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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 15, 2004Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2004, 8:46 PM CDT for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2004, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 15, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 160146
TORTLH
ALC031-061-160230-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0035.040916T0146Z-040916T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE
  NORTH CENTRAL GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 842 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTH OF ENTERPRISE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEW BROCKTON BY 855 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.

LAT...LON 3110 8589 3117 8578 3152 8593 3127 8617

$$

10-BOLINSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 15, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	35 min
Sep 15, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	34 min
Sep 15, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	52 min
Sep 15, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	46 min
Sep 16, 6:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	44 min
Sep 16, 9:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	48 min
Sep 16, 9:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	41 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.