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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 19, 2004Jackson County, Florida; Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2004, 9:07 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2004, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Houston County, AL, Jackson County, FL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 19, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 00:00Z on 2004-10-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1270 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 00:00Z on 2004-10-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
1270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 200207
TORTLH
ALC069-FLC063-200230-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0064.041020T0207Z-041020T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF CHATTAHOOCHEE STATE PARK...OR
  ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF COTTONWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CHATTAHOOCHEE STATE PARK BY 925 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 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3105 8514 3100 8519 3088 8503 3098 8497

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEJackson52 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.