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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 22, 2005Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2005, 7:57 PM CDT for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 min. 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 22, 2005, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dale County, AL

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 22, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 230057
TORTAE
ALC045-230130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0029.050423T0057Z-050423T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
757 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR ARITON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
  OZARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ARGUTA AND DYKES CROSSROADS BY 805 PM CDT...
  BEAMON...SKIPPERVILLE AND ROBERTS CROSSROADS BY 810 PM CDT...
  ASBURY AND MABSON BY 815 PM CDT...
  BROWNS CROSSROADS AND CLOPTON BY 820 PM CDT...
  ECHO...SNOW HILL AND BELLS CROSSROADS BY 825 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 3169 8572 3152 8576 3138 8545 3163 8542

$$

18-WOOL

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 230120
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
919 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

ALC045-230129-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050423T0130Z/
DALE AL-
819 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN DALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT HAD THE SUSPECTED TORNADO NO LONGER LOOKS TORNADIC ON 
RADAR AND NO REPORTS OF ANY TORNADO HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3169 8572 3152 8576 3138 8545 3163 8542

$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	52 min
Apr 22, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale	43 min
Apr 22, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	46 min
Apr 22, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	32 min
Apr 22, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	36 min
Apr 22, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Houston	33 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.