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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 19, 2021Appling County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT for Appling County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 19, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Appling County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 464 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

611 
WFUS52 KJAX 192230
TORJAX
GAC001-192300-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0026.210619T2230Z-210619T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
630 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Appling County in southeastern Georgia...

* Until 700 PM EDT.
    
* At 630 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Baxley, 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Surrency around 645 PM EDT.

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 3172 8213 3164 8235 3170 8241 3190 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 230DEG 27KT 3170 8232 

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

$$

WOLF
2 follow-up statements
770 
WWUS52 KJAX 192239
SVSJAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
639 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

GAC001-192300-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210619T2300Z/
Appling GA-
639 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
APPLING COUNTY...
    
At 638 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Surrency, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Surrency around 650 PM EDT.

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 3172 8213 3167 8231 3170 8236 3190 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 233DEG 21KT 3172 8228 

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

$$

WOLF
896 
WWUS52 KJAX 192254
SVSJAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
654 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

GAC001-192304-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210619T2300Z/
Appling GA-
654 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL APPLING COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700
PM EDT...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3172 8213 3167 8231 3170 8236 3190 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 231DEG 19KT 3176 8222 

$$

WOLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCoffee24 min
Jun 19, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling23 min
Jun 19, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling32 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.