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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 16, 2004Franklin County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2004, 2:01 AM EDT for Franklin County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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 16, 2004, 2:01 AM EDT (06:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2004, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 15, 4:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 160602
TORTLH
FLC037-129-160630-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0041.040916T0601Z-040916T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
201 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  WESTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDVILLE

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 157 AM EDT(1257 AM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 21 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDVILLE...OR
  ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF CARRABELLE NEAR LANARK VILLAGE...MOVING     
  NORTH AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CRAWFORDVILLE AND MEDART BY 215 AM EDT...

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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 2989 8442 2993 8444 2991 8455 3000 8459
      3002 8454 3007 8462 3024 8469 3024 8469
      3029 8437 3003 8434 3000 8437 2993 8432
      2989 8434

$$

10-BOLINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 8:01 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun29 min
Sep 15, 8:14 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Gulf, Liberty46 min
Sep 15, 8:29 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Washington31 min
Sep 15, 8:56 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes34 min
Sep 15, 8:56 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJackson49 min
Sep 15, 9:24 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELiberty51 min
Sep 15, 10:08 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Jackson, Liberty52 min
Sep 15, 10:27 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty48 min
Sep 15, 11:19 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Jackson, Liberty41 min
Sep 16, 2:44 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEGadsden, Leon46 min
Sep 16, 5:26 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Leon34 min
Sep 16, 6:30 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEMadison, Taylor45 min
Sep 16, 7:27 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay48 min
Sep 16, 7:28 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Gulf47 min
Sep 16, 8:00 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington45 min
Sep 16, 8:40 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Gulf35 min
Sep 16, 9:59 AM EDTTornado 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.