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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 16, 2005Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2005, 7:39 PM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. 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 16, 2005, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2005, 8:09 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 2002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 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 170043
TORTAE
FLC045-170130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0034.050717T0039Z-050717T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
839 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ST. JOE

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT(830 PM CDT)

* AT 838 PM EDT(738 PM CDT)...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A 
  WATERSPOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF PORT ST. JOE. THIS WATERSPOUT WAS 
  MOVING SLOWLY NORTH INTO SAINT JOE BAY.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  BETWEEN INDIAN PASS AND CAPE SAN BLAS AND MOVING INTO SAINT JOE BAY
  BY 815 PM CDT...

WATERSPOUTS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...PLEASE GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833.

LAT...LON 2959 8539 2962 8518 2987 8519 2983 8547

$$

48-TURNAGE

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 170109
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
907 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005

FLC045-170117-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050717T0130Z/
GULF FL-
907 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GULF COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE WATERSPOUT THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO HAD DISSIPATED. THEREFORE...
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

REPORT ANY 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.

LAT...LON 2959 8539 2962 8518 2987 8519 2983 8547

$$

48-TURNAGE

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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.