Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2015, 2:11 PM EDT for Clinch County, Ware County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 19, 2015, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clinch County, GA, Ware County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1:04 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1051 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
083
WUUS52 KJAX 191811
SVRJAX
GAC065-299-191845-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0021.150419T1811Z-150419T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
211 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN CLINCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 211 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARGYLE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOMERVILLE...ARGYLE...COGDELL...MANOR AND WARESBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES
AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3118 8278 3118 8267 3122 8269 3134 8247
3101 8241 3088 8242 3087 8278 3115 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 237DEG 23KT 3113 8264
$$
SANDRIK2 follow-up statements
547
WWUS52 KJAX 191820
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
220 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
GAC065-299-191845-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150419T1845Z/
WARE GA-CLINCH GA-
220 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WARE AND NORTHEASTERN CLINCH COUNTIES...
AT 220 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANOR...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ARGYLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOMERVILLE...ARGYLE...COGDELL...MANOR AND WARESBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH A
TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES
AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3118 8278 3118 8267 3122 8269 3134 8247
3101 8241 3088 8242 3095 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 237DEG 23KT 3116 8258
$$
SANDRIK942
WWUS52 KJAX 191833
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
233 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
GAC065-191843-
/O.CAN.KJAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150419T1845Z/
CLINCH GA-
233 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLINCH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3134 8247 3101 8241 3108 8261 3123 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 237DEG 23KT 3120 8254
$$
GAC299-191845-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150419T1845Z/
WARE GA-
233 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WARE COUNTY...
AT 233 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF MANOR...OR 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ARGYLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANOR AND WARESBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH A
TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES
AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3134 8247 3101 8241 3108 8261 3123 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 237DEG 23KT 3120 8254
$$
SANDRIKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn, Wayne | 17 min |
| Apr 19, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton, Pierce, Ware | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clinch, Ware | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Brantley, Pierce, Wayne | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Wayne | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Echols | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 3:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Appling | 113 min |
| Apr 19, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn, Wayne | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch, Echols, Ware | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 19 min |
| Apr 19, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Ware | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 31 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.