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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Jacksonville, FL
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
WOLF2 follow-up statements
770
WWUS52 KJAX 192239
SVSJAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
639 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
GAC001-192300-
/O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210619T2300Z/
Appling GA-
639 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
APPLING COUNTY...
At 638 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Surrency, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Surrency around 650 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3172 8213 3167 8231 3170 8236 3190 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 233DEG 21KT 3172 8228
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
WOLF896
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
$$
WOLFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 7:13 PM 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.