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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 15, 20045 counties in Georgia; Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2004, 7:13 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia; Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2004, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 15, 4:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 152314
TORTLH
FLC037-160000-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0023.040915T2313Z-040916T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 707 PM EDT(607 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER       
  RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTH OF             
  CARRABELLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HIGH BLUFF...GREEN POINT AND YENT PLACE BY 725 PM EDT...
  CREELS AND HAYS PLACE BY 730 PM EDT...
  BUCK SIDING AND BEVERLY BY 735 PM EDT...
  FORT GADSDEN AND MORGAN PLACE BY 740 PM EDT...

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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT THURSDAY 
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST 
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 2971 8489 2979 8486 2976 8493 2979 8496
      2986 8501 3000 8499 3000 8475 2986 8469
      2979 8475 2975 8483 2976 8469 2972 8472
      2970 8475 2966 8486

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 4:24 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEEarly, Miller51 min
Sep 15, 5:06 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEClay, Early39 min
Sep 15, 5:24 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Early36 min
Sep 15, 5:42 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEEarly, Miller48 min
Sep 15, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEGrady29 min
Sep 15, 5:57 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph48 min
Sep 15, 6:10 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEGrady35 min
Sep 15, 6:21 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole24 min
Sep 15, 6:23 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady37 min
Sep 15, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEEarly46 min
Sep 15, 6:41 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell49 min
Sep 15, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph40 min
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, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEGulf23 min
Sep 15, 6:00 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin30 min
Sep 15, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf51 min
Sep 15, 6:27 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, 7:14 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.