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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 19, 2019Appling County, Jeff Davis County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2019, 10:51 AM EDT for Appling County, Jeff Davis County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 19, 2019, 10:51 AM EDT (14:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2019, 11:15 AM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Appling County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:55 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 19, 10:13 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 7.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

432 
WFUS52 KJAX 191451
TORJAX
GAC001-161-191515-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0013.190419T1451Z-190419T1515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1051 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Appling County in southeastern Georgia...
  Eastern Jeff Davis County in southeastern Georgia...

* Until 1115 AM EDT.
    
* At 1051 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 8 miles southwest of Graham, moving northeast
  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...
  Hazlehurst and Graham around 1105 AM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to 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 3197 8243 3195 8241 3196 8240 3195 8239
      3196 8239 3195 8237 3194 8238 3194 8236
      3170 8257 3168 8261 3172 8265 3195 8258
      3196 8253 3195 8249 3195 8248 3196 8250
      3197 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 1451Z 205DEG 39KT 3173 8260 

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

$$

MCGINNIS

1 follow-up statement

034 
WWUS52 KJAX 191502
SVSJAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1102 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

GAC001-161-191515-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190419T1515Z/
Appling GA-Jeff Davis GA-
1102 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN APPLING AND NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES...
    
At 1102 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Graham, moving northeast 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Appling and northeastern Jeff Davis Counties.

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 3197 8243 3195 8241 3196 8240 3195 8239
      3196 8239 3195 8237 3194 8238 3194 8236
      3177 8251 3176 8256 3179 8259 3195 8258
      3196 8253 3195 8249 3195 8248 3196 8250
      3197 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 1502Z 205DEG 39KT 3184 8254 

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

$$

MCGINNIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 11:50 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 8 more	20 hr
Apr 19, 3:12 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	JAX	Camden, Glynn	17 hr
Apr 19, 9:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Echols	47 min
Apr 19, 9:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	58 min
Apr 19, 10:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch, Coffee	44 min
Apr 19, 10:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols	45 min
Apr 19, 10:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Charlton, Clinch, Jeff Davis, Pierce and 1 more	55 min
Apr 19, 10:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	16 min
Apr 19, 11:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware	60 min
Apr 19, 11:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Brantley, Charlton, Pierce, Ware, Wayne	48 min
Apr 19, 11:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Camden, Glynn	57 min
Apr 19, 11:49 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden	26 min
Apr 19, 12:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Charlton, Wayne	29 min
Apr 19, 12:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden, Glynn	29 min
Apr 19, 12:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Camden, Glynn	49 min
Apr 19, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Echols and 3 more	78 min
Apr 19, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Jeff Davis, Pierce and 2 more	88 min
Apr 19, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden, Glynn	65 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.