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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 15, 2004Bay County, Calhoun County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2004, 6:06 PM CDT for Bay County, Calhoun County, Washington 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
Sep 15, 2004, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Washington County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 15, 12:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr
Sep 15, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 152307
TORTLH
FLC005-013-133-152345-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0022.040915T2306Z-040915T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 602 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF CALLAWAY...MOVING      
  NORTHWEST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BROAD BRANCH BY 615 PM CDT...
  NIXON AND ROCK HEAD BY 620 PM CDT...
  SAUNDERS...COUCH...YOUNGSTOWN AND BENNETT BY 625 PM CDT...
  FOUNTAIN BY 630 PM CDT...
  BETTS BY 635 PM CDT...
  COUNTRY OAKS AND SUNNY HILLS BY 640 PM CDT...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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. 

LAT...LON 3021 8542 3053 8563 3059 8566 3062 8565
      3069 8545 3058 8545 3056 8531 3022 8521
      3021 8542

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 10:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE
Sep 15, 11:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 min
Sep 15, 12:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Sep 15, 1:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay40 min
Sep 15, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEGulf29 min
Sep 15, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEGulf43 min
Sep 15, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE59 min
Sep 15, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay51 min
Sep 15, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton50 min
Sep 15, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTAELeon29 min
Sep 15, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEGulf23 min
Sep 15, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin30 min
Sep 15, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf51 min
Sep 15, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf48 min
Sep 15, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington38 min
Sep 15, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin47 min
Sep 15, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf46 min
Sep 15, 6:48 PM CDTTornado 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.