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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 8:17 PM EST for Grady County, Mitchell County, Thomas County, Georgia; Geneva 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, 8:17 PM EST (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 4:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 228 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Geneva County, AL, Grady County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 140118 TORTAE GAC131-205-275-140145- /X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0003.050114T0117Z-050114T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 817 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHEASTERN GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PELHAM * UNTIL 845 PM EST * AT 812 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR MEIGS...OR ABOUT NEAR PELHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COTTON. 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 3112 8421 3094 8408 3096 8397 3122 8405 $$ 7-TREXLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WFUS52 KTAE 291942 TORTAE ALC061-292015- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0003.050829T1941Z-050829T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 341 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA * UNTIL 415 PM EDT(315 PM CDT) * AT 339 PM EDT(239 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARTFORD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF BONIFAY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SLOCOMB AND HARTFORD BY 355 PM EDT(255 PM CDT)... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3100 8578 3101 8547 3120 8550 3119 8581 $$ 38-GODSEY
000 WWUS52 KTAE 292010 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 409 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ALC061-292019- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050829T2015Z/ GENEVA AL- 409 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND HAS WEAKENED...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 3100 8578 3101 8547 3120 8550 3119 8581 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 7:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 228 days |
| Jan 13, 8:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Seminole | 228 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.