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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 7, 2005Dixie County, Florida; Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2005, 1:04 PM EDT for Dixie County, Florida; Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 265 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 7, 2005, 1:04 PM EDT (17:04 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2005, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 265 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dixie County, FL, Irwin County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 071705
TORTAE
FLC029-071745-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0028.050407T1704Z-050407T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
104 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DIXIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CROSS CITY

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSS CITY...OR ABOUT 14  
  MILES SOUTH OF STEINHATCHEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CROSS CITY BY 130 PM EDT...

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 2952 8348 2944 8341 2951 8300 2981 8295

$$

22-BARRY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 282234
TORTAE
GAC155-282300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0028.051228T2233Z-051228T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
533 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EST(500 PM CST)

* AT 529 PM EST(429 PM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF MYSTIC...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES NORTH OF TIFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  IRWINVILLE BY 545 PM EST(445 PM CST)...

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 3167 8349 3158 8349 3154 8340 3162 8327
      3175 8336 3174 8343

$$

23-MCNATT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 8:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	266 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
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

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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.