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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 2005, 9:33 PM CST for Gulf 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, 9:33 PM CST (03:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 175 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coffee County, AL, Gulf 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, 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 080333
TORTAE
FLC045-080415-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0008.050308T0333Z-050308T0415Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST(1115 PM EST)

* AT 1027 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR VANN ROAD IN   
  WEWAHITCHKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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 2990 8531 2976 8523 2982 8506 2992 8503
      3000 8509

$$

23-MCNATT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 292304
TORTAE
ALC031-292330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0008.050829T2303Z-050829T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR TABERNACLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF 
ELBA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEW HOPE BY 710 PM EDT(610 PM CDT)...
  ROETON BY 715 PM EDT(615 PM CDT)...

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.

LAT...LON 3142 8603 3137 8583 3163 8580 3163 8598

$$

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, 8:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Gulf	175 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, 9:45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.