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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 1:12 PM EST for Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida; Houston County, Alabama; Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 258 days. 1 report 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, 1:12 PM EST (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2005, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 258 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Houston County, AL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Early County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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, 1:40 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Se Woodville, FL | PUBLIC REPORTED SEEING A TORNADO ON THE GROUND |
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 221814 TORTAE ALC069-GAC099-221845- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0014.050322T1812Z-050322T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1212 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COTTONWOOD SOUTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 1245 PM CST(145 PM EST) * AT 1206 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR COTTONWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CROSBY AND GORDON BY 1220 PM CST... JAKIN AND SAWHATCHEE BY 130 PM EST... KILLARNEY BY 135 PM EST... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3117 8535 3100 8529 3107 8490 3133 8499 $$ 10-BOLINSKI
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KTAE 221824 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 123 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 ALC069-GAC099-221845- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050322T1845Z/ HOUSTON AL-EARLY GA- 1223 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM CST(145 PM EST) FOR SOUTHWESTERN EARLY AND EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES... AT 1222 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GORDON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF DONALSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GORDON BY 1225 PM CST... CEDAR SPRINGS...HOWARDS MILL...PLANT BY 1225 PM CST... JONES CROSSROADS...KILLARNEY...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAWHATCHEE AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILTON BY 130 PM EST... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT 850-942-8833 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3117 8535 3100 8529 3107 8490 3133 8499 $$ 10-BOLINSKI
000
WFUS52 KTAE 051835
TORTAE
FLC065-073-051900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0014.051205T1834Z-051205T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
134 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 131 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF ST. MARKS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
FANLEW AND ROSE BY 145 PM EST...
THOMAS CITY AND WACISSA BY 200 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 3027 8407 3028 8408 3028 8424 3030 8424
3044 8398 3027 8391 3026 8394 3025 8407
$$
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 | 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, 12:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 258 days |
| Mar 22, 1:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 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 |
| 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, 1:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift | 258 days |
| Mar 22, 2:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Irwin | 29 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.