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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 29, 2004Holmes County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2004, 9:44 PM CDT for Holmes County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 29, 2004, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Holmes 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
Apr 29, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 00:00Z on 2004-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 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 00:00Z on 2004-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 300244
TORTLH
FLC059-133-300315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
944 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES BONIFAY...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES CARRYVILLE

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 936 PM CDT...THE MAYOR OF WESTVILLE REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES 
  WEST OF BONIFAY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO HAS DAMAGED 
  THE COURTHOUSE IN WESTVILLE.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CARRYVILLE BY 948 PM CDT
  BONIFAY BY 955 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME FOR
A REINFORCED SHELTER.

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

LAT...LON 3087 8591 3069 8591 3069 8556 3092 8562

$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton43 min
Apr 29, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton46 min
Apr 30, 6:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor22 min
Apr 30, 12:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr

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.