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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2012, 3:07 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 3:07 PM EST (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Wayne County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Alma, GA | A TREE IN THE ROAD WAS REPORTED ON BENNETT STILL HIGHWAY. |
| Feb 24, 3:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Ssw Surrency, GA | POWERLINES DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 203. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Feb 24, 3:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Alma, GA | 2 TREES DOWN AND PEA SIZE HAIL ON MEADOW ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
907
WFUS52 KJAX 242007
TORJAX
GAC001-005-229-305-242045-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0005.120224T2007Z-120224T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
307 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
EXTREME NORTHERN PIERCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN APPLING COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
BACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 345 PM EST
* AT 307 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
ALMA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SURRENCY...ODUM...JESUP AND DOCTORTOWN.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3182 8201 3179 8199 3180 8196 3177 8195
3176 8191 3173 8190 3171 8187 3167 8184
3166 8181 3161 8173 3145 8248 3163 8259
3184 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 251DEG 49KT 3157 8240
$$
STRUBLE3 follow-up statements
735
WWUS52 KJAX 242018
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
318 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC001-005-229-305-242045-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T2045Z/
WAYNE GA-PIERCE GA-APPLING GA-BACON GA-
318 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BACON...SOUTHERN APPLING...EXTREME NORTHERN PIERCE AND
NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
AT 318 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SURRENCY...OR 11 MILES EAST OF ALMA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SURRENCY...ODUM...JESUP AND DOCTORTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3149 8230 3166 8246 3184 8206 3182 8201
3179 8199 3180 8196 3177 8195 3176 8191
3173 8190 3171 8187 3167 8184 3166 8181
3161 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 251DEG 49KT 3161 8223
$$
STRUBLE331
WWUS52 KJAX 242026
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
326 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC005-229-242036-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T2045Z/
PIERCE GA-BACON GA-
326 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BACON AND EXTREME NORTHERN
PIERCE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3152 8220 3167 8235 3184 8206 3182 8201
3179 8199 3180 8196 3177 8195 3176 8191
3173 8190 3171 8187 3167 8184 3166 8181
3161 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 251DEG 49KT 3164 8211
$$
GAC001-305-242045-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T2045Z/
WAYNE GA-APPLING GA-
326 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN APPLING AND NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
AT 326 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTH OF SURRENCY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ODUM...
JESUP AND DOCTORTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3152 8220 3167 8235 3184 8206 3182 8201
3179 8199 3180 8196 3177 8195 3176 8191
3173 8190 3171 8187 3167 8184 3166 8181
3161 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 251DEG 49KT 3164 8211
$$
STRUBLE615
WWUS52 KJAX 242034
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
334 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC001-242044-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T2045Z/
APPLING GA-
334 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3154 8212 3166 8214 3182 8207 3182 8201
3179 8199 3180 8196 3177 8195 3176 8191
3173 8190 3171 8187 3167 8184 3166 8181
3161 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 251DEG 49KT 3164 8198
$$
GAC305-242045-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T2045Z/
WAYNE GA-
334 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 334 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR ODUM...OR 8 MILES WEST OF JESUP...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JESUP
AND DOCTORTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3154 8212 3166 8214 3182 8207 3182 8201
3179 8199 3180 8196 3177 8195 3176 8191
3173 8190 3171 8187 3167 8184 3166 8181
3161 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 251DEG 49KT 3164 8198
$$
STRUBLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:54 AM EST | Wind Advisory | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 2:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 57 min |
| Feb 24, 3:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 3:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Ware | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Ware, Wayne | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 3:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson, Pierce | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Pierce, Ware and 1 more | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Wayne | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 4:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 22 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.