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Tornado Warning 93, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 24, 2004Early County, Miller County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 12:07 PM EST for Early County, Miller County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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, 12:07 PM EST (17:07 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 12:45 PM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Houston County, AL, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 9:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 241707
TORTAE
ALC069-GAC099-201-241745-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0071.041124T1707Z-041124T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1207 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  WESTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLAKELY
  NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1245 PM EST(1145 AM CST)

* AT 1100 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  COWARTS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  COLUMBIA BY 1120 AM CST...
  BLAKELY BY 1235 PM EST...

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 300 PM EST WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON(200 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND 
SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3121 8534 3112 8530 3123 8480 3140 8489

$$

10-BOLINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 9:39 AM ESTTornado WarningTAECoffee51 min
Nov 24, 11:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Geneva, Houston46 min
Nov 24, 12:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston30 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.