Tornado, Coffee
- When
- March 22, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Coffee County, 4 mi NNW of Douglas
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -82.883
Tornado in Georgia, March 22, 2005
Emergency Management reported widespread damage just NW of Douglas along Rocky Pond Road, and determined that the damage was caused by a weak tornado. Numerous trees and power lines were down and snapped.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Emergency Management reported widespread damage just NW of Douglas along Rocky Pond Road, and determined that the damage was caused by a weak tornado. Numerous trees and power lines were down and snapped. Several tin roofs were blown off buildings along Rocky Pond Road and Highway 206. Three semi-trucks were overturned at the American Truck Parts facility, and 2 mobile homes were damaged and shifted off of their foundations along Rocky Pond Road. EMA noted a path was cut through the trees and damage occurred to another mobile home and one old home was destroyed. At 315 pm EDT, the county dispatch had received numerous calls of strong wind damage throughout Douglas, which the EM reported as being caused by the weak tornado. Path length and width were estimated based on time of reports and EM descriptions. Below is a time line of reports received by NWS Jacksonville: 0230 pm EDT: Numerous trees and power lines were down and several tin roofs blown off along Rocky Pond Road near Highway 32. 0230 pm EDT: Emergency Management reported that a weak and small tornado overturned 3 semi-trucks, damaged and shifted 2 mobile homes, and cut a narrow path through the trees and damaged another mobile home and destroyed an old house. 0250 pm EDT: Local Dispatch in Douglas reported 2 mobile homes were destroyed, power lines down and dime size hail in Douglas. 0305 pm EDT: Local Dispatch in Douglas reported a single wide mobile home was blown off of its foundation and a shed was destroyed. 0305 pm EDT: Local Dispatch in Douglas reported a semi-truck was overturned and road signs down on Highway 32 NNW of Douglas. 0315 pm EDT: Emergency Management relayed a report that the 911 center in Douglas was receiving widespread wind damage reports.
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 22, 1:55 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 1:55 PM EST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
155 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
NOW/TONIGHT...WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL BISECTING CWA ALONG THE
I-10 CORRIDOR AND MODELS ARE STILL SUGGESTING THAT LOW DEVELOPMENT
JUST NW OF THE REGION WILL SLOWLY PULL WARM FRONT NORTHWARD THIS
EVENING AND ISOLD SVR TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE ALONG THAT
BOUNDARY AS WELL AS IN WARM SECTOR JUST SE ACRS INLD NE FL. SQUALL
LINE JUST AHEAD OF COLD FRONT FROM PANHANDLE SOUTHWARD INTO NERN
GOMEX WILL BE MAJOR PLAYER TONIGHT AS IT PUSHES INTO FORECAST AREA
WITH MORE TSTMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLD HAIL/TORNADO THREAT.
POPS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH TONIGHT IN THE LKLY/CATEGORICAL RANGE AND
MIN TEMPS WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S DUE TO RAIN
COOLED AIR.
WED...SOME SORT OF SQUALL LINE FEATURE SHOULD BE ONGOING EARLY WED
MORNING ACRS THE REGION...PROB ACRS NE FL AND GETTING READY TO MOVE
OFFSHORE...WHILE RESIDUAL SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. CLEARING SKIES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS
SHOULD PROMOTE MAX TEMPS INTO THE UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S. THIS WILL
ALLOW FOR BREEZY/WINDY CONDS OF 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT
TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
WED NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED WITH WINDS JUST STRONG ENOUGH TO ALLOW ONLY PATCHY FOG
FORMATION. MIN TEMPS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S.
THU...WEAK HIGH PRES AT THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL WITH
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND MAX TEMPS IN THE 75-80 RANGE.
THU NIGHT...INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS...OTHERWISE FAIR SKIES WITH MIN
TEMPS IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S. PATCHY DENSE FOG FORMATION POSSIBLE
MAINLY ALONG THE I-75 CORRIDOR.
.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
FAST MOVING W/SWLY FLOW WILL KEEP SYSTEMS MOVING RATHER QUICKLY
THROUGH THE REGION. GFS/ETA BOTH SHOWING A SHORTWAVE PUSHING INTO
THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH A SLGT CHC/CHC OF TSTMS.
