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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 10, 2004Colquitt County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2004, 2:18 AM EST for Colquitt County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
Dec 10, 2004, 2:18 AM EST (07:18 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2004, 2:45 AM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Colquitt County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 9, 11:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 00:00Z on 2004-12-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1502 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2004-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
1502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 100717
TORTAE
GAC071-100745-
/X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0074.041210T0718Z-041210T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
218 AM EST FRI DEC 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOULTRIE

* UNTIL 245 AM EST

* AT 213 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOULTRIE...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES EAST OF PELHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NORMAN PARK.

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

LAT...LON 3105 8399 3106 8380 3122 8352 3132 8357
      3133 8380 3119 8399

$$

23-MCNATT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 9, 11:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly42 min
Dec 9, 11:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun43 min
Dec 9, 11:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Worth48 min
Dec 10, 2:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift45 min

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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.