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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 24, 2004Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 8:39 AM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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
Nov 24, 2004, 8:39 AM CST (14:39 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 9:30 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Coffee County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 8:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1093 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 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 241441
TORTAE
ALC031-241530-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0067.041124T1439Z-041124T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
839 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 834 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF DANLEYS CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT
  NEAR ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SHADY GROVE BY 915 AM CST...
  JACK BY 920 AM CST...
  VICTORIA BY 925 AM CST...
  ROETON AND NEW HOPE BY 930 AM CST...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3143 8656 3128 8645 3152 8586 3161 8580
      3162 8612

$$
GOREE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 10:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Geneva, Houston46 min
Nov 24, 11:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston30 min
Nov 24, 11:07 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHouston38 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.