Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2016, 3:35 PM EST for Bacon County, Coffee County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 3, 2016, 3:35 PM EST (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bacon County, GA, Coffee County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
501
WFUS52 KJAX 032035
TORJAX
GAC005-069-032100-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0001.160203T2035Z-160203T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
335 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EST
* AT 335 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NICHOLLS...OR 8 MILES EAST OF DOUGLAS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOUGLAS...ALMA AND NICHOLLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3166 8245 3156 8243 3147 8256 3147 8263
3142 8263 3137 8270 3150 8284 3166 8263
3168 8246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 228DEG 34KT 3149 8271
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHULER2 follow-up statements
840
WWUS52 KJAX 032054
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
354 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
GAC069-032104-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T2100Z/
COFFEE GA-
354 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3167 8245 3166 8245 3156 8243 3152 8248
3149 8254 3154 8260 3156 8260 3156 8261
3157 8263 3166 8263 3168 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 228DEG 34KT 3161 8255
$$
GAC005-032100-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T2100Z/
BACON GA-
354 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN BACON COUNTY...
AT 354 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ALMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALMA.
LAT...LON 3167 8245 3166 8245 3156 8243 3152 8248
3149 8254 3154 8260 3156 8260 3156 8261
3157 8263 3166 8263 3168 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 228DEG 34KT 3161 8255
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHULER276
WWUS52 KJAX 032102
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
402 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
GAC005-032112-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T2100Z/
BACON GA-
402 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BACON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
A PORTION OF BACON COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3167 8245 3166 8245 3156 8243 3152 8248
3149 8254 3154 8260 3156 8260 3156 8261
3157 8263 3166 8263 3168 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 228DEG 34KT 3161 8255
$$
SHULERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 9:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JAX | Glynn, McIntosh, Wayne | 18 days |
| Feb 3, 2:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 51 min |
| Feb 3, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 39 min |
| Feb 3, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 4:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 32 min |
| Feb 3, 5:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Bacon | 28 min |
| Feb 3, 5:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 51 min |
| Feb 3, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon | 49 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.