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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 22, 2005Liberty County, Wakulla County, Florida; Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 12:42 PM EST for Liberty County, Wakulla County, Florida; Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 258 days. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2005, 12:42 PM EST (17:42 UTC)
Expired: Dec 5, 2005, 1:15 PM EST
In force: 258 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 5, 1:15 PM EST	TORNADO	3 N Crawfordville, FL	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TORNADO SITED NORTH OF CRAWFORDVILLE
Dec 5, 1:15 PM EST	TORNADO	Crawfordville, FL	PUBLIC REPORTED TREES DOWN ON HOUSES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF IVAN CHURCH ROAD AND HWY 319

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 8:40 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 34 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

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The text

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

000
WFUS52 KTAE 221743
TORTAE
ALC061-069-221815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0012.050322T1742Z-050322T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1142 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  
* UNTIL 1215 PM CST

* AT 1139 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAYLOR...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  WEST OF COTTONWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TAYLOR BY 1155 AM CST...
  DOTHAN BY 1200 PM CST...
  COWARTS...ASHFORD AND KINSEY BY 1210 PM 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 3115 8518 3111 8523 3109 8530 3106 8533
      3103 8543 3100 8546 3100 8563 3103 8566
      3132 8536

$$

10-BOLINSKI

3 follow-up statements

000
WWUS52 KTAE 221749
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1248 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005

ALC061-069-221815-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050322T1815Z/
GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL-
1148 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 PM CST FOR WESTERN HOUSTON
AND SOUTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTIES...

AT 1144 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH INTO HOUSTON COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  REHOBETH AND MALVERN BY 1155 AM CST...
  TAYLOR AND PEANUT FESTIVAL BY NOON CST...
  SOUTH OATES/ROSS CLARK CIRCLE...HARTFORD HWY/ROSS CLARK CIRCLE...
  WEST MAIN/ROSS CLARK CIRCLE AND MEMPHIS BY 1205 PM CST...
  EAST MAIN/ROSS CLARK CIRCLE AND COTTONWOOD RD/ROSS CLARK CIRCLE BY
  1210 PM 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 3115 8518 3111 8523 3109 8530 3106 8533
      3103 8543 3100 8546 3100 8563 3103 8566
      3132 8536

$$

10-BOLINSKI

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 051735
TORTAE
FLC077-129-051815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0012.051205T1734Z-051205T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1234 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  NORTHERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDVILLE

* UNTIL 115 PM EST

* AT 1228 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 23 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDVILLE...MOVING EAST  
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CRAWFORDVILLE BY 110 PM EST...

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 3014 8480 3018 8476 3030 8451 3030 8428
      3019 8424 3016 8424 3016 8430 3007 8470
      3007 8476

$$

12-WATSON

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 051806
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
105 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005

FLC077-129-051815-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-051205T1815Z/
WAKULLA FL-LIBERTY FL-
105 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EST FOR EAST 
CENTRAL LIBERTY AND NORTHERN WAKULLA COUNTIES...

AT 103 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRAWFORDVILLE... 
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF HILLIARDVILLE BY 110 PM EST(1210 PM CST)...
  CRAWFORDVILLE...WAKULLA GARDENS...SHADEVILLE AND 6 MILES           
  SOUTHWEST OF WAKULLA SPRINGS BY 115 PM EST...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

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 3014 8480 3018 8476 3030 8451 3030 8428
      3019 8424 3016 8424 3016 8430 3007 8470
      3007 8476

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 8:16 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	258 days
Mar 22, 8:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Washington	258 days
Mar 22, 9:50 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	268 days
Mar 22, 9:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Jackson	278 days
Mar 22, 12:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes, Washington	258 days
Mar 22, 1:07 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Wakulla	258 days
Mar 22, 1:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon	258 days
Mar 22, 1:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	268 days
Mar 22, 1:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	268 days
Mar 22, 2:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	277 days
Mar 22, 3:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden	33 min
Mar 22, 5:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	31 min
Mar 22, 6:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton	50 min
Mar 22, 10:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	281 days
Mar 22, 3:46 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	281 days

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.