley, Pierce, Wayne47 min
Mar 3, 1:17 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXAtkinson, Clinch, Ware43 min
Mar 3, 1:43 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXBrantley, Glynn, Wayne25 min
Mar 3, 2:02 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXBrantley, Pierce, Ware43 min
Mar 3, 2:04 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJAXAtkinson, Clinch, Pierce, Ware116 min
Mar 3, 2:27 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXBrantley, Glynn, Pierce, Wayne28 min
Mar 3, 2:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClinch46 min
Mar 3, 3:31 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJAXBrantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn and 1 more119 min
Mar 3, 4:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClinch, Echols, Ware41 min

Nearby

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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.