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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 9, 2005Madison County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2005, 10:54 PM EDT for Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 9, 2005, 10:54 PM EDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2005, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, FL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 10:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2005-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 553 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2005-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 100255
TORTAE
FLC079-100345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0030.050710T0254Z-050710T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1054 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 1049 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES EAST OF MADISON...MOVING    
  NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING         
  TORNADOES...WITH A VERIFIED REPORT OF A TOUCHDOWN NEAR LIVE OAK IN 
  SUWANNEE COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MADISON BY 1105 PM EDT...

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 3037 8327 3061 8327 3066 8360 3039 8374

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 11:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELeon97 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.