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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 7, 2005Gulf County, Florida; Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 2005, 8:47 PM CST for Gulf County, Florida; Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 175 days. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2005, 8:47 PM CST (02:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2005, 5:02 PM CDT
In force: 175 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Henry County, AL, Gulf County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 6, 5:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Tumbleton, AL	A HALF DOZEN TREES DOWN. THREE BARNS DAMAGED AND ONE DESTROYED. ONE MOBILE HOME DAMAGED.
Aug 15, 5:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Capps, AL	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 89 NEAR THE DALE COUNTY LINE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 7, 8:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 7, 4:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 080247
TORTAE
FLC045-080330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0005.050308T0247Z-050308T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
847 PM CST MON MAR 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

* UNTIL 930 PM CST(1030 PM EST)

* AT 845 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR WEWAHITCHKA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF
  PORT ST. JOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HONEYVILLE.

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 UNTIL 3 AM CST.

LAT...LON 3019 8538 2995 8539 3003 8515 3020 8515

$$

23-MCNATT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 292128
TORTAE
ALC067-292200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0005.050829T2129Z-050829T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
529 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT(500 PM CDT)

* AT 527 PM EDT(427 PM CDT)...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A
  TORNADO NEAR HEADLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ABBEVILLE BY 540 PM EDT(440 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 3133 8542 3131 8509 3171 8512 3171 8541

$$

38-GODSEY

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 292202
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
601 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALC067-292211-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050829T2200Z/
HENRY AL-
601 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600 PM EDT(500 PM
CDT)...

THIS STORM HAS HAD THE HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS ACROSS 
HENRY COUNTY...BUT HAS WEAKENED OVER THE LAST FEW MINUTES AND 
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

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.

LAT...LON 3133 8542 3131 8509 3171 8512 3171 8541

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 8:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay	165 days
Mar 7, 9:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Liberty	175 days
Mar 7, 9:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin	175 days
Mar 7, 9:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Gulf	175 days
Mar 7, 9:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Liberty, Wakulla	175 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.