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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 2, 2006Liberty County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 12:51 PM EST for Liberty County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 2, 2006, 12:51 PM EST (17:51 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2006, 1:31 PM EST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 2, 8:10 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 56 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: 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 
WFUS52 KTAE 021752
TORTAE
FLC077-129-021815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0005.060102T1751Z-060102T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1251 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 115 PM EST(1215 PM CST)

* AT 1247 PM EST(1147 AM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR BON AMI...OR ABOUT 23
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CARRABELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SMITH CREEK BY 110 PM EST(1210 PM CST)...

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.

LAT...LON 3010 8502 3002 8497 3009 8434 3030 8459

$$

9-FOURNIER

1 follow-up statement

000
WWUS42 KTAE 021831
WCNTAE

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 5/8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
131 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

FLC037-045-065-073-077-079-123-129-GAC019-027-075-173-185-275-
030100-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.A.0005.000000T0000Z-060102T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.A.0008.060102T1831Z-060103T0100Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8 
UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING 
AREAS.

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

FRANKLIN              GULF                  JEFFERSON            
LEON                  LIBERTY               MADISON              
TAYLOR                WAKULLA               

IN GEORGIA...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

BERRIEN               BROOKS                COOK                 
LANIER                LOWNDES               THOMAS               

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ADEL...APALACHICOLA...BRISTOL...
CRAWFORDVILLE...LAKELAND...MADISON...MONTICELLO...NASHVILLE...
PERRY...PORT ST. JOE...QUITMAN...TALLAHASSEE...
THOMASVILLE AND VALDOSTA.

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.

$$

GMZ755-030100-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.A.0005.000000T0000Z-060102T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.A.0008.060102T1831Z-060103T0100Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8 
UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF 
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING 
AREAS.

COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM.  

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.                   

$$

ALC031-045-061-067-069-FLC005-013-039-059-063-131-133-GAC007-017-
037-061-071-087-095-099-131-155-177-201-205-239-243-253-273-277-
287-321-021945-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.A.0005.000000T0000Z-060102T2100Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5 
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS.

THIS CANCELS 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

COFFEE                DALE                  GENEVA               
HENRY                 HOUSTON               

IN FLORIDA THIS CANCELS 7 COUNTIES.

BAY                   CALHOUN               GADSDEN              
HOLMES                JACKSON               WALTON               
WASHINGTON            

IN GEORGIA THIS CANCELS 20 COUNTIES.

IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

BEN HILL              COLQUITT              IRWIN                
TIFT                  TURNER                WORTH                

IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

BAKER                 CALHOUN               CLAY                 
DECATUR               DOUGHERTY             EARLY                
GRADY                 LEE                   MILLER               
MITCHELL              QUITMAN               RANDOLPH             
SEMINOLE              TERRELL            


$$

GMZ750-021945-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.A.0005.000000T0000Z-060102T2100Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH 
FOR THE GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN OUT 
TO 20 NM.

$$

FLC029-067-030100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.A.0008.060102T1831Z-060103T0100Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8 
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

DIXIE                 LAFAYETTE             

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CROSS CITY AND MAYO.

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.

$$

WOOL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 1, 8:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	29 min
Jan 2, 9:41 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 2, 11:40 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 2, 11:53 AM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf	37 min
Jan 2, 1:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Wakulla	21 min
Jan 2, 2:30 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Wakulla	60 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.