Florida, 2005

Tornado in Florida, August 29, 2005

August 29, 2005 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 29, 4:45 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 4:45 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
545 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...HURRICANE EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR THE WESTERN PART OF THE WFO
MOBILE FORECAST AREA...

.SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...THE CENTER OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE
KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TRACKING NORTH ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA THIS MORNING...AND INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY
AFTERNOON.  STEPPED RADIOMETER DATA FROM THE NOAA AIRCRAFT HAVE
INDICATED 80-90 KT WINDS MOVING INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST AREAS OF
OUR FORECAST AREA ATTM...AND THE HURRICANE FORCE WIND FIELDS HAVE
BEEN EXPANDED SLIGHTLY FURTHER TO THE EAST ON THE MORNING FORECAST
PACKAGE.  WE THEREFORE HAVE EXPANDED THE INLAND HURRICANE WARNING
ONE COUNTY EAST TO INCLUDE CLARKE COUNTY FOR LATER TODAY INTO
TONIGHT.  POTENTIAL FOR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS 110 MPH OVER INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY LATE MORNING...PARTICULARLY STONE AND
GEORGE COUNTIES. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OVER OUR
WESTERN FORECAST ZONES...PARTICULARLY INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
TODAY.  WILL ALSO CONTINUE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE
INTERIOR EASTERN ZONES...WITH TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE
WATCH CONTINUING OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND COASTAL
WATERS.  NHC FORECAST TRACK CONTINUES TO LOOK RIGHT ON THE MONEY.

WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INTO TONIGHT.  SHOULD SEE A BIT
OF A DRYSLOT WORK IN UNDERNEATH THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE
CIRCULATION TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHWEST ZONES...BUT WILL LEAVE THE
NORTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES IN THE NUMEROUS TO CATEGORICAL POP RANGE
AS SOME NUMERICAL MODEL GUIDANCE (PARTICULARLY THE NAM) SHOWS A BAND
OF RAIN/TSTMS OVER THE EASTERN ZONES LINGERING TONIGHT (EAST OF
I65).

FOR MORE COMPLETE AND DETAILED HAZARD INFORMATION THIS
MORNING...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS
BEING ISSUED BY THIS FORECAST OFFICE.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY)...AS A WEAKENED KATRINA
EXITS TO THE NORTH...WE DRY OUT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS.
OVERALL LITTLE CHANGE THIS PACKAGE.

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...HURRICANE WARNING ALZ063-064-GMZ630-650-670.
     INLAND HURRICANE WARNING ALZ051-052-053-061-062.
     INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALZ054>060.
     FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALZ051>064.
FL...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FLZ002-004-006-GMZ655-675.
     HURRICANE WATCH FLZ002-004-006.
     INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FLZ001-003-005.
     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FLZ001>006.
MS...INLAND HURRICANE WARNING MSZ067-075-076-078-079.
     FLASH FLOOD WATCH MSZ067-075-076-078-079.

&&

05/GARMON

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Santa Rosa

When
August 29, 7:47 AM CST to 7:49 AM CST
Where
Santa Rosa County, Munson
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
30 yd
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.850, -86.867

A weak tornado developed along the outer bands of hurricane Katrina. The weak tornado blew down several trees and power lines just south of Munson.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5475308.