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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2020, 2:52 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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 23, 2020, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2020, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Ware County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:16 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 Sw Tarboro, GA | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED A REPORT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OF A VIDEO SHOWING A FUNNEL CLOUD ON STATE ROAD 252 NORTH OF HIGHWAY 40. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
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 23, 10:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
075
WFUS52 KJAX 231852
TORJAX
GAC025-039-049-127-299-231930-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0021.200423T1852Z-200423T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
252 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020
The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Camden County in southeastern Georgia...
Southwestern Glynn County in southeastern Georgia...
Southeastern Brantley County in southeastern Georgia...
East central Ware County in southeastern Georgia...
Northern Charlton County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 330 PM EDT.
* At 251 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northeast of Stephen Foster State Park, moving
east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Race Pond around 300 PM EDT.
Homeland around 305 PM EDT.
Folkston around 310 PM EDT.
Woodbine around 325 PM EDT.
Waverly around 330 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Winokur, Tarboro and Colesburg.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3082 8234 3100 8238 3121 8173 3084 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 258DEG 49KT 3093 8227
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HESS1 follow-up statement
486
WWUS52 KJAX 231910
SVSJAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
310 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020
GAC299-231919-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200423T1930Z/
Ware GA-
310 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WARE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EDT for southeastern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3084 8207 3101 8215 3101 8213 3107 8218
3121 8173 3084 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 258DEG 49KT 3098 8198
$$
GAC025-039-049-127-231930-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200423T1930Z/
Camden GA-Glynn GA-Brantley GA-Charlton GA-
310 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN...SOUTHWESTERN GLYNN...SOUTHEASTERN BRANTLEY AND
NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON COUNTIES...
At 309 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles north of Homeland, or 10 miles north of Folkston,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Woodbine and Waverly around 325 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Winokur, Tarboro and Colesburg.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3084 8207 3101 8215 3101 8213 3107 8218
3121 8173 3084 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 258DEG 49KT 3098 8198
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HESSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 9:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | Glynn, McIntosh, Wayne | 16 days |
| Apr 23, 11:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Echols, Ware | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 1:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch and 4 more | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 1:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Pierce, Ware | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Pierce, Ware, Wayne | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton, Ware | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn, Wayne | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 3:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 54 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.