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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 10, 2014Appling County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2014, 8:41 PM EDT for Appling County, 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
Jun 10, 2014, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2014, 9:09 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Appling County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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 nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 188 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

187 
WFUS52 KJAX 110041
TORJAX
GAC001-110130-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0010.140611T0041Z-140611T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
841 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL APPLING COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 841 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR      
  HIGHWAY 121 AND POOR ROBIN ROAD SOUTH OF BAXLEY...MOVING NORTH AT  
  20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BAXLEY AND PLANT HATCH.

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 3196 8237 3194 8236 3194 8228 3192 8223
      3171 8224 3170 8235 3196 8241 3197 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 172DEG 18KT 3175 8231

$$

NELSON
2 follow-up statements
989 
WWUS52 KJAX 110100
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
900 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

GAC001-110130-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140611T0130Z/
APPLING GA-
900 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
APPLING COUNTY...

AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLANT HATCH...MOVING
NORTH AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PLANT
HATCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3196 8237 3194 8236 3194 8228 3192 8223
      3185 8223 3184 8238 3196 8241 3197 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 173DEG 19KT 3191 8229

$$

NELSON
691 
WWUS52 KJAX 110109
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
909 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

GAC001-110119-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140611T0130Z/
APPLING GA-
909 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN APPLING COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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.

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

LAT...LON 3196 8237 3194 8236 3194 8228 3192 8223
      3185 8223 3184 8238 3196 8241 3197 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 173DEG 19KT 3195 8230

$$

NELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Bacon, Pierce, Wayne32 min
Jun 10, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling54 min
Jun 10, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne45 min
Jun 10, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCoffee, Jeff Davis47 min
Jun 10, 9:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAppling, Bacon, Jeff Davis, Pierce, Ware119 min
Jun 11, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley51 min
Jun 11, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling, Jeff Davis47 min
Jun 11, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley, Pierce52 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.