Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2004, 3:47 PM EDT for Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 7, 2004, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2004, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Worth 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1784 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KTAE 071947
SVRTLH
GAC321-072030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
ISSUED BY NWS JACKSONVILLE FL
346 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 346 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TERRELL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF ASHBURN...
STATIONARY.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS OF
WORTH COUNTY.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT 904-741-4370 TO REPORT
SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3160 8367 3156 8365 3150 8365 3150 8366
3152 8379 3159 8379 3162 8378 3162 8378
3162 8370
$$
WATSONWhat 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 Jul 7, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL ISSUED BY NWS JACKSONVILLE FL 230 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 .SYNOPSIS... WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOW UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING THE WRN CWFA...CONVECTION AS OF 17Z WAS FAIRLY SUPPRESSED...LIKELY OWING TO WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT. HOWEVER...SOME STRONG CONVECTION WAS UNDERWAY IN OUR NE GA ZONES ALONG A NE-SW BOUNDARY THAT WAS FAIRLY WELL RESOLVED IN THE MSAS THETA-E OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS. && .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT - KEPT MINIMUM TEMPERATURES MILD AND ABOVE GUIDANCE BASED ON PERSISTENCE. THURSDAY - UPPER TROUGH TO DETERIORATE INTO A WEAKNESS AND THEN DISSIPATE AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS BACK W INTO THE SERN STATES. A REMNANT UPPER LOW FROM THIS TROUGH SHOULD AFFECT THE WRN GULF... KEEPING THE NERN GULF IN FAIRLY DEEP ONSHORE FLOW. THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC MEAN FLOW SHOULD BE SWLY. DID NOT CHANGE POPS. FRIDAY - LOWERED POPS OVER OUR NRN ZONES AS DEEPLY STACKED HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES CENTERED OVER THE CWFA. THIS INCLUDES THE 1000-700 MB LAYER...MEANING THAT WE COULD SEE A LIGHT AND VARIABLE MEAN FLOW FOR OUR SEA BREEZE REGIME CLASSIFICATION. THIS WOULD FAVOR HIGHEST POPS OVER OUR FL ZONES. PROGGED SURFACE WINDS ARE QUITE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. USED ETA12 WINDS IN GRIDS AS OPPOSED TO GFS WINDS...WHICH WERE USED FOR EARLIER PERIODS. && .MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 74 92 74 92 / 30 40 30 40 PFN 77 90 77 90 / 30 40 20 40 DHN 74 91 74 91 / 40 40 30 30 ABY 74 93 74 93 / 40 40 30 30 VLD 73 93 74 94 / 40 40 30 30 CTY 75 92 74 91 / 30 40 30 40 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && TJT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 11:05 AM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL ISSUED BY NWS JACKSONVILLE FL 1105 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-081000- APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN OUT TO 20 NM-BAKER-BAY-BEN HILL-BERRIEN- BROOKS-CALHOUN-CLAY-COASTAL WALTON-COFFEE-COLQUITT-COOK-DALE-DECATUR- DIXIE-DOUGHERTY-EARLY-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-GENEVA-GRADY-GULF-HENRY- HOLMES-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-IRWIN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE- LANIER-LEE-LEON-LIBERTY-LOWNDES-MADISON-MILLER-MITCHELL-QUITMAN- RANDOLPH-SEMINOLE- SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA OUT TO 20 NM-TAYLOR-TERRELL-THOMAS- TIFT-TURNER-WAKULLA-WASHINGTON-WORTH- 1105 AM EDT (1005 AM CDT) WED JUL 7 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE WARNING AREA. STORMS THAT DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY STRONG WINDS. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED CASES OF WIND DAMAGE... BUT A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. DAILY SEA BREEZES WILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. 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. TJT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL ISSUED BY NWS JACKSONVILLE FL 232 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 GAZ128-130-131-071900- BEN HILL-IRWIN-TURNER- 232 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER TURNER...BEN HILL AND IRWIN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. WATSON
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:33 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL ISSUED BY NWS JACKSONVILLE FL 333 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 GAZ127-128-072000- TURNER-WORTH- 333 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER TURNER AND NORTHEAST WORTH COUNTIES. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN NOTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. WATSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 30 min |
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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.