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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 15, 2004Bay County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2004, 7:29 PM CDT for Bay 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
Sep 15, 2004, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bay 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2004-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1235 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 2004-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 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
1235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
11.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 160030
TORTLH
FLC005-133-160100-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0031.040916T0029Z-040916T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA   THIS  
  INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHIPLEY

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHIPLEY AND NEAR        
  FOUNTAIN....MOVING NORTHWEST   AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CHIPLEY BY 745 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 FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST 
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3072 8580 3075 8576 3075 8563 3083 8558
      3065 8544 3058 8544 3056 8540 3055 8540
      3048 8549

$$

10-BOLINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun29 min
Sep 15, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Gulf, Liberty46 min
Sep 15, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes34 min
Sep 15, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEJackson49 min
Sep 15, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTAELiberty51 min
Sep 15, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Jackson, Liberty52 min
Sep 15, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty48 min
Sep 15, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Jackson, Liberty41 min
Sep 16, 1:01 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Wakulla29 min
Sep 16, 1:44 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEGadsden, Leon46 min
Sep 16, 4:26 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Leon34 min
Sep 16, 5:30 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEMadison, Taylor45 min
Sep 16, 6:27 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay48 min
Sep 16, 6:28 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Gulf47 min
Sep 16, 7:00 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington45 min
Sep 16, 7:40 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Gulf35 min
Sep 16, 8:59 AM CDTTornado WarningTAELafayette, Taylor31 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.