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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 2005, 10:01 PM EST for Liberty County, Florida; Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 175 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2005, 10:01 PM EST (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 6:21 PM EDT
- In force
- 175 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coffee County, AL, Liberty County, FL
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, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 080301
TORTAE
FLC077-080345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0006.050308T0301Z-050308T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1001 PM EST MON MAR 7 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
* UNTIL 1045 PM EST
* AT 957 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR WHITE OAK LANDING...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH
OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BON
AMI...LEWIS...KERN...ORANGE...WILMA...CENTRAL CITY...WOODS...
VILAS...LIBERTY...WHITE SPRINGS...CLIO...TELOGIA AND HOSFORD.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 3019 8513 3005 8512 3019 8470 3052 8487
3043 8498 3029 8504
$$
23-MCNATT2 follow-up statements
000 WFUS52 KTAE 292151 TORTAE ALC031-292230- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0006.050829T2151Z-050829T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 551 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELBA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT(530 PM CDT) * AT 549 PM EDT(449 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELBA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF OPP...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ELBA BY 600 PM EDT(500 PM CDT)... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3120 8624 3121 8602 3164 8591 3163 8614 $$ 38-GODSEY
000 WWUS52 KTAE 292221 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 620 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ALC031-292230- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050829T2230Z/ COFFEE AL- 620 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AND WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 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 3120 8624 3121 8602 3164 8591 3163 8614 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 165 days |
| Mar 7, 9:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 175 days |
| Mar 7, 10:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 175 days |
| Mar 7, 10:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 175 days |
| Mar 7, 10:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 175 days |
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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.