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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

January 21, 2012Coffee County, Ware County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2012, 8:45 PM EST for Coffee County, Ware County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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: Jan 21, 2012, 8:45 PM EST (01:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2012, 9:30 PM EST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Coffee County, GA, Ware County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

076 
WFUS52 KJAX 220145
TORJAX
GAC069-299-220230-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0002.120122T0145Z-120122T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
845 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 930 PM EST

* AT 845 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6
  MILES SOUTH OF NICHOLLS...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALMA...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DIXIE
  UNION...WAYCROSS...SUNNYSIDE AND DEENWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3151 8259 3147 8259 3147 8249 3142 8248
      3142 8242 3140 8240 3138 8242 3136 8239
      3130 8239 3118 8224 3112 8229 3133 8263
      3136 8264 3136 8269 3140 8274 3153 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 306DEG 21KT 3143 8262

$$

SHASHY

2 follow-up statements

080 
WWUS52 KJAX 220200
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
900 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

GAC069-220210-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120122T0230Z/
COFFEE GA-
900 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3142 8248 3142 8242 3140 8240 3138 8242
      3136 8239 3130 8239 3125 8235 3121 8228
      3119 8228 3117 8224 3112 8229 3133 8262
      3143 8261 3147 8259 3147 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 305DEG 21KT 3139 8253

$$

GAC299-220230-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120122T0230Z/
WARE GA-
900 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
WARE COUNTY...

AT 900 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BICKLEY...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ALMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DIXIE
UNION...WARESBORO...WAYCROSS...SUNNYSIDE AND DEENWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3142 8248 3142 8242 3140 8240 3138 8242
      3136 8239 3130 8239 3125 8235 3121 8228
      3119 8228 3117 8224 3112 8229 3133 8262
      3143 8261 3147 8259 3147 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 305DEG 21KT 3139 8253

$$

SHASHY

172 
WWUS52 KJAX 220225
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
925 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

GAC299-220235-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120122T0230Z/
WARE GA-
925 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WARE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM
EST...

ALTHOUGH THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...HAIL UP TO THREE
QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE.

LAT...LON 3142 8248 3142 8242 3140 8240 3138 8242
      3136 8239 3130 8239 3125 8235 3121 8228
      3119 8228 3117 8224 3112 8229 3133 8262
      3143 8261 3147 8259 3147 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 305DEG 21KT 3131 8239

$$

SHULER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 7:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling	43 min
Jan 21, 7:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	27 min
Jan 21, 7:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Wayne	45 min
Jan 21, 7:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	46 min
Jan 21, 7:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Coffee, Jeff Davis	52 min
Jan 21, 8:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	29 min
Jan 21, 8:17 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Coffee	28 min
Jan 21, 8:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Bacon, Coffee, Pierce, Ware	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.