Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 76, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2004, 9:59 AM EDT for Lafayette County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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, 9:59 AM EDT (13:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2004, 10:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lafayette County, FL, Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 6:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 161359 TORTLH FLC067-123-161430- /X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0055.040916T1359Z-040916T1430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 959 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 1030 AM EDT * AT 957 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR TENNILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF STEINHATCHEE...MOVING NORTH AT 65 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SALEM AND CARBUR BY 1005 AM EDT... SMITH BY 1020 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. LAT...LON 2971 8348 2968 8336 3009 8323 3013 8343 $$ 9-FOURNIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 29 min |
| Sep 15, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 46 min |
| Sep 15, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 31 min |
| Sep 15, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes | 34 min |
| Sep 15, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 9:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Liberty | 51 min |
| Sep 15, 10:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty | 52 min |
| Sep 15, 10:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 11:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty | 41 min |
| Sep 16, 2:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 2:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 46 min |
| Sep 16, 5:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 34 min |
| Sep 16, 6:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 7:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 7:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 8:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 35 min |
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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.