Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 7:51 PM EST for 11 counties in Florida; Grady County, Georgia; Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 228 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
- Jan 13, 2005, 7:51 PM EST (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 12:06 PM EDT
- In force
- 228 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Grady County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 140051 TORTAE GAC131-140115- /X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0002.050114T0051Z-050114T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 751 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAIRO * UNTIL 815 PM EST * AT 745 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHIGHAM...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAIRO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRINCES STILL...RODDENBERRY...GRADY CO A/P...CAPEL...PINE PARK AND AKRIDGE. 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 3091 8439 3071 8435 3078 8409 3104 8413 $$ 7-TREXLER
3 follow-up statements
000
WFUS52 KTAE 231409
TORTAE
FLC029-037-039-045-065-067-073-077-079-123-129-231430-
/T.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0002.050223T1409Z-050223T1430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TEST...TORNADO WARNING...TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
909 AM EST WED FEB 23 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DIXIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA
LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
MADISON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA
WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA
GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
* UNTIL 930 AM EST
* TEST...THIS IS A TEST...AT 910 AM EST...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS
OCCURRING OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THIS IS A DRILL. AT THIS TIME
PLEASE PRACTICE YOUR TORNADO SAFETY PROCEDURES. IF THIS WERE AN
ACTUAL TORNADO WARNING...YOU SHOULD GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR BUILDING. WEAK STRUCTURES OR VEHICLES SHOULD
BE ABANDONED FOR SAFE SHELTER.
THIS IS A TORNADO DRILL...REPEAT ONLY A DRILL. NO SEVERE WEATHER
IS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA.
LAT...LON 2959 8537 2955 8458 2935 8310 3060 8328
3071 8485
$$
11-GOREE000 WFUS52 KTAE 291529 TORTAE ALC031-291615- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0002.050829T1529Z-050829T1615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1129 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...ELBA * UNTIL 1215 PM EDT(1115 AM CDT) * AT 1126 AM EDT(1026 AM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... NEW BROCKTON BY 1140 AM EDT(1040 AM CDT)... ELBA BY 1145 AM EDT(1045 AM CDT)... 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 3120 8618 3120 8585 3162 8584 3163 8624 $$ 38-GODSEY/WATSON
000 WWUS52 KTAE 291606 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1206 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ALC031-291616- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050829T1615Z/ COFFEE AL- 1206 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT 850-942-8833 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3120 8618 3120 8585 3162 8584 3163 8624 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 8:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 228 days |
| Jan 13, 8:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 228 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.