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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 2, 2004Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2004, 12:23 PM CDT for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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 2, 2004, 12:23 PM CDT (17:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2004, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Geneva County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2004-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1926 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
1926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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.

240 
WFUS52 KTAE 021723
TORTLH
ALC061-021800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1223 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES GENEVA...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1219 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO
  JUST EAST GENEVA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HARTFORD BY 1250 PM CDT...
  SLOCOMB BY 100 PM CDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 3105 8597 3099 8594 3105 8554 3121 8565

$$

18-WOOL

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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.