Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 9, 2004, 10:18 PM CST for Houston County, Alabama; Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2004, 10:18 PM CST (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2004, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Houston County, AL, Early County, GA
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KTAE 100420
SVRTAE
ALC069-GAC099-100500-
/X.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0012.041210T0418Z-041210T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1018 PM CST THU DEC 9 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...COTTONWOOD
EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLAKELY
* UNTIL 1100 PM CST(MIDNIGHT EST)
* AT 1012 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
TAYLOR...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO DEVELOP AT ANY
TIME FROM THESE STORMS.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
COWARTS AND ASHFORD BY 1025 PM CST...
WEBB BY 1030 PM CST...
COLUMBIA BY 1040 PM CST...
BLAKELY BY 1155 PM EST...
LAT...LON 3128 8548 3101 8548 3103 8512 3113 8496
3129 8495 3129 8467 3143 8464 3144 8481
3149 8483 3149 8505 3130 8506
$$
23-MCNATTWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 9, 8:45 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 8:45 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 945 PM EST THU DEC 9 2004 .SYNOPSIS...UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL USA SHOWS EVERY SIGN OF DEEPENING AS A STRONG UPPER JET DIVES SE OUT OF THE NRN PLAINS WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL CAA INTO THE TROUGH BASE. 01Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS NRN GA INTO E CENTRAL AL...WITH DEWPOINTS AT OR ABOVE THE UPPER 60S (F) OVER OUR CWFA S OF THE BOUNDARY. LOCAL RADARS SHOW SCATTERED SHOWER OVER OUR CWFA...WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER OUR NRN GA ZONES. LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS OUR WRN ZONES REMAIN IN A REGION OF AROUND 1500 J/KG OF SURFACE BASED CAPE...THANKS TO STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES CAPPING THIS MOIST AIRMASS. THE 10/00Z TLH SOUNDING INDICATED AN IMPRESSIVE 19 DEGREE C LAPSE RATE IN THE 700-500MB LAYER. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT. BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...HAVE RAISED POPS. MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO WINDS BASED ON LATEST RUC GUIDANCE. && .MARINE...LATEST RUC GUIDANCE SUGGEST WE WILL BE CLOSE TO SCA WIND CRITERIA LATER TONIGHT. BUOYS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MARGINAL SCEC RANGE. GIVEN THE EXPECTED BORDERLINE CONDITIONS...HAVE LEFT THE CURRENT FORECAST AS IS WITH SCA HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WRN ZONES ONLY. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GMZ750-770. && TJT
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 4:31 AM CST, 17 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 531 AM EST THU DEC 9 2004 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-101100- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 531 AM EST THU DEC 9 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE... A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL HEAD NORTHEASTWARD TODAY...BRINGING ITS TRAILING COLD FRONT TOWARDS OUR REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY...AND SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THIS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...WITH MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO FOLLOW FOR THE WEEKEND. AFTER A SECONDARY DRY COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY...THE STAGE WILL BE SET FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. .RIP CURRENTS... ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE BEACHES... WIND...WAVE...AND TIDAL CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS TODAY. ONLY EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS SHOULD CONSIDER ENTERING THE WATER. A RIP CURRENT IS A STRONG NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH THROUGH THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...WADE SIDEWAYS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU ARE OUT OF ITS PULL. TO ESCAPE...RIDE THE CURRENT OUT BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TO SHORE OUTSIDE THE NARROW CURRENT. ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. WATCH YOUR CHILDREN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS...JETTIES...AND UNGUARDED BEACHES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 43 min |
| Dec 9, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 48 min |
| Dec 10, 1:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 27 min |
| Dec 10, 1:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.