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Tornado Watch 629

July 9, 200511 counties in Alabama; 36 counties in Florida; 33 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jul 9, 2005, 9:40 PM CDT for 11 counties in Alabama; 36 counties in Florida; 33 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2005, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2005, 3:51 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 80 counties

Butler County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Pike County, AL, Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bay County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval 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, Lake County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker 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, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEMadison51 min
Jul 9, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBrooks36 min
Jul 9, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEThomas44 min

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2005-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 553 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.2

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 3:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more9 hr
Jul 10, 12:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 29 more57 min
Jul 10, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 34 more10 hr
Jul 10, 5:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 49 more113 min
Jul 10, 6:35 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCharlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough and 5 more6 hr
Jul 10, 12:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 11 more67 min
Jul 10, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 7 more10 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Florida, 2005Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2005Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2005Every tornado watch in 2005

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.