Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2004
Tornado Watch 2
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 26, 2004, 4:15 AM CST for 13 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Florida; 18 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2004, 4:15 AM CST (10:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2004, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Butler County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Pike County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lee County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Turner County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 4:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 27 min |
| Jan 26, 5:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 44 min |
| Jan 26, 5:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 35 min |
| Jan 26, 5:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 39 min |
| Jan 26, 5:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 48 min |
| Jan 26, 6:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Jan 26, 8:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 40 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 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
494
WWUS20 KWNS 261021
SEL2
SPC WW 261015
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-261600-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
415 AM CST MON JAN 26 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA
THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 415 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA TO 40
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.
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.
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG SW/NE ORIENTED LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE
ZONE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS LARGE
SCALE ASCENT INCREASES BENEATH DEVELOPING JET ENTRANCE REGION ALOFT.
COUPLED WITH STRENGTHENING DEEP SHEAR /TO AOA 50 KT/ AND CONTINUED
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE INFLOW /SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE MID
60S/...SETUP MAY BECOME SUPPORTIVE OF A FEW LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS
GIVEN ORIENTATION OF CONFLUENCE BAND PARALLEL TO MEAN FLOW. LOW LCLS
SUGGEST POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO SMALL SCALE BOWING
SEGMENTS WITH HIGH WIND.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.
...CORFIDI
320,0830 295,0850 295,0884 320,0863SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2:10 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 7:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Jan 26, 11:10 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Gulf | 65 min |
| Jan 26, 2:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison and 4 more | 60 min |
| Jan 26, 3:15 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Glascock, Greene, Hancock and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene and 13 more | 5 hr |
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.