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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 15, 2004Cook County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2004, 4:59 PM EDT for Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 15, 2004, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cook County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 15, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2004-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3672 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 152059
SVRTLH
GAC075-152145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
458 PM EDT THU JUL 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 458 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES WEST
  OF BARNEYVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADEL...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPARKS...ADEL BY 505 PM EDT...
  BARNESDALE...MASSEE BY 510 PM EDT...

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL.


LAT...LON 3106 8331 3106 8351 3109 8354 3117 8352
      3127 8346 3122 8335 3118 8334 3117 8331
      3111 8332 3106 8331

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early53 min
Jul 15, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker50 min
Jul 15, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty38 min
Jul 15, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEIrwin, Turner47 min
Jul 15, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWorth48 min
Jul 15, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMiller39 min
Jul 15, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole45 min
Jul 15, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECook46 min
Jul 15, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt15 min
Jul 15, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay46 min
Jul 15, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole25 min
Jul 15, 7:20 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.