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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 26, 2004Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 26, 2004, 10:44 AM CST for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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
Jan 26, 2004, 10:44 AM CST (16:44 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 2004, 11:45 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bay County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 26, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2004-01-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 549 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 2004-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

544 
WFUS52 KTAE 261644
TORTLH
FLC005-261745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1042 AM CST MON JAN 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PANAMA CITY...

* UNTIL 1145 AM CST

* AT 1036 AM CST (1136 AM EST) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER      
  RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA  
  CITY BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WATERSPOUTS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...PLEASE GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.

IN SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES...HEED TORNADO SAFETY PLANS OR MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CROUCH DOWN AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
AVOID GYMNASIUMS AND CAFETERIAS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME FOR
A REINFORCED SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3004 8612 2994 8601 3025 8543 3043 8568

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 9:51 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr

Nearby

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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.