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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 15, 2004Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2004, 6:50 PM CDT for Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 15, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2004-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2319 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 2004-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
2319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 
WFUS52 KTAE 152350
TORTLH
ALC061-069-160015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
650 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  WESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 647 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF TAYLOR...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST
  OF DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. 
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DOWNTOWN DOTHAN BY 700 PM CDT...
  TAYLOR BY 710 PM CDT...

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.

LAT...LON 3114 8532 3110 8529 3106 8529 3101 8552
      3127 8559 3126 8549 3129 8548 3130 8542
      3132 8539

$$

48-TURNAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHenry40 min
Jul 15, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale19 min
Jul 15, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston44 min
Jul 15, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee49 min
Jul 15, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale40 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.