Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 641

July 15, 20049 counties in Alabama; 18 counties in Florida; 28 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 15, 2004, 3:10 PM CDT for 9 counties in Alabama; 18 counties in Florida; 28 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2004, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Barbour County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Pike County, AL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Baker County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Ware County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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.

Warnings issued inside it

35 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker50 min
Jul 15, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXHamilton, Suwannee47 min
Jul 15, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty38 min
Jul 15, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton39 min
Jul 15, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWorth48 min
Jul 15, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWare37 min
Jul 15, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECook46 min
Jul 15, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningJAXWare30 min
Jul 15, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMiller39 min
Jul 15, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton47 min
Jul 15, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole45 min
Jul 15, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECook46 min
Jul 15, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt15 min
Jul 15, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXNassau62 min
Jul 15, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWare42 min
Jul 15, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGlynn54 min
Jul 15, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningJAXNassau35 min
Jul 15, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay46 min
Jul 15, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHenry40 min
Jul 15, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale19 min
Jul 15, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningJAXGlynn34 min
Jul 15, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston44 min
Jul 15, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole25 min
Jul 15, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningJAXDuval38 min
Jul 15, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee49 min
Jul 15, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale40 min
Jul 15, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur25 min
Jul 15, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw46 min
Jul 15, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEGeneva, Houston25 min
Jul 15, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington38 min
Jul 15, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden50 min
Jul 15, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington34 min
Jul 15, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Geneva22 min
Jul 15, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw31 min
Jul 15, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington45 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3672 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 31 more59 min
Jul 15, 10:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston3 hr
Jul 15, 1:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 11 more2 hr
Jul 15, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChoctaw, Mobile, Washington6 hr
Jul 15, 2:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston2 hr
Jul 15, 5:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 12 more117 min

Nearby

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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.