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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2016, 3:20 PM EDT for Duval County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 6, 2016, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Duval County, FL, Nassau County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:25 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 Wsw Normandy, FL | THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR NORMANDY BLVD AND BLAIR ROAD NEAR 30.2727N -81.8308W. DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS MINOR EF0 DAMAGE WITH SOME FENCING BLOWN OVER AND TREES DAMAGED. THE VORTEX CONTINUED ALONG BLAIR ROAD MAINTAINING THE SAME INTENSITY UNTIL IT REACHED W |
| Jun 6, 3:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 W Normandy, FL | NWS STORM SURVEY HAS DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS ROAD AND BLAIR ROAD AREA. EF SCALE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. |
| Jun 6, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Normandy, FL | AS THE WESTSIDE-CRYSTAL SPRINGS TORNADO WAS DISSIPATING THE THUNDERSTORM REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT MOVED THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD NORTHEAST OF THE DISIPATING FUNNEL. THE DOWNDRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND BEAR WEST BEAVER STREET AND MOVED NORTHEAST THOUGH THE WATERSHED D |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
331
WFUS52 KJAX 061920
TORJAX
FLC031-089-062000-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0010.160606T1920Z-160606T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
320 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL NASSAU COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 320 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ORTEGA...OR NEAR ORANGE PARK...MOVING NORTH AT 50
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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RIVERSIDE AND SAN MARCO AROUND 325 PM EDT.
CISCO GARDENS AROUND 330 PM EDT.
JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL ARPT AND OCEANWAY AROUND 340 PM EDT.
JACKSONVILLE AROUND 350 PM EDT.
YULEE AROUND 400 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
TALLYRAND AND JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS.
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 3014 8167 3015 8169 3017 8169 3019 8168
3019 8187 3075 8176 3068 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 195DEG 43KT 3025 8177
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SHASHY3 follow-up statements
163
WWUS52 KJAX 061930
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
330 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
FLC031-089-062000-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160606T2000Z/
NASSAU FL-DUVAL FL-
330 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
NASSAU AND CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTIES...
AT 330 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NORMANDY...OR NEAR JACKSONVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 45
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL ARPT AND OCEANWAY AROUND 345 PM EDT.
JACKSONVILLE AROUND 355 PM EDT.
YULEE AROUND 400 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
TALLYRAND AND JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3019 8165 3018 8168 3019 8168 3019 8173
3022 8187 3075 8175 3068 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 197DEG 39KT 3032 8175
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHASHY868
WWUS52 KJAX 061947
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
347 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
FLC031-089-062000-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160606T2000Z/
NASSAU FL-DUVAL FL-
347 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
NASSAU AND NORTH CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTIES...
AT 347 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL ARPT...MOVING NORTH AT
50 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.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
YULEE AROUND 400 PM EDT.
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 3037 8159 3044 8182 3075 8175 3068 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 195DEG 43KT 3052 8169
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHASHY402
WWUS52 KJAX 061959
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
359 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
FLC031-089-062009-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160606T2000Z/
NASSAU FL-DUVAL FL-
359 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL NASSAU AND NORTH CENTRAL DUVAL
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER STRONG
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3037 8159 3044 8182 3075 8175 3068 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 195DEG 43KT 3052 8169
$$
SHASHYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:59 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:41 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 1:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Clay | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 2:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Clay | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford, Marion, Putnam, Union | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 62 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 45 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 67 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.