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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 15, 2004Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 577 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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 152201
TORTLH
FLC037-152230-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.040915T2200Z-040915T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF APALACHICOLA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA...MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  APALACHICOLA BY 620 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO...MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 300 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING.

LAT...LON 2937 8499 2944 8480 2985 8495 2971 8521

$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 11:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE
Sep 15, 12:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 min
Sep 15, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Sep 15, 2:35 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay40 min
Sep 15, 3:46 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEGulf29 min
Sep 15, 4:17 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEGulf43 min
Sep 15, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE59 min
Sep 15, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay51 min
Sep 15, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEWalton50 min
Sep 15, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELeon29 min
Sep 15, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEGulf23 min
Sep 15, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf51 min
Sep 15, 6:27 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf48 min
Sep 15, 6:52 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington38 min
Sep 15, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Washington39 min
Sep 15, 7:13 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin47 min
Sep 15, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf46 min
Sep 15, 7:48 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELiberty27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.