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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 31, 2004Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia; Madison County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2004, 7:40 PM EDT for Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia; Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2004, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Madison County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 4:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 583 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1193 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 312340
SVRTLH
FLC079-GAC027-185-010015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
740 PM EDT MON MAY 31 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA       
  SOUTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 740 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 2 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CHERRY LAKE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MADISON...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLYATTVILLE...BRIGGSTON BY 745 PM EDT...
  LAKE PARK...TWIN LAKES BY 755 PM EDT...

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.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF 
POSSIBLE. 


REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE.

$$

10-BOLINSKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESeminole22 min
May 31, 5:42 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady33 min
May 31, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Thomas41 min
May 31, 6:46 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEThomas29 min
May 31, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks36 min
May 31, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBrooks31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 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.