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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2005, 10:38 PM EST for Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida; Randolph County, Georgia. 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 26, 2005, 10:38 PM EST (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2005, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 277 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Randolph 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 26, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 270338 TORTAE FLC065-073-270430- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0022.050327T0339Z-050327T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1039 PM EST SAT MAR 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTICELLO CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE * UNTIL 1130 PM EST * AT 1036 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR TALLAHASSEE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MONTICELLO BY 1100 PM EST... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. LAT...LON 3053 8432 3034 8432 3030 8387 3064 8379 $$ 9-FOURNIER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KTAE 270356 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1055 PM EST SAT MAR 26 2005 FLC065-073-270405- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050327T0430Z/ JEFFERSON FL-LEON FL- 1055 PM EST SAT MAR 26 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LEON AND NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THE STORM THAT WAS PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED. HOWEVER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT 850-942-8833 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3053 8432 3034 8432 3030 8387 3064 8379 $$ 9-FOURNIER
000 WFUS52 KTAE 282035 TORTAE GAC243-282100- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0022.051228T2034Z-051228T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 334 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CUTHBERT * UNTIL 400 PM EST (300 PM CST) * AT 328 PM EST(228 PM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR CUTHBERT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WADES AND BENEVOLENCE BY 340 PM EST(240 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3181 8491 3173 8488 3178 8463 3191 8473 $$ 23-MCNATT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 7:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 7:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 8:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 8:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 8:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 8:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 9:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 10:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 11:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 277 days |
| Mar 27, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 7:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early, Seminole | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 9:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 10:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 10:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 11:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 3:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Quitman | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 5:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 5:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 8:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Quitman | 276 days |
| Mar 27, 11:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Lee | 4 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Worth | 276 days |
| Mar 27, 11:20 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 115 min | |
| Mar 27, 11:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Randolph | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 1:13 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Mar 27, 3:09 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 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.