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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2016, 1:31 PM EDT for Alachua County, Bradford County, Clay County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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, 1:31 PM EDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Alachua County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
560
WFUS52 KJAX 061731
TORJAX
FLC001-007-019-061800-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0008.160606T1731Z-160606T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
131 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ALACHUA COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA...
BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA...
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 131 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF SAMPSON...OR 10 MILES WEST OF KEYSTONE
HEIGHTS...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...
SAMPSON AROUND 140 PM EDT.
NEW RIVER AROUND 145 PM EDT.
STARKE AROUND 150 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HAMPTON...WALDO AND LAWTEY.
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 2970 8214 2976 8234 2998 8226 3005 8222
3007 8218 3009 8217 3013 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 199DEG 37KT 2981 8221
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SHASHY1 follow-up statement
753
WWUS52 KJAX 061745
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
145 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
FLC001-061754-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160606T1800Z/
ALACHUA FL-
145 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALACHUA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2979 8212 2982 8213 2984 8214 2984 8218
2985 8220 2984 8221 2984 8223 2985 8224
2984 8227 2985 8229 2998 8226 3003 8223
3007 8218 3009 8217 3013 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 202DEG 25KT 2987 8220
$$
FLC007-019-061800-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160606T1800Z/
BRADFORD FL-CLAY FL-
145 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR BRADFORD
AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES...
AT 144 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SAMPSON...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STARKE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
STARKE AROUND 200 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HAMPTON AND LAWTEY.
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 2979 8212 2982 8213 2984 8214 2984 8218
2985 8220 2984 8221 2984 8223 2985 8224
2984 8227 2985 8229 2998 8226 3003 8223
3007 8218 3009 8217 3013 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 202DEG 25KT 2987 8220
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 1:34 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, 3:36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.