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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 1, 20165 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 1, 2016, 5:14 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 20 min. 4 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: Apr 1, 2016, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2016, 5:34 PM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Ware County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 1, 5:17 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 S Pearson, GA	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN OFF OF HWY 441 NEAR GUEST MILLPOND. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 1, 5:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Wnw Cogdell, GA	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MEXICO ROAD AND COGDELL ROAD.
Apr 1, 5:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	E Axson, GA	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO A FEW MOBILE HOMES AND BARNS IN THE 2200 BLOCK OF FIDDLER GREEN ROAD.
Apr 1, 5:29 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 S Millwood, GA	NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF U.S. 82 IN MILLWOOD. THE PRELIMINARY INTENSITY IS EF-1 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 90 MPH. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 11 MINUTES AND TRAVELED 10 MILES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 1, 2:48 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

102 
WFUS52 KJAX 012114
TORJAX
GAC003-005-065-069-299-012145-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0003.160401T2114Z-160401T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
514 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ATKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN WARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  WEST CENTRAL BACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
    
* AT 514 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR PEARSON...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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NICHOLLS AROUND 540 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BICKLEY...MILLWOOD AND AXSON.

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.

THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3165 8261 3115 8250 3103 8293 3117 8297
      3118 8297 3118 8298 3122 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 228DEG 51KT 3121 8286 

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

$$

NELSON

2 follow-up statements

197 
WWUS52 KJAX 012122
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
522 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

GAC003-005-065-069-299-012145-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160401T2145Z/
ATKINSON GA-WARE GA-BACON GA-COFFEE GA-CLINCH GA-
522 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
ATKINSON...NORTHWESTERN WARE...WEST CENTRAL BACON...SOUTHEASTERN
COFFEE AND NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTIES...
    
AT 522 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COGDELL...OR 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEARSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN ATKINSON...NORTHWESTERN WARE...WEST CENTRAL BACON...
SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE AND NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: MILLWOOD...BICKLEY AND AXSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3165 8261 3119 8251 3108 8291 3116 8291
      3121 8290 3125 8289 3129 8293
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 241DEG 44KT 3123 8276 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

NELSON

415 
WWUS52 KJAX 012134
SVSJAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
534 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

GAC003-005-065-069-299-012144-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160401T2145Z/
ATKINSON GA-WARE GA-BACON GA-COFFEE GA-CLINCH GA-
534 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ATKINSON...NORTHWESTERN WARE...
WEST CENTRAL BACON...SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE AND NORTHWESTERN CLINCH
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3165 8261 3119 8251 3108 8291 3116 8291
      3121 8290 3125 8289 3129 8293
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 228DEG 51KT 3135 8260 

$$

NELSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 1, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	39 min
Apr 1, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Ware	47 min
Apr 1, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee, Jeff Davis	39 min
Apr 1, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Charlton, Ware	50 min
Apr 1, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch	48 min
Apr 1, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	53 min
Apr 1, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Glynn, Wayne	33 min
Apr 1, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Camden	31 min
Apr 1, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Jeff Davis	43 min
Apr 1, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Pierce, Wayne	40 min
Apr 1, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, Ware	42 min
Apr 1, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Glynn	23 min
Apr 1, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Pierce, Ware, Wayne	51 min
Apr 1, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	38 min
Apr 1, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	46 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.