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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2017, 2:32 PM EST for Appling County, Georgia. It was in force for 13 min. 2 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
- Jan 21, 2017, 2:32 PM EST (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Appling County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 11 Nne Baxley, GA | TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN ON MORRIS LANDING ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. |
| Jan 21, 2:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Nne Surrency, GA | TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN IN NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 144 AND HENDRICKS ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 1:51 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
053
WFUS52 KJAX 211932
TORJAX
GAC001-211945-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0003.170121T1932Z-170121T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
232 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Appling County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 245 PM EST
* At 232 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Baxley, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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 Appling County.
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 3193 8226 3192 8225 3190 8219 3190 8214
3191 8213 3189 8214 3189 8212 3190 8211
3187 8211 3186 8212 3184 8208 3176 8229
3186 8236 3194 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 244DEG 34KT 3180 8235
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
NELSON1 follow-up statement
575
WWUS52 KJAX 211944
SVSJAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
244 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
GAC001-211953-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170121T1945Z/
Appling GA-
244 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
245 PM EST...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for southeastern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3193 8226 3192 8225 3190 8219 3190 8214
3191 8213 3189 8214 3189 8212 3190 8211
3187 8211 3186 8212 3184 8208 3176 8229
3186 8236 3194 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 250DEG 40KT 3186 8217
$$
NELSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 1:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 1:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 2:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 23 min |
| Jan 21, 2:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 2:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee | 19 min |
| Jan 21, 3:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 3:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 3:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 3:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 3:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce, Ware | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 4:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley, Charlton | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 5:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden, Charlton, Glynn | 41 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.