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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL

February 15, 2021Baker County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2021, 4:57 PM EST for Baker County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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: Feb 15, 2021, 4:57 PM EST (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2021, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Baker County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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
Feb 15, 3:02 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

506 
WFUS52 KJAX 152157
TORJAX
FLC003-152230-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0013.210215T2157Z-210215T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
457 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Baker County in northeastern Florida...

* Until 530 PM EST.
    
* At 456 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles west of Taylor, or 19 miles southeast of Fargo,
  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.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Baker County.

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 3058 8234 3058 8233 3055 8226 3053 8224
      3053 8223 3038 8243 3043 8245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 221DEG 24KT 3043 8242 

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

$$

SHASHY

2 follow-up statements

588 
WWUS52 KJAX 152207
SVSJAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
507 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

FLC003-152230-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210215T2230Z/
Baker FL-
507 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY...
    
At 506 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Taylor, or 18 miles southeast of Fargo, 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.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Baker 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 3058 8234 3058 8233 3055 8226 3053 8224
      3052 8224 3044 8235 3046 8238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 223DEG 27KT 3050 8234 

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

$$

SHASHY

228 
WWUS52 KJAX 152222
SVSJAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
522 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

FLC003-152231-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210215T2230Z/
Baker FL-
522 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM EST...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been 
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. 

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for northeastern
Florida...and southeastern Georgia.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
a portion of the area.

LAT...LON 3058 8234 3058 8233 3055 8226 3053 8224
      3052 8224 3044 8235 3046 8238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 221DEG 24KT 3057 8227 

$$

SHASHY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 3:07 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		31 hr
Feb 15, 9:25 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	JAX		5 hr
Feb 15, 2:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	52 min
Feb 15, 2:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Putnam	38 min
Feb 15, 2:53 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	52 min
Feb 15, 3:00 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	45 min
Feb 15, 3:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	45 min
Feb 15, 3:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton, Suwannee	57 min
Feb 15, 3:36 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee	39 min
Feb 15, 3:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clay, Putnam, Saint Johns	49 min
Feb 15, 3:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	44 min
Feb 15, 4:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Putnam, Saint Johns	41 min
Feb 15, 4:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	36 min
Feb 15, 4:13 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		92 min
Feb 15, 4:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	47 min
Feb 15, 4:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay	44 min
Feb 15, 4:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clay, Duval, Putnam, Saint Johns	39 min
Feb 15, 4:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Saint Johns	17 min
Feb 15, 4:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker, Columbia	46 min
Feb 15, 4:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay, Duval, Nassau	57 min
Feb 15, 5:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	27 min
Feb 15, 5:26 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		64 min
Feb 15, 5:53 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	37 min
Feb 15, 6:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Gilchrist, Hamilton, Suwannee	43 min
Feb 15, 6:22 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		64 min
Feb 15, 6:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Suwannee	62 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.