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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 24, 2004Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 10:26 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 11:00 AM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walton County, FL

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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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°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 241627
TORTAE
FLC131-241700-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0069.041124T1626Z-041124T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1026 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA BEACH

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* AT 1124 AM EST(1024 AM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER     
  RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SANTA ROSA    
  BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FREEPORT BY 1035 AM CST...
  OWLS HEAD AND ROCK HILL BY 1040 AM CST...
  RED BAY AND EUCHEEANNA BY 1050 AM CST...
  WALCAN BY 1055 AM CST...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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

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

LAT...LON 3038 8630 3032 8616 3056 8589 3073 8608

$$

10-BOLINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 9:28 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE47 min
Nov 24, 9:52 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEWalton38 min
Nov 24, 10:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes46 min
Nov 24, 10:48 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Nov 24, 11:04 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Washington26 min
Nov 24, 11:23 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE37 min
Nov 24, 11:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay26 min
Nov 24, 11:56 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Nov 24, 12:58 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEFranklin32 min
Nov 24, 2:00 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Nov 24, 2:00 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr

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.