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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 15, 2004Clay County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2004, 5:57 PM EDT for Clay County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2004, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA

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, 4:50 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 152159
TORTLH
GAC061-239-243-152245-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0012.040915T2157Z-040915T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
557 PM EDT WED SEP 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CUTHBERT

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 22 MILES SOUTH OF CUTHBERT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BLAKELY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CUTHBERT BY 615 PM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER 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 300 AM EDT. 

LAT...LON 3197 8495 3196 8496 3192 8491 3192 8478
      3164 8479 3160 8483 3155 8481 3152 8483
      3152 8496 3172 8509 3188 8511 3197 8505

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 15, 4:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	51 min
Sep 15, 5:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	39 min
Sep 15, 5:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Early	36 min
Sep 15, 5:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	48 min
Sep 15, 5:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Grady	29 min
Sep 15, 6:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Grady	35 min
Sep 15, 6:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	24 min
Sep 15, 6:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	37 min
Sep 15, 6:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early	46 min
Sep 15, 6:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell	49 min
Sep 15, 7:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller	47 min
Sep 15, 7:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph	40 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.