Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2004
Tornado Watch 9
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 6, 2004, 2:15 PM EST for 12 counties in Florida; 49 counties in Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2004, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2004, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties
Columbia County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC
Warnings issued inside it
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jenkins | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 12 min |
| Feb 6, 5:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Effingham | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 41 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 061914
SEL9
SPC WW 061915
FLZ000-GAZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-070000-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
215 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA
SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL 700
PM EST.
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 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA TO 55 MILES
NORTH OF SAVANNAH 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.
DISCUSSION...LINE OF TSTMS SHOULD INTENSIFY AS IT ENTERS MORE
FAVORABLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS WW AREA. STRONG LOW-MIDLEVEL
SHEAR PROFILES INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED BOWS/SUPERCELLS TO
PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND AND A COUPLE TORNADOES.
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 24040.
...EDWARDS/HALES
294,0854 325,0823 325,0794 294,0830SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 8:32 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more | 118 min |
| Feb 6, 1:51 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:23 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, Suwannee | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:30 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette and 6 more | 90 min |
| Feb 5, 11:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Haralson | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Dorchester, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 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.