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Tornado Warning 94, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 24, 2004Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 1:58 PM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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, 1:58 PM EST (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 2:30 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 241859
TORTAE
FLC037-241930-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0072.041124T1858Z-041124T1930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARRABELLE

* UNTIL 230 PM EST

* AT 153 PM EST(1253 PM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARRABELLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CARRABELLE BY 210 PM EST...

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 FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND 
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 2974 8486 2970 8476 2997 8446 3000 8480

$$

10-BOLINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 10:28 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE47 min
Nov 24, 10:52 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEWalton38 min
Nov 24, 11:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes46 min
Nov 24, 11:26 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEWalton34 min
Nov 24, 11:48 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Nov 24, 12:04 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Washington26 min
Nov 24, 12:23 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE37 min
Nov 24, 12:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay26 min
Nov 24, 12:56 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Nov 24, 3:00 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Nov 24, 3:00 PM ESTSpecial 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.