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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2005, 9:29 PM EDT for Berrien County, Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2005, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2005, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Berrien County, GA, Cook 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 20, 9:27 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 9:27 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 927 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 .SYNOPSIS...LINE OF SHRA/TSRA SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA. SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE STORMS SEEN IN THE LAST HOUR OR TWO WITH VILS EXCEEDING 70 KG/M3. QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN HENRY AND TIFT COUNTIES EARLIER. SEVERE TS WATCH IS OUT FOR OUR GA AND AL COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT AND FOR OUR FL ZONES UNTIL 2 AM EDT. LOOK FOR SVR THREAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HRS...BUT AS TAE SOUNDING NOT SHOWING MUCH IN THE WAY OF SHEAR...MAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ZONES HAVE SVR WORDING AND WATCHES IN THEM AND WILL NOT UPDATE AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...ONGOING STG/SVR TSTMS XPCTD TO DISSIPATE AFT 06-08Z. AFTERWARDS...STILL XPCT MVFR CONDITIONS WITH POSSIBLE HIGH END IFR AT SOME OF THE TAF SITES...ESPECIALLY THOSE GETTING SIGNIFICANT RAIN...WHICH SO FAR WOULD INCLUDE DHN AND ABY. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && MCNATT/TURNAGE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 5:19 AM EDT, 16 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 519 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-211000- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 519 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...MOVE SOUTHEAST...AND PUSH A FRONT INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FORECAST WITH THIS SYSTEM FOR MAINLY THE WESTERN HALF OF THE WARNING AREA. A STRONG LINE OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH INTO THE GULF COAST STATES IN THE EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. CHANCES OF SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHEAST USA. ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT INCREASING RAIN CHANCES AGAIN. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 10-BOLINSKI
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 4:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 408 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 FLZ011-202037- JACKSON FL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIANNA 408 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 AT 407 PM EDT (307 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WHICH MAY TOPPLE SMALL TREES AND BRANCHES...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 23-MCNATT
Special weather statement, May 20, 4:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-210400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 436 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 302 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT (11 PM CDT)... REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TJT
Local storm report, May 20, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
734 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM HAIL 3 NW ABBEVILLE 31.60N 85.29W
05/20/2005 1.00 INCH HENRY AL EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
&&
MCNATTSpecial weather statement, May 20, 8:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 818 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-210600- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 818 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 306 FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING (100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING). SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 302 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT (MIDNIGHT EDT) FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE WATCHES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN ALABAMA...COFFEE...GENEVA...DALE...HENRY...AND HOUSTON. IN GEORGIA...QUITMAN...CLAY...EARLY...MILLER...SEMINOLE...RANDOLPH... CALHOUN...BAKER...DECATUR...TERRELL...DOUGHERTY...MITCHELL...GRADY... LEE...WORTH...COLQUITT...THOMAS...TURNER...TIFT...COOK...BROOKS...BEN HILL...IRWIN...BERRIEN...LANIER...AND LOWNDES. IN FLORIDA...WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...BAY...JACKSON... CALHOUN...GULF...GADSDEN...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA... JEFFERSON...MADISON...TAYLOR...DIXIE...AND LAFAYETTE. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 48-TURNAGE
Local storm report, May 20, 8:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
820 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 PM HAIL 3 NNW TIFTON 31.51N 83.53W
05/20/2005 1.00 INCH TIFT GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR HIGHWAY 41.
&&
MCNATTLocal storm report, May 20, 9:07 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
907 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SW BLAKELY 31.33N 85.00W
05/20/2005 EARLY GA TRAINED SPOTTER
SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 62.
&&
MCNATTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Tift | 40 min |
| May 20, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 45 min |
| May 20, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Miller | 33 min |
| May 20, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien | 40 min |
| May 20, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Miller | 51 min |
| May 20, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 40 min |
| May 20, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 45 min |
| May 20, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 25 min |
| May 20, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 37 min |
| May 20, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 34 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.