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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 6, 2016Camden County, Charlton County, Georgia; Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2016, 3:36 PM EDT for Camden County, Charlton County, Georgia; Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 6, 2016, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

827 
WFUS52 KJAX 061936
TORJAX
FLC089-GAC039-049-062015-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0011.160606T1936Z-160606T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
336 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
    
* AT 336 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER HILLIARD...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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...
  HILLIARD AROUND 340 PM EDT. 
  KINGS FERRY AROUND 400 PM EDT. 
  HOMELAND AROUND 405 PM EDT. 
  FOLKSTON AROUND 410 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
JACKSONVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3061 8193 3065 8206 3101 8198 3091 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 201DEG 18KT 3069 8196 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

SHASHY

2 follow-up statements

598 
WWUS52 KJAX 061957
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
357 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

FLC089-GAC039-049-062015-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160606T2015Z/
NASSAU FL-CAMDEN GA-CHARLTON GA-
357 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NASSAU...SOUTHWESTERN CAMDEN AND NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON
COUNTIES...
    
AT 356 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGS FERRY...OR NEAR HILLIARD...MOVING NORTH AT 20
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...
  KINGS FERRY AROUND 400 PM EDT. 
  HOMELAND AROUND 405 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.

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3065 8190 3073 8204 3101 8198 3091 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 201DEG 18KT 3079 8192 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

SHASHY

561 
WWUS52 KJAX 062006
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
406 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

FLC089-GAC039-049-062015-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160606T2015Z/
NASSAU FL-CAMDEN GA-CHARLTON GA-
406 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NASSAU...SOUTHWESTERN CAMDEN
AND NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 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.

LAT...LON 3065 8190 3073 8204 3101 8198 3091 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 201DEG 18KT 3079 8192 

$$

SHASHY

The 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	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more	29 hr
Jun 5, 11:41 PM EDT	Tropical Storm Warning	JAX	Camden, Glynn	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, 3:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Duval, Nassau	40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.