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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 31, 2004Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2004, 1:51 PM CDT for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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 31, 2004, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
24 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -269 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-182 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 311851
TORTLH
ALC031-061-311915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
151 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  NORTHWESTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 145 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SAMSON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OPP...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SAMSON BY 205 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.

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

LAT...LON 3128 8619 3108 8617 3106 8584 3130 8581

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Geneva32 min
May 31, 2:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Dale, Geneva32 min
May 31, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEGeneva, Houston28 min
May 31, 3:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHouston22 min
May 31, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHouston36 min
May 31, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston22 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.