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Tornado Watch 5

January 2, 200612 counties in Alabama; 18 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 2, 2006, 7:10 AM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; 18 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2006, 7:10 AM CST (13:10 UTC)
Expired
Jan 2, 2006, 12:31 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Barbour County, AL, Butler County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Pike County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

Warnings issued inside it

4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 10:07 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Mitchell15 min
Jan 2, 10:53 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Gulf37 min
Jan 2, 11:51 AM CSTTornado WarningTAELiberty, Wakulla40 min
Jan 2, 12:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla21 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1541 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.2

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The text

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

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 021311
SEL5  
SPC WW 021311
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-022100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
810 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA
       FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 810 AM UNTIL 400
PM EST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 3...WW 4...

DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY
WITHIN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF COASTAL
FRONT EXTENDING FROM SERN AL ACROSS FAR SRN GA THIS MORNING.  SHEAR
IS ALREADY SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS WITH EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF
40-50 KT.  TORNADO THREAT WILL BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT INTO THE
MID/LATE MORNING DUE TO DIURNAL HEATING AND LIKELIHOOD OF STORMS
MOVING ALONG E-W ORIENTED SURFACE FRONT.  A FEW LONG-LIVED TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS MAY OCCUR.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.


...EVANS

320,0871 315,0830 295,0830 300,0871

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 8:26 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 7 more2 hr
Jan 2, 3:01 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Lauderdale59 min
Jan 2, 6:45 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Houston30 min
Jan 2, 9:47 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 23 more88 min
Jan 2, 11:11 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 3 more94 min
Jan 2, 3:20 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 6 more85 min
Jan 2, 10:43 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more92 min
Jan 2, 12:23 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Franklin, Gilchrist and 12 more7 hr
Jan 2, 3:49 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 6 more86 min
Jan 2, 3:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 53 more5 hr
Jan 2, 5:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson and 11 more89 min
Jan 2, 5:58 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Columbia, Emanuel and 17 more5 hr

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.