Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2004
Tornado Watch 802
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Sep 5, 2004, 8:35 PM EDT for 27 counties in Florida; 39 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2004, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2004, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties
Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Volusia County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill 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, Coffee 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, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Worth County, GA
Warnings issued inside it
12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 9:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 9:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 10:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 10:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 11:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 11:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 34 min |
| Sep 6, 12:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay | 43 min |
| Sep 6, 2:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 26 min |
| Sep 6, 4:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden | 30 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 060035
SEL2
SPC WW 060035
FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-061000-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 802
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
835 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN FLORIDA
SOUTHERN GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 835 PM UNTIL
600 AM EDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE
FLORIDA TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 800...
DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE BANDS ON NORTH SIDE OF TS FRANCES WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHERN FL AND SOUTHERN GA OVERNIGHT.
VERY STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE PRESENT...AND ISOLATED CELLS
EMBEDDED WITHIN LARGER BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT OF
TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 09035.
...HART
315,0850 312,0805 285,0805 292,0850SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 12:12 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:06 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 21 more | 84 min |
| Sep 6, 4:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:48 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lake and 8 more | 87 min |
| Sep 6, 7:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus and 36 more | 92 min |
| Sep 6, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Nassau, Union | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 6, 1:21 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richmond | 84 min |
| Sep 6, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 49 more | 7 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.