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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 3, 2004Holmes County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2004, 10:42 AM CDT for Holmes County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 3, 2004, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2004, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Holmes County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1426 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
1426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

348 
WFUS52 KTAE 031542
TORTLH
FLC059-031615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1040 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES  
  BONIFAY...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 1036 AM CDT MERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO SOUTH OF     
  CARYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.


IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON VEHICLES. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...
DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833.

LAT...LON 3081 8577 3086 8569 3086 8562 3086 8561
          3081 8560 3079 8563 3076 8563 3076 8571

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 12:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jun 3, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson22 min
Jun 3, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison, Taylor43 min
Jun 3, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min

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.