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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2004, 4:10 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 50 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
- Sep 15, 2004, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Walton County, FL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 152111 TORTLH FLC131-152200- /X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0007.040915T2110Z-040915T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 410 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 404 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR INLET BEACH...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BUNKER...CHOCTAW AND PORT WASHINGTON BY 415 PM CDT... OLD BAY VIEW...CHOCTAW BAY ESTATES BY 420 PM CDT... FREEPORT AND BAY VIEW BY 425 PM CDT... PORTLAND BY 430 PM CDT... NEW HOME BY 435 PM CDT... MOSSY HEAD BY 450 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3025 8598 3040 8600 3083 8638 3053 8638 $$ 18-WOOL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | ||
| Sep 15, 11:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 min | |
| Sep 15, 12:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Sep 15, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 40 min |
| Sep 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 29 min |
| Sep 15, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 43 min |
| Sep 15, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Sep 15, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 51 min |
| Sep 15, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon | 29 min |
| Sep 15, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 30 min |
| Sep 15, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 51 min |
| Sep 15, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 38 min |
| Sep 15, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Washington | 39 min |
| Sep 15, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 47 min |
| Sep 15, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 46 min |
| Sep 15, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Liberty | 27 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.