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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 16, 2004Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2004, 9:51 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 16, 2004, 9:51 AM CDT (14:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2004, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 2004-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1409 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 2004-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 161451
TORTLH
FLC131-161530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
949 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COASTAL WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA THIS 
  INCLUDES SANTA ROSA BEACH...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 947 AM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WATERSPOUT 9 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
  OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE WATERPOUT
  WILL MOVE ONSHORE NEAR SANTA ROSA BEACH BY 1020 AM CDT...

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.

LAT...LON 3036 8639 3030 8637 3029 8611 3041 8621

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden50 min
Jul 15, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELiberty38 min
Jul 15, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes46 min
Jul 15, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE83 min
Jul 15, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton26 min
Jul 15, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton23 min
Jul 15, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty51 min
Jul 15, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Jul 15, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton24 min
Jul 15, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Jul 16, 9:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE36 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.