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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 2:00 PM EST for Coffee County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 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
- Mar 22, 2005, 2:00 PM EST (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Coffee County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 11:05 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 714 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KJAX 221901 TORJAX GAC069-222000- /O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0002.050322T1900Z-050322T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 200 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...BROXTON...AMBROSE * UNTIL 300 PM EST * AT 154 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMBROSE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF OCILLA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... AMBROSE BY 230 PM EST BROXTON AND 6 MILES NORTH OF DOUGLAS BY 245 PM EST 8 MILES SOUTH OF PRIDGEN BY 250 PM EST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3150 8339 3134 8330 3152 8279 3174 8291 $$ ZIBURA
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KJAX 221918 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 216 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 GAC069-222000- /O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050322T2000Z/ COFFEE GA- 216 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR COFFEE COUNTY... AT 212 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMBROSE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLACOOCHEE. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR DOUGLAS BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3150 8339 3134 8330 3152 8279 3174 8291 $$ ZIBURA
000 WWUS52 KJAX 221948 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 247 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 GAC069-222000- /O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050322T2000Z/ COFFEE GA- 247 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR COFFEE COUNTY... AT 245 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER DOUGLAS. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF DOUGLAS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3150 8339 3134 8330 3152 8279 3174 8291 $$ ZIBURA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Jeff Davis | 63 min |
| Mar 22, 3:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 28 min |
| Mar 22, 3:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 56 min |
| Mar 22, 3:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling | 47 min |
| Mar 22, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce, Wayne | 38 min |
| Mar 22, 4:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 68 min |
| Mar 22, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 80 min |
| Mar 22, 4:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 21 min |
| Mar 22, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 56 min |
| Mar 22, 5:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Ware | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 5:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Charlton | 67 min |
| Mar 22, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 50 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.