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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 79

March 25, 20055 counties in Alabama; 32 counties in Florida; 37 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 25, 2005, 4:35 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; 32 counties in Florida; 37 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2005, 4:35 AM CST (10:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2005, 12:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 74 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bay County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Worth County, GA

Warnings issued inside it

32 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 4:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson, Coffee45 min
Mar 25, 4:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton38 min
Mar 25, 4:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Taylor49 min
Mar 25, 4:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWare47 min
Mar 25, 5:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClinch52 min
Mar 25, 5:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBacon30 min
Mar 25, 5:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Wayne28 min
Mar 25, 5:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley24 min
Mar 25, 5:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie32 min
Mar 25, 5:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Henry, Houston44 min
Mar 25, 5:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLong, Tattnall54 min
Mar 25, 6:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWayne45 min
Mar 25, 6:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSMcIntosh46 min
Mar 25, 6:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCoffee, Ware48 min
Mar 25, 7:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Liberty, Long57 min
Mar 25, 7:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia, Hamilton, Suwannee38 min
Mar 25, 7:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXHamilton50 min
Mar 25, 7:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSuwannee52 min
Mar 25, 8:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXHamilton47 min
Mar 25, 8:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia42 min
Mar 25, 8:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty42 min
Mar 25, 9:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay, Duval39 min
Mar 25, 9:41 AM CSTTornado WarningJAXUnion49 min
Mar 25, 9:46 AM CSTTornado WarningJAXBradford29 min
Mar 25, 10:03 AM CSTTornado WarningJAXClay42 min
Mar 25, 10:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam48 min
Mar 25, 10:51 AM CSTTornado WarningJAXPutnam39 min
Mar 25, 11:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSaint Johns49 min
Mar 25, 11:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie63 min
Mar 25, 11:13 AM CSTTornado WarningJAXFlagler47 min
Mar 25, 11:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion, Putnam45 min
Mar 25, 11:58 AM CSTTornado WarningJAXFlagler17 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 37 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2005-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2005-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 1:55 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston95 min
Mar 25, 7:05 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston85 min
Mar 24, 10:26 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty, Okaloosa, Taylor and 3 more3 hr
Mar 25, 10:07 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy and 2 more113 min
Mar 25, 11:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Flagler, Glades and 19 more6 hr
Mar 25, 2:14 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Lake, Martin, Orange, Seminole, Sumter2 hr
Mar 25, 7:48 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Screven27 min
Mar 25, 7:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 3 more6 hr
Mar 25, 10:22 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 5 more113 min

Nearby

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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.