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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2004, 8:20 AM EDT for Early County, Miller County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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, 8:20 AM EDT (12:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2004, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Early County, GA, Miller 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 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 878 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 428 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 501 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 13.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 161221 TORTLH GAC099-201-161300- /X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0052.040916T1220Z-040916T1300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 820 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLAKELY MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 900 AM EDT * AT 816 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTH OF BLAKELY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF DONALSONVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BLAKELY BY 830 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 3116 8501 3115 8480 3149 8481 3148 8503 $$ 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, 7:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 42 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.