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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2016, 10:36 AM EDT for Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- Oct 7, 2016, 10:36 AM EDT (14:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 423 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
917
WFUS52 KJAX 071436
TORJAX
FLC089-GAC039-071500-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0016.161007T1436Z-161007T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1036 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
* AT 1036 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF KINGS BAY BASE...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 60 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...
FERNANDINA BEACH AND KINGS BAY BASE AROUND 1045 AM EDT.
ST. MARYS AND YULEE AROUND 1050 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CUMBERLAND ISLAND.
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 3079 8142 3068 8141 3057 8161 3058 8160
3058 8165 3055 8166 3057 8167 3056 8172
3054 8174 3054 8176 3051 8178 3047 8183
3070 8197 3090 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 1436Z 062DEG 51KT 3082 8137
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SHULER1 follow-up statement
296
WWUS52 KJAX 071453
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1053 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
FLC089-GAC039-071503-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-161007T1500Z/
NASSAU FL-CAMDEN GA-
1053 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN NASSAU AND SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 AM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3079 8142 3068 8141 3057 8161 3058 8160
3058 8165 3055 8166 3057 8167 3056 8172
3054 8174 3054 8176 3051 8178 3047 8183
3070 8197 3090 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 1453Z 062DEG 51KT 3072 8160
$$
SHULERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 10:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Clay, Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 11:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns | 9 hr |
| Oct 7, 12:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Duval | 9 hr |
| Oct 7, 1:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Nassau | 9 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Nassau | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 7:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Brantley, Charlton, Pierce, Wayne | 3 hr |
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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.