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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 15, 2004Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2004, 6:27 PM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. 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, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2004, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 15, 1:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr
Sep 15, 4:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 152228
TORTLH
FLC037-045-152315-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0018.040915T2227Z-040915T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT(715 PM EDT)

* AT 616 PM EDT(516 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR APALACHICOLA MUNICIPAL
  AIRPORT...OR ABOUT NEAR APALACHICOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HOWARD CREEK BY 535 PM CDT...
  WHITE CITY BY 640 PM EDT...
  DALKEITH BY 545 PM CDT...
  HONEYVILLE BY 550 PM CDT...
  WEWAHITCHKA BY 555 PM CDT...
  WETAPPO BY 600 PM CDT...

ANOTHER DOPPLER INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT SAINT JOE 
AND WAS ALSO MOVING OFF QUICKLY TO THE NORTHWEST.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING 
(300 AM EDT).

LAT...LON 2967 8514 2974 8495 3005 8515 3019 8519
      3020 8540 2975 8528

$$

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, 6:00 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin30 min
Sep 15, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf51 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.