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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 24, 2004Holmes County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 11:04 AM CST for Holmes County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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, 11:04 AM CST (17:04 UTC)
Expired: Nov 24, 2004, 11:30 AM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Holmes County, FL, Washington County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 24, 8:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 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 241704
TORTAE
FLC059-133-241730-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0070.041124T1704Z-041124T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1104 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BONIFAY
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHIPLEY

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST

* AT 1054 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BONIFAY...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES WEST OF VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BONIFAY BY 1120 AM CST...
  CHIPLEY BY 1125 AM CST...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND 
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3061 8589 3066 8590 3071 8585 3072 8594
      3095 8576 3088 8561 3082 8559 3083 8554
      3081 8550 3057 8580 3056 8584

$$

10-BOLINSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 24, 9:28 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		47 min
Nov 24, 9:52 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	38 min
Nov 24, 10:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	46 min
Nov 24, 10:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	34 min
Nov 24, 10:48 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		57 min
Nov 24, 11:23 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		37 min
Nov 24, 11:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay	26 min
Nov 24, 11:56 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Nov 24, 12:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Franklin	32 min
Nov 24, 2:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Nov 24, 2:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 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.