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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 1:07 PM EST for Colquitt County, Tift County, Worth County, Georgia; Wakulla County, Florida. 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, 1:07 PM EST (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2005, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 258 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Wakulla County, FL, Colquitt County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 221807 TORTAE GAC071-277-321-221830- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.050322T1807Z-050322T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 107 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TIFTON SOUTHEASTERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 130 PM EST * AT 104 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR OMEGA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOULTRIE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PHILLIPSBURG AND UNIONVILLE. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3128 8387 3126 8356 3144 8339 3152 8376 $$ 23-MCNATT
2 follow-up statements
000
WFUS52 KTAE 051814
TORTAE
FLC129-051845-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.051205T1813Z-051205T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
113 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDVILLE
* UNTIL 145 PM EST
* AT 109 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR CRAWFORDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
WAKULLA GARDENS...SHADEVILLE...WAKULLA SPRINGS AND BETHEL BY 120 PM
EST...
WAKULLA BY 130 PM EST...
NEWPORT BY 135 PM EST...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO...MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833.
LAT...LON 3014 8442 3025 8445 3030 8434 3030 8425
3027 8424 3027 8408 3019 8408 3014 8435
$$
12-WATSON000
WWUS52 KTAE 051837
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
137 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005
FLC129-051845-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-051205T1845Z/
WAKULLA FL-
137 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY...
AT 131 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. MARKS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
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 8442 3025 8445 3030 8434 3030 8425
3027 8424 3027 8408 3019 8408 3014 8435
$$
12-WATSONThe 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 | Ben Hill, Irwin | 258 days |
| Mar 22, 8:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell | 258 days |
| Mar 22, 9:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay | 268 days |
| Mar 22, 9:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur | 278 days |
| Mar 22, 10:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Seminole | 281 days |
| Mar 22, 12:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 160 days |
| Mar 22, 12:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Miller | 281 days |
| Mar 22, 12:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Turner, Worth | 281 days |
| Mar 22, 1:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 258 days |
| Mar 22, 1:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift | 258 days |
| Mar 22, 1:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 268 days |
| Mar 22, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Miller, Mitchell | 268 days |
| Mar 22, 2:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Irwin | 29 min |
| Mar 22, 2:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 277 days |
| Mar 22, 2:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Miller, Seminole | 33 min |
| Mar 22, 2:52 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Mar 22, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Miller, Mitchell | 36 min |
| Mar 22, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Worth | 46 min |
| Mar 22, 3:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Quitman | 281 days |
| Mar 22, 3:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Tift | 281 days |
| Mar 22, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 33 min |
| Mar 22, 4:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 119 min | |
| Mar 22, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook | 25 min |
| Mar 22, 4:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Clay, Quitman | 281 days |
| Mar 22, 4:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 58 min |
| Mar 22, 5:34 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 116 min | |
| Mar 22, 5:58 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 32 min | |
| Mar 22, 12:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 258 days |
| Mar 22, 12:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 258 days |
| 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 |
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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.