DEEPER SWLY FLOW OVER THE WEEKEND WILL KEEP MOISTURE OVER THE REGION
ALTHOUGH FRONTAL SURFACE APPEARS TO BE STALLED NORTH ACRS CNTRL/SRN
GA AND PCPN FOCUS SHOULD BE THERE WITH CHC TSTMS AND MORE ALONG THE
LINE OF SLGT CHC TSTMS ACRS NERN FL. 06Z/12Z GFS AND 06Z DGEX IN
AGREEMENT FOR DEEPER LONG WAVE TROF PUSHING THROUGH ON MONDAY WITH
ANOTHER CHC OF STRONG TO SVR TSTMS SIMILAR TO TODAYS ACTION. FOR
NEXT TUESDAY...LONG WAVE TROF SHOULD PUSH OFF TO THE EAST AND HAVE
KEPT FORECAST DRY FOR NOW.
&&
.MARINE...BUOYS SLOW TO RESPOND THUS FAR TO THE PASSAGE OF THE WARM
FRONT FOR THE SOUTHERN WATERS. FEEL MOST OF THE INCREASE IN WIND
INCREASE WILL COME IN THE WAKE OF THE SQUALL LINE AFTER MIDNIGHT
ONCE SOUTHWEST FLOW COMMENCES. HAVE GENERALLY ACCEPTED MODEL
CONSENSUS OF SCEC CONDITIONS FOR THE NEARSHORE AND ADVISORY FOR THE
OFFSHORE. WINDS SLOWLY COME DOWN TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BUT SEAS WILL
BE SLOWER TO RESPOND AND WILL LIKELY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 61 78 49 77 / 100 40 0 0
SSI 62 77 54 74 / 90 70 0 0
JAX 65 82 52 78 / 90 70 0 0
SGJ 66 79 54 76 / 70 50 0 0
GNV 65 80 51 80 / 80 60 0 0
OCF 66 79 52 80 / 70 50 0 0
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY UNTIL 9 AM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...AMZ470...AMZ472...AND
AMZ474.
&&
PUBLIC...21/HESS
MARINE/FIRE WX....23/DEESEHazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 11:01 AM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1101 AM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-231100- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE- COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 1101 AM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED. A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. A SQUALL LINE WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING PRECEDING THE COLD FRONT. A FEW STORMS EMBEDDED IN THE SQUALL LINE MAY BECOME SEVERE. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS...WATCHES AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE SQUALL LINE WILL SLOWLY PUSH ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA EARLY WEDNESDAY AND BEGIN TO STALL ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF A PALM COAST TO OCALA LINE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY AND WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. ENYEDI/HESS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 22, 11:39 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1139 AM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 AM HAIL BALDWIN 30.30N 81.98W
03/22/2005 0.50 INCH DUVAL FL BROADCAST MEDIA
JELLY BEAN SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY TV 4 IN WESTERN DUVAL
COUNTY JUST NORTH OF I-10
&&
HESSSpecial weather statement, Mar 22, 11:53 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1153 AM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 FLZ021-221745- SUWANNEE FL- 1153 AM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUWANNEE COUNTY FOR AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 1245 PM EST... AT 1153 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER LURAVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF MAYO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LURAVILLE...NEWBURN AND LIVE OAK THROUGH 1245 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. ZIBURA
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 11:53 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1153 AM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 FLZ021-221745- SUWANNEE FL- 1153 AM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUWANNEE COUNTY FOR HAIL VALID UNTIL 1245 PM EST... AT 1153 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER LURAVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF MAYO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LURAVILLE...NEWBURN AND LIVE OAK THROUGH 1245 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. ZIBURA
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 12:42 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1242 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 FLZ022-030-221815- COLUMBIA FL-UNION FL- 1242 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UNION AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES FOR HAIL VALID UNTIL 115 PM EST... AT 1242 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LULU...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF WORTHINGTON SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LULU THROUGH 115 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. ZIBURA
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 1:21 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 121 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 FLZ022-023-030-221900- BAKER FL-COLUMBIA FL-UNION FL- 121 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UNION...BAKER AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES FOR HAIL VALID UNTIL 200 PM EST... AT 121 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LULU... OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WATERTOWN...LULU...LAKE CITY...FIVE POINTS...OLUSTEE AND SANDERSON THROUGH 200 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. ZIBURA
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 2:20 PM EST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 220 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 GAZ164-222000- CHARLTON GA- 220 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CHARLTON COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 300 PM EST... AT 220 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTH OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK THROUGH 300 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. WOLF
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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.
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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: 5463417.