Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2004, 5:19 PM EDT for Atkinson County, Coffee County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Sep 5, 2004, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Atkinson County, GA, Coffee County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1587 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
487
WFUS52 KJAX 052120
TORJAX
GAC003-069-052145-
/X.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0011.040905T2119Z-040905T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
519 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ATKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILLACOOCHEE...PEARSON
COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...BROXTON...AMBROSE
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH OF NICHOLLS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
EAST OF PEARSON...MOVING WEST AT 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
PEARSON AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF DOUGLAS BY 530 PM EDT
WILLACOOCHEE BY 540 PM EDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT
SEVERE WEATHER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY NIGHT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3166 8282 3166 8263 3147 8259 3146 8263
3129 8263 3128 8270 3119 8268 3120 8304
3128 8302 3147 8314 3157 8304 3179 8298
3178 8287 3181 8284
$$
CAMPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Pierce, Ware | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon, Ware | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Pierce | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Ware | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Pierce, Ware | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 7:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 52 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.