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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 10, 2005Tift County, Turner County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2005, 6:15 PM EDT for Tift County, Turner County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 10, 2005, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2005, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA

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 10, 1:40 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr
Jul 10, 2:20 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 102216
TORTAE
GAC277-287-102245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0033.050710T2215Z-050710T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
615 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TIFTON
  TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT(545 PM CDT)

* AT 612 PM EDT(512 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 
  RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR UNIONVILLE...AND ALSO
  NEAR TIFTON...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TIFTON BY 620 PM EDT(520 PM CDT)...

THE TORNADO IS FOLLOWING A TRACK VERY NEAR INTERSTATE 75. 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3134 8353 3138 8341 3172 8351 3169 8362

$$

18-WOOL

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 102231
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
629 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005

GAC277-287-102245-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050710T2245Z/
TIFT GA-TURNER GA-
629 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT (545 PM CDT) FOR 
TURNER AND TIFT COUNTIES...

AT 623 PM EDT(523 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
BETHEL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHBURN...MOVING NORTH AT 30 
MPH. ANOTHER TORNADO IS LOCATED NEAR INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN LENOX AND 
CHULA.

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 3134 8353 3138 8341 3172 8351 3169 8362

$$

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 9, 11:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Thomas	44 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.