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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 8, 2020Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2020, 8:36 PM EDT for Clinch County, Echols County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 3 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: Apr 8, 2020, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 8, 8:48 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 W Du Pont, GA	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD OCCURING WEST OF DU PONT. TIME OF EVENT ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Apr 8, 8:50 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Du Pont, GA	REPORT OF NICKEL-SIZED HAIL FALLING IN DU PONT MEASURING 7/8 INCH IN DIAMETER. TIME OF EVENT ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Apr 8, 9:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	5 W Homerville, GA	QUARTER-SIZED AIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FALLING ON HWY 37, WEST OF HOMERVILLE, MEASURING 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 936 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

866 
WFUS52 KJAX 090036
TORJAX
GAC065-101-090100-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0008.200409T0036Z-200409T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
836 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Echols County in southeastern Georgia...
  Northwestern Clinch County in southeastern Georgia...

* Until 900 PM EDT.
    
* At 836 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Lakeland, moving southeast at 45 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Du Pont around 850 PM 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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3087 8298 3087 8297 3111 8297 3102 8260
      3071 8277 3086 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 296DEG 38KT 3102 8303 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

HESS

1 follow-up statement

122 
WWUS52 KJAX 090101
SVSJAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
901 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020

GAC065-101-090110-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-200409T0100Z/
Echols GA-Clinch GA-
901 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ECHOLS AND NORTHWESTERN
CLINCH COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.  However
small hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3087 8298 3087 8297 3111 8297 3102 8260
      3071 8277 3086 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 296DEG 38KT 3091 8277 

$$

HESS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch, Ware	35 min
Apr 8, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton, Ware	43 min
Apr 8, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Wayne	40 min
Apr 8, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols	46 min
Apr 8, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Ware	42 min
Apr 8, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	42 min
Apr 8, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bacon, Brantley, Pierce, Wayne	47 min
Apr 8, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	45 min
Apr 8, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton, Clinch	49 min
Apr 8, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	48 min
Apr 8, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	45 min
Apr 9, 7:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling	32 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.