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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2005, 8:06 PM EDT for Colquitt County, Mitchell County, Georgia; Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 266 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
- Apr 6, 2005, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2005, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 266 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Walton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 070006 TORTAE FLC131-070045- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0027.050407T0006Z-050407T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 706 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 24 MILES WEST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...OR ABOUT NEAR CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS BY 740 PM CDT... 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 3081 8653 3068 8653 3071 8605 3092 8605 $$ 22-BARRY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KTAE 070022 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 822 PM EDT WED APR 6 2005 FLC131-070045- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050407T0045Z/ WALTON FL- 722 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR WALTON COUNTY... AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOX HILL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FOX HILL...NEW HARMONY AND OAKWOOD HILLS BY 725 PM CDT... EALUM BY 730 PM CDT... SAND HILL AND CLUSTER SPRINGS BY 735 PM CDT... GLENDALE...PINEY GROVE AND CENTER RIDGE BY 740 PM CDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT 850-942-8833 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3081 8653 3068 8653 3071 8605 3092 8605 $$ 48-TURNAGE
000 WFUS52 KTAE 282224 TORTAE GAC071-205-282300- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0027.051228T2223Z-051228T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 523 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOULTRIE EAST CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 600 PM EST * AT 522 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF MOULTRIE...OR ABOUT NEAR PELHAM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MOULTRIE BY 550 PM EST(450 PM CST)... NORMAN PARK BY 600 PM EST(500 PM CST)... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3120 8412 3112 8410 3109 8365 3131 8367 $$ 22-BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Apr 6, 11:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Apr 7, 2:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 116 min | |
| Apr 7, 4:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 7, 6:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 101 days | |
| Apr 7, 10:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 119 days | |
| Apr 7, 1:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Irwin | 265 days |
| Apr 6, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 33 min |
| Apr 6, 9:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 119 min |
| Apr 6, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 12:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 116 min |
| Apr 7, 3:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 119 min |
| Apr 7, 5:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gulf | 4 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 45 min |
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.