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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 9, 2005Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2005, 11:46 PM EDT for Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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, 11:46 PM EDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2005, 12:30 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 9, 10:40 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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: 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 100347
TORTAE
GAC275-100430-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0032.050710T0346Z-050710T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1146 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THOMASVILLE

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOSTON...OR ABOUT 8      
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUITMAN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BOSTON BY MIDNIGHT EDT...
  THOMASVILLE BY 1225 AM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3069 8378 3070 8405 3106 8404 3103 8395
      3093 8378 3089 8374 3067 8374 3067 8377

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 11:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Brooks	36 min
Jul 10, 6:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Tift, Turner	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.