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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2021, 8:39 AM EDT for Baker County, Columbia County, Florida. It was in force for 11 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
- Jul 7, 2021, 8:39 AM EDT (12:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2021, 8:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Baker County, FL, Columbia County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:46 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
144
WFUS52 KJAX 071239
TORJAX
FLC003-023-071315-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0035.210707T1239Z-210707T1315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
839 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Baker County in northeastern Florida...
Northeastern Columbia County in northern Florida...
* Until 915 AM EDT.
* At 838 AM EDT, a vigorous shower capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles southwest of Taylor, or 17 miles northeast of
Lake City, moving northwest at 35 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
west central Baker and northeastern Columbia Counties.
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 3033 8234 3030 8243 3043 8262 3053 8245
TIME...MOT...LOC 1238Z 144DEG 27KT 3036 8242
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BOOTHE1 follow-up statement
106
WWUS52 KJAX 071250
SVSJAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
850 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
FLC003-023-071259-
/O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210707T1315Z/
Baker FL-Columbia FL-
850 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BAKER AND NORTHEASTERN
COLUMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EDT for northern and
northeastern Florida.
LAT...LON 3033 8234 3030 8243 3043 8262 3053 8245
TIME...MOT...LOC 1248Z 144DEG 27KT 3043 8248
$$
BOOTHEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 9:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | Alachua, Columbia | 13 days |
| Jul 6, 9:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee | 48 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 71 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:03 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | JAX | Duval, Flagler, Nassau | 28 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Marion | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 4:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Marion | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 4:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Marion | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 5:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Gilchrist | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 6:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Union | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 6:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Suwannee, Union | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 6:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Columbia, Union | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 7:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 7:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Hamilton, Union | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 8:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker, Hamilton | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 12:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Suwannee and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 2:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 116 min |
| Jul 7, 2:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford | 111 min |
| Jul 7, 3:24 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee | 93 days |
| Jul 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval, Saint Johns | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 4:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 5:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 93 min | |
| Jul 7, 7:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Nassau | 117 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.