Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2006
Tornado Watch 8
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 2, 2006, 1:23 PM EST for 18 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 7 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2006, 1:23 PM EST (18:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties
Baker County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Cook County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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.
Warnings issued inside it
14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 21 min |
| Jan 2, 1:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 22 min |
| Jan 2, 1:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 16 min |
| Jan 2, 1:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 2:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 19 min |
| Jan 2, 2:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 60 min |
| Jan 2, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 26 min |
| Jan 2, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Evans, Liberty | 18 min |
| Jan 2, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 5:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 23 min |
| Jan 2, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 19 min |
| Jan 2, 7:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Columbia, Gilchrist | 46 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 021825
SEL8
SPC WW 021825
FLZ000-GAZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-030100-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
125 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN FLORIDA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA
SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM UNTIL 800
PM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 90 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON
SOUTH CAROLINA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 5. WATCH NUMBER 5 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 125 PM
EST. CONTINUE...WW 7...
DISCUSSION...A LARGE MCS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE FL
PANHANDLE AND A BOWING SEGMENT OVER SE GA/SRN SC WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. THE LOW LEVELS ARE DESTABILIZING
SOME ACROSS N FL/SE GA/COASTAL SC...THOUGH ANVIL CLOUDINESS WILL
TEND TO LIMIT ADDITIONAL SURFACE HEATING. WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY
PRESENT IN ADVANCE OF THE CONVECTION...ALONG WITH SUFFICIENT
VERTICAL SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS/BOW ECHOES...EXPECT THE THREAT FOR
TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS/HAIL TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS
THE AREA OF CONVECTION SAGS SLOWLY SEWD.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...THOMPSON
331,0773 291,0830 291,0860 331,0804SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 9:26 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:45 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 14 more | 30 min |
| Jan 2, 8:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:43 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more | 92 min |
| Jan 2, 4:49 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 6 more | 86 min |
| Jan 2, 10:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Douglas and 9 more | 88 min |
| Jan 2, 4:20 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Chattooga, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta and 20 more | 85 min |
| Jan 2, 4:47 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 53 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 2, 6:16 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson and 11 more | 89 min |
| Jan 2, 6:58 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Columbia, Emanuel and 17 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2006Tornado Watches in Florida, 2006Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2006Every tornado watch in 2006
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.