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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 16, 2004Clay County, Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2004, 7:48 AM EDT for Clay County, Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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, 7:48 AM EDT (11:48 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2004, 8:30 AM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, GA, Early County, GA

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 16, 2:10 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 161149
TORTLH
GAC061-099-161230-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0050.040916T1148Z-040916T1230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  NORTHERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 830 AM EDT

* AT 745 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR COLOMOKEE...OR ABOUT NEAR BLAKELY...MOVING
  NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HARRISONS MILL AND BLUFFTON BY 755 AM EDT...
  ZETTO BY 800 AM EDT...
  JONES CROSSING AND PECAN BY 805 AM EDT...
  MOORES CROSSROADS...WATSON CROSSROADS...GARNERSVILLE AND DAYS
  CROSSROADS BY 815 AM EDT...
  RICKS PLACE BY 820 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 1100 AM EDT. 

LAT...LON 3172 8496 3166 8493 3163 8495 3160 8488
      3143 8482 3141 8498 3163 8505 3174 8511
      3177 8511 3177 8496

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 15, 8:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	35 min
Sep 16, 6:34 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Miller, Seminole	26 min
Sep 16, 7:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Early, Quitman, Randolph	44 min
Sep 16, 7:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	41 min
Sep 16, 7:23 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	52 min
Sep 16, 8:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	40 min
Sep 16, 9:22 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early	38 min
Sep 16, 10:12 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early	48 min
Sep 16, 10:16 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Decatur	29 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.