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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 6, 2016Baker County, Bradford County, Clay County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2016, 2:01 PM EDT for Baker 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, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.

863 
WFUS52 KJAX 061801
TORJAX
FLC003-007-019-061830-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0009.160606T1801Z-160606T1830Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BAKER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
    
* AT 200 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR STARKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD...SOUTHEASTERN BAKER AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY
  COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: 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 2991 8211 2996 8223 3010 8217 3011 8215
      3012 8214 3014 8214 3015 8215 3032 8212
      3027 8205 3019 8205 3019 8191 3016 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 206DEG 24KT 3001 8214 

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

$$

SHASHY

2 follow-up statements

815 
WWUS52 KJAX 061815
SVSJAX

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

FLC003-007-019-061830-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160606T1830Z/
BRADFORD FL-BAKER FL-CLAY FL-
215 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD...SOUTHEASTERN BAKER AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY
COUNTIES...
    
AT 214 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF RAIFORD...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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
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 3001 8207 3004 8217 3011 8215 3012 8215
      3012 8214 3014 8214 3026 8211 3022 8205
      3019 8205 3019 8199 3016 8194
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 206DEG 26KT 3009 8210 

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

$$

SHASHY

753 
WWUS52 KJAX 061832
SVSJAX

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

FLC003-007-019-061841-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160606T1830Z/
BRADFORD FL-BAKER FL-CLAY FL-
232 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD...SOUTHEASTERN BAKER
AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3001 8207 3004 8217 3011 8215 3012 8215
      3012 8214 3014 8214 3026 8211 3022 8205
      3019 8205 3019 8199 3016 8194
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 206DEG 24KT 3009 8210 

$$

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	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, 1:31 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, 2:21 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.