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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 22, 2005Holmes County, Washington County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 11:25 AM CST for Holmes County, Washington County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 258 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 22, 2005, 11:25 AM CST (17:25 UTC)
Expired: Dec 5, 2005, 3:15 AM CST
In force: 258 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Geneva County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Washington County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 22, 7:40 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 714 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 7.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000
WFUS52 KTAE 221725
TORTAE
ALC061-FLC059-221800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0011.050322T1725Z-050322T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1125 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL NOON CST

* AT 1123 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF HARTFORD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  EAST OF GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HARTFORD BY 1130 AM CST...
  SLOCOMB BY 1140 AM CST...

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.

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

LAT...LON 3100 8582 3091 8567 3102 8547 3120 8562

$$

10-BOLINSKI

2 follow-up statements

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 050830
TORTAE
FLC059-133-050915-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0011.051205T0830Z-051205T0915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
330 AM EST MON DEC 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BONIFAY
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHIPLEY

* UNTIL 315 AM CST

* AT 224 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BONIFAY...OR
  ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BONIFAY AND CHIPLEY BY 315 AM CST...

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 3066 8590 3067 8587 3072 8587 3072 8595
      3099 8571 3088 8560 3083 8560 3083 8554
      3075 8546 3066 8587

$$

9-FOURNIER

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 050842
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
340 AM EST MON DEC 5 2005

FLC059-133-050915-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-051205T0915Z/
WASHINGTON FL-HOLMES FL-
340 AM EST MON DEC 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CST
FOR HOLMES AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 236 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
WESTVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CARYVILLE AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF GRITNEY BY 245 AM CST...
  FIVE POINTS BY 250 AM CST...
  BONIFAY BY 305 AM CST...
  CHIPLEY...6 MILES SOUTH OF HOLMES CO AIRPORT BY 315 AM CST...

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.

LAT...LON 3066 8590 3067 8587 3072 8587 3072 8595
      3099 8571 3088 8560 3083 8560 3083 8554
      3075 8546 3066 8587

$$

9-FOURNIER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 7:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	258 days
Mar 22, 7:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Washington	258 days
Mar 22, 8:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	268 days
Mar 22, 8:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Jackson	278 days
Mar 22, 11:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Liberty, Wakulla	258 days
Mar 22, 12:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Wakulla	258 days
Mar 22, 12:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon	258 days
Mar 22, 12:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	268 days
Mar 22, 12:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	268 days
Mar 22, 1:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	277 days
Mar 22, 2:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden	33 min
Mar 22, 4:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	31 min
Mar 22, 5:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton	50 min
Mar 22, 9:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	281 days
Mar 22, 2:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	281 days

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2005 Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 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.