1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 5, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
140 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004
A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MADISON...LAFAYETTE...DIXIE AND TAYLOR
COUNTIES IN FLORIDA HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
BROOKS...LOWNDES...LANIER...COOK AND BERRIEN COUNTIES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA.
BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCD WITH EXTREME OUTER BANDS
OF FRANCES CONT TO ROTATE INTO SE BIG BEND..AND TO I-75. THREAT OF
TORNADOS EXITS UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR THE ABOVE AREAS. THUS TORNADO
WATCH AREA HAS BEEN EXPANDED.
.TLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING ALL ZONES.
FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES.
GA...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING ALL ZONES.
FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES.
FL...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING ALL INLAND ZONES.
FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES.
HURRICANE WARNING SUWANNEE RIVER TO DESTIN.
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.PREV DISCUSSION...
PER LATEST NHC PACKAGE...UPDATED ZFP/CWF/HWO TO ACCOUNT FOR
HURRICANE WARNING FLA COASTAL COUNTIES AND INLAND TROPICAL WIND
WARNING REST OF FORECAST AREA. TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
2 PM FOR SE BIG BEND AND FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL CWFA UNTIL 5 PM EDT.
BRIEFLY...FRANCES NOW ABOUT 80 MILES ESE OF TAMPA...MOVING WNW NEAR
9 MPH. LEADING RAIN BANDS ROTATING OVER DIXIE/LAFAYETTE COUNTIES AND
SHOULD SPREAD NWWD THRU AFTN/EVE. CENTER EXPECTED TO EMERGE OVER
GULF IN 12-18 HOURS. HURRICANE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THIS
AFTN/EVE AS IT MOVES OVER LAND...BUT AS IT MOVES OVER WARM
GULF WATERS THIS EVENING IT IS FCST TO STRENGTHEN TO MINIMAL
HURRICANE. HENCE THE UPGRADE TO WARNINGS.
.TLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING ALL ZONES.
FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES.
GA...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING ALL ZONES.
FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES.
FL...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING ALL INLAND ZONES.
FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES.
HURRICANE WARNING SUWANNEE RIVER TO DESTIN.
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BLOCKHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1105 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-061000- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 521 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF FLORIDA FROM THE SUWANNEE RIVER TO DESTIN... ...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND INLAND FLORIDA COUNTIES NORTH OF THE HURRICANE WARNING... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS... ...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HURRICANE FRANCES IS CROSSING THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON...AND IT IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO AND STRENGTHEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE AND HEAD NORTHWEST TOWARDS OUR REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION...WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POTENTIALLY REACHING THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE SPREADING FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST TONIGHT AND MONDAY. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE OUTER RAINBANDS OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS LATER TODAY...WITH THE THREAT SPREADING NORTH AND WEST TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR ALL OF THE DETAILS ON FRANCES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. FRANCES WILL SLOWLY EXIT THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL CONDITIONS BY MID TO LATE WEEK. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 24-BLOCK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 142 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004 FLZ019-028-029-034-GAZ147-148-159>161-060100- BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-COOK GA-DIXIE FL-LAFAYETTE FL-LANIER GA- LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-TAYLOR FL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADEL...CROSS CITY...LAKELAND...MADISON... MAYO...NASHVILLE...PERRY...QUITMAN...STEINHATCHEE AND VALDOSTA 142 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN GEORGIA...COOK...BROOKS...BERRIEN...LANIER...AND LOWNDES. IN FLORIDA...MADISON...TAYLOR...DIXIE...AND LAFAYETTE. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MAJ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado briefly touched down and uprooted several trees. One tree was hurled into a garage. Reported by the public.
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