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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 26, 2004Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 2004, 8:35 AM CST for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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
Jan 26, 2004, 8:35 AM CST (14:35 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 2004, 9:15 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Geneva County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 26, 4:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2004-01-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 549 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2004-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

642 
WUUS52 KTAE 261435
SVRTLH
ALC061-261515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
835 AM CST MON JAN 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 915 AM CST

* AT 835 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 18 MILES WEST OF GENEVA... 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM...BUT BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING CONDITIONS.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.


LAT...LON 3105 8617 3099 8617 3099 8608 3106 8572
          3121 8578

$$

12-WATSON

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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.