Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 22 min |
| May 31, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 33 min |
| May 31, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 41 min |
| May 31, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Thomas | 29 min |
| May 31, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks | 36 min |
| May 31, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks | 31 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.