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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 8, 2004Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2004, 10:16 AM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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
Apr 8, 2004, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2004, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Coffee County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 9:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2004-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1201 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 2004-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 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
1201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

421 
WUUS52 KTAE 081516
SVRTLH
ALC031-081545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1016 AM CDT THU APR 8 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT

* AT 1016 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES WEST
  OF NEW BROCKTON...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBA...MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.


LAT...LON 3147 8604 3129 8606 3127 8581 3145 8580

$$

BOLINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 10:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Henry30 min
Apr 8, 10:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Henry, Houston39 min
Apr 8, 11:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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.