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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 16, 2004Henry County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2004, 9:34 AM CDT for Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2004, 10:15 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL

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, 1:10 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 161435
TORTLH
ALC067-069-161515-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0058.040916T1434Z-040916T1515Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE
  NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 932 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR ASHFORD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF
  DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ABBEVILLE BY 1000 AM CDT...

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 1000 AM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3117 8534 3115 8511 3171 8512 3169 8538

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 15, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	35 min
Sep 15, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	34 min
Sep 15, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	44 min
Sep 15, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	52 min
Sep 15, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	46 min
Sep 16, 6:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	44 min
Sep 16, 9:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	48 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.