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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 14, 2005Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2005, 5:35 PM EST for Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 168 days. 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 14, 2005, 5:35 PM EST (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2005, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
168 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Houston County, AL, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 14, 1:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 12:00Z on 2005-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 680 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 142235
SVRTAE
GAC173-185-142300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0013.050314T2235Z-050314T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
535 PM EST MON MAR 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 530 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF
  BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELMAR...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  EAST OF VALDOSTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENS CROSSING BY 540 PM EST...
  GREENWOOD AND STOCKTON BY 545 PM EST...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF 
BALL SIZE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3093 8325 3076 8318 3078 8282 3102 8291

$$

18-WOOL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WUUS52 KTAE 291703
SVRTAE
ALC069-291730-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0013.050829T1701Z-050829T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
101 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...COTTONWOOD

* UNTIL 130 PM EDT(1230 PM CDT)

* AT 1257 PM EDT(1157 AM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COWARTS...ASHFORD...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN BY 115 PM EDT(1215 PM CDT)...
  WEBB...KINSEY AND 11 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA BY 120 PM EDT(1220 PM
  CDT)...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3101 8548 3100 8513 3132 8509 3128 8549

$$

38-GODSEY/WATSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 2:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes159 days
Mar 14, 5:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELowndes167 days

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.