Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 75, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2004, 9:22 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Clay County, Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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, 9:22 AM EDT (13:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2004, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Calhoun County, GA, 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 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 161323 TORTLH GAC037-061-099-161400- /X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0054.040916T1322Z-040916T1400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 922 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 1000 AM EDT * AT 919 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF ARLINGTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF BLAKELY...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... EDISON BY 940 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 3135 8489 3133 8467 3161 8466 3161 8492 $$ 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, 8:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early, Miller | 40 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
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004
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.