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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2004, 6:14 PM CDT for Bay County, Calhoun County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gulf 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 152315 RRA
TORTLH
FLC005-013-045-160000-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0025.040915T2314Z-040916T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CALLAWAY
  SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT(800 PM EDT)

* AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CALLAWAY...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES NORTH OF APALACHICOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CALLAWAY BY 650 PM CDT...
  SPRINGFIELD BY 655 PM CDT...
  HILAND PARK BY 700 PM CDT...

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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY 
MORNING(300 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING) FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND 
SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 2981 8517 3021 8571 3024 8569 3050 8534
      3015 8514 3009 8516 3005 8514 2997 8504
      2980 8513

$$

10-BOLINSKI

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, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Washington39 min
Sep 15, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin47 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.