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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 21, 2004Henry County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2004, 3:53 PM CDT for Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 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
May 21, 2004, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2004, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2004-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 644 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 2004-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
644 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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.

692 
WFUS52 KTAE 212053
TORTLH
ALC067-069-212115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
352 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES HEADLAND...
  CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA   THIS INCLUDES        
  DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 345 PM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO N SOUTHWEST HENRY COUNTY   
  ALMOST ON THE HOUSTON COUNTY BORDER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DOWNTOWN DOTHAN BY 355 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON VEHICLES. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...
DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION-TAKE COVER NOW THIS TORNADO IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREME DAMAGE.

LAT...LON 3136 8523 3135 8538 3122 8546 3117 8539

$$

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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.