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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

February 24, 2016Coffee County, Jeff Davis County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 4:57 AM EST for Coffee County, Jeff Davis County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 24, 2016, 4:57 AM EST (09:57 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2016, 5:30 AM EST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Coffee County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 24, 3:58 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.8

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The text

As transmitted.

108 
WFUS52 KJAX 240957
TORJAX
GAC069-161-241030-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0002.160224T0957Z-160224T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
457 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 530 AM EST
    
* AT 457 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR AMBROSE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DOUGLAS...BROXTON...AMBROSE...WEST GREEN...SNIPESVILLE...PRIDGEN AND
  DENTON.

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 3185 8279 3167 8262 3156 8263 3142 8308
      3147 8314 3147 8312 3151 8308 3156 8306
      3159 8306 3182 8283 3184 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 232DEG 51KT 3150 8301 

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

$$

NELSON

3 follow-up statements

727 
WWUS52 KJAX 241008
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
508 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

GAC069-161-241030-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T1030Z/
JEFF DAVIS GA-COFFEE GA-
508 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JEFF DAVIS AND CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTIES...
    
AT 508 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BROXTON...MOVING NORTHEAST 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOUGLAS...BROXTON...WEST GREEN...SNIPESVILLE AND DENTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3149 8296 3156 8302 3183 8277 3167 8262
      3166 8262
TIME...MOT...LOC 1008Z 228DEG 44KT 3158 8292 

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

$$

NELSON

708 
WWUS52 KJAX 241020
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
520 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

GAC069-241029-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T1030Z/
COFFEE GA-
520 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3183 8277 3169 8264 3167 8272 3167 8283
      3168 8284 3173 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 1019Z 223DEG 51KT 3172 8278 

$$

GAC161-241030-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T1030Z/
JEFF DAVIS GA-
520 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...
    
AT 519 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SNIPESVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROXTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SNIPESVILLE AND DENTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8277 3169 8264 3167 8272 3167 8283
      3168 8284 3173 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 1019Z 223DEG 51KT 3172 8278 

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

$$

NELSON

250 
WWUS52 KJAX 241028
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
528 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

GAC161-241038-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T1030Z/
JEFF DAVIS GA-
528 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 530 AM EST...
                
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 HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3183 8277 3169 8264 3167 8272 3167 8283
      3168 8284 3173 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 1027Z 232DEG 51KT 3172 8278 

$$

NELSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 2:10 AM EST	Wind Advisory	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more	16 hr
Feb 24, 4:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	43 min
Feb 24, 4:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	45 min
Feb 24, 5:12 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware	48 min
Feb 24, 5:20 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware	40 min
Feb 24, 5:35 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee, Jeff Davis	55 min
Feb 24, 5:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Coffee, Jeff Davis	32 min
Feb 24, 5:52 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Pierce, Ware	38 min
Feb 24, 6:21 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Pierce, Ware	39 min
Feb 24, 6:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	30 min
Feb 24, 7:22 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden, Charlton	38 min
Feb 24, 8:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	45 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.