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Tornado Watch 900

November 24, 20045 counties in Alabama; 13 counties in Florida; 22 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 24, 2004, 8:30 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; 13 counties in Florida; 22 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2004, 8:30 AM CST (14:30 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 2:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla 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, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 8:39 AM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee51 min
Nov 24, 9:52 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEWalton38 min
Nov 24, 10:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Geneva, Houston46 min
Nov 24, 10:26 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEWalton34 min
Nov 24, 11:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston30 min
Nov 24, 11:04 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Washington26 min
Nov 24, 11:07 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHouston38 min
Nov 24, 11:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay26 min
Nov 24, 12:58 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEFranklin32 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, 2.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1093 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 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

416 
WWUS20 KWNS 241430
SEL0  
SPC WW 241430
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-242000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 900
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
930 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
       FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 930 AM UNTIL
300 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 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA TO 50
MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA 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 896...WW 897...WW 899...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE SQUALL LINE  CONTINUES TO TRACK EWD ALONG
CENTRAL AL GULF COASTAL AREAS INTO WRN FL AND SWRN GA. IN ADDITION
DISCRETE CELLS AHEAD OF LINE WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE FL PANHANDLE.
STRONG SHEAR AND A VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS BOTH WITH THE LINE AND THE STORMS AHEAD OF THE
LINE.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HALES

314,0824 292,0841 292,0871 314,0855

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 9:00 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin and 10 more2 hr
Nov 23, 9:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin and 13 more7 hr
Nov 23, 11:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Cullman and 14 more119 min
Nov 24, 12:30 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 12 more30 min
Nov 24, 12:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene and 7 more5 hr
Nov 24, 2:43 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens and 3 more62 min
Nov 24, 3:35 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman and 11 more25 min
Nov 24, 3:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Cullman, Etowah and 5 more5 hr
Nov 24, 4:57 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 13 more63 min
Nov 24, 5:20 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 20 more6 hr
Nov 24, 7:11 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 24 more64 min
Nov 24, 7:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Chambers, Lee, Russell6 hr
Nov 24, 8:03 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 2 more57 min
Nov 24, 9:23 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Chambers, Lee, Russell97 min
Nov 24, 11:24 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston2 hr
Nov 24, 1:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Jefferson and 6 more4 hr
Nov 24, 3:30 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Citrus, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando and 4 more2 hr
Nov 24, 5:36 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Gilchrist and 3 more24 min
Nov 24, 9:40 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 40 more6 hr
Nov 24, 1:13 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 40 more2 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.