Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2004
Tornado Watch 353
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 31, 2004, 10:00 AM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2004, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 73 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA, Ascension Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
20 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 13 hr |
| May 31, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 41 min |
| May 31, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 60 min |
| May 31, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 23 min |
| May 31, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 50 min |
| May 31, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 51 min |
| May 31, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 32 min |
| May 31, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 14 min |
| May 31, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 24 min |
| May 31, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 38 min |
| May 31, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 39 min |
| May 31, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 32 min |
| May 31, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 27 min |
| May 31, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 23 min |
| May 31, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 38 min |
| May 31, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 28 min |
| May 31, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 22 min |
| May 31, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 36 min |
| May 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| May 31, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 22 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 311502
SEL3
SPC WW 311500
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-312100-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 353
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1000 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN ALABAMA
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1000 AM UNTIL 400
PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 35
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA.
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 352...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ALONG OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY THAT WILL BECOME VERY SLOW-MOVING ALONG A WSW/ENE AXIS FROM
S CNTRL LA INTO SW GA LATER TODAY. INFLOW OF VERY RICH BOUNDARY
LAYER MOISTURE... MODERATE WSWLY DEEP SHEAR PARALLEL TO BOUNDARY AND
SURFACE HEATING SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS WITH BOWING
SEGMENTS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
...CORFIDI
311,0913 315,0830 303,0830 295,0913SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more | 66 min |
| May 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette and 13 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 11:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 4 more | 55 min |
| May 31, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 5 hr |
| May 31, 1:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin and 11 more | 84 min |
| May 31, 3:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee | 95 min |
| May 31, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 17 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 5:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 17 more | 119 min |
| May 31, 9:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 8 more | 54 min |
| May 31, 1:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia and 5 more | 54 min |
| May 31, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 4 hr |
| May 31, 10:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Nassau | 27 min |
| May 31, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hamilton | 6 hr |
| May 31, 1:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hamilton | 63 min |
| May 31, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 5:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 3 more | 92 min |
| May 31, 5:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 1 more | 61 min |
| May 31, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton and 5 more | 4 hr |
| May 31, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Elbert, Glascock, Greene, Hancock and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 8:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avoyelles, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula and 23 more | 65 min |
| May 30, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, East Carroll and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 1:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, De Soto, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson and 7 more | 2 hr |
| May 30, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.