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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 2:39 PM EST for Colquitt County, Mitchell County, Georgia; Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 277 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, 2:39 PM EST (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2005, 12:15 AM EST
- In force
- 277 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bay County, FL, Colquitt County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
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 |
| Mar 22, 2:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 221940 TORTAE GAC071-205-222030- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0018.050322T1939Z-050322T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 239 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMILLA * UNTIL 330 PM EST * AT 234 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF CAMILLA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CAMILLA BY 250 PM EST... DOERUN BY 325 PM EST... 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 3122 8439 3115 8436 3114 8389 3134 8391 $$ 22-BARRY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KTAE 221955 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 254 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 GAC071-205-222030- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050322T2030Z/ COLQUITT GA-MITCHELL GA- 254 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR EAST MITCHELL AND WESTERN COLQUITT COUNTIES... AT 250 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF PEBBLE CITY...OR ABOUT NEAR CAMILLA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PEBBLE CITY BY 305 PM EST... SALE CITY AND HINSONTON BY 310 PM EST... HARTSFIELD BY 315 PM EST... BAY BY 320 PM EST... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT 850-942-8833 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3124 8422 3119 8420 3114 8389 3134 8391 $$ 22-BARRY
000
WFUS52 KTAE 250442
TORTAE
FLC005-250515-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0018.051225T0440Z-051225T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1140 PM EST SAT DEC 24 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
* UNTIL 1115 PM CST
* AT 1036 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR BRANNONVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF
PANAMA CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
BAYHEAD...RESOTA BEACH AND BAYOU GEORGE BY 1045 PM CST...
MCALLASTER LANDING BY 1050 PM CST...
BENNETT...MASHBURN...CAIRO AND NIXON BY 1055 PM CST...
COUCH AND YOUNGSTOWN BY 1100 PM CST...
SAUNDERS BY 1105 PM CST...
FOUNTAIN BY 1110 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 3035 8568 3043 8560 3043 8550 3044 8548
3054 8548 3056 8546 3056 8540 3025 8540
3021 8557 3021 8564
$$
17-GOULDThe 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, 1:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Tift, Worth | 258 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, 2:42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.