Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005

Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 13, 20055 counties in Alabama; Miller County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 4:24 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; Miller County, Georgia. It was in force for 228 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: Jan 13, 2005, 4:24 PM CST (22:24 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2005, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 228 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Miller County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 132224
TORTAE
GAC201-132300-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0001.050113T2224Z-050113T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
524 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLQUITT

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 519 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLQUITT...OR ABOUT NEAR
  DONALSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ENTERPRISE AND MAYHAW.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833.

LAT...LON 3113 8494 3107 8478 3119 8458 3125 8486

$$

7-TREXLER

3 follow-up statements

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 161516
TORTAE
ALC031-045-061-067-069-161530-
/T.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0001.050216T1507Z-050216T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TEST...TORNADO WARNING...TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
915 AM CST WED FEB 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO DRILL FOR...
  COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  
* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* TEST...THIS IS A TEST...AT 915 AM CST...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS      
  OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THIS IS A DRILL. AT THIS TIME    
  PLEASE PRACTICE YOUR TORNADO SAFETY PROCEDURES. IF THIS WERE AN    
  ACTUAL TORNADO WARNING...YOU SHOULD GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE  
  LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR BUILDING. WEAK STRUCTURES OR VEHICLES SHOULD  
  BE ABANDONED FOR SAFE SHELTER. 

  THIS IS A TORNADO DRILL...REPEAT ONLY A DRILL. NO SEVERE WEATHER   
  IS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3159 8612 3103 8613 3105 8511 3176 8514

$$

11-GOREE

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 291522
TORTAE
ALC061-291545-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0001.050829T1521Z-050829T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1121 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT(1045 AM CDT)

* AT 1115 AM EDT(1015 AM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAMSON...
  OR ABOUT NEAR GENEVA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  COFFEE SPRINGS AND CHANCELLOR.

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 3103 8605 3107 8585 3119 8586 3119 8618

$$

38-GODSEY/WATSON

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 291543
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1142 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALC061-291552-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050829T1545Z/
GENEVA AL-
1142 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN GENEVA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 1145 AM EDT (1045 AM CDT)...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU
CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT
850-942-8833 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3103 8605 3107 8585 3119 8586 3119 8618

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 13, 12:26 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE	94 min
Jan 13, 1:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE	2 hr
Jan 13, 3:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE	2 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2005 Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2005 Every tornado warning in 2005 Tornadoes 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.