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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 19, 2004Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2004, 1:39 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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
Oct 19, 2004, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2004, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 191841
TORTLH
FLC131-191915-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0059.041019T1839Z-041019T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
139 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 23 MILES WEST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...OR ABOUT
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. FUNNEL 
  CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM OVER OKALOOSA COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DE FUNIAK SPRINGS BY 200 PM CDT...

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3089 8638 3071 8639 3069 8606 3098 8606

$$

7-TREXLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton25 min
Oct 19, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun26 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.