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Tornado Warning 93, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 9:30 AM EST | 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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 9:39 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 51 min |
| Nov 24, 11:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 46 min |
| Nov 24, 12:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 30 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2004Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004
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.