Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2002

Tornado Warning 1, NWS EYW

January 2, 2002Monroe County, Florida

NWS EYW issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2002, 9:14 AM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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
Jan 2, 2002, 9:14 AM EST (14:14 UTC)
Expired
Jan 2, 2002, 10:00 AM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS EYW
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 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, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 312 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

874 
WFUS52 KEYW 021414
TOREYW
FLC087-021500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
910 AM EST WED JAN 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...KEY WEST IN THE LOWER KEYS OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 1000 AM EST

* AT 905 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF KEY WEST...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.  THIS TORNADO WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE WEST END OF KEY WEST
  BUT ALL PERSONS IN KEY WEST SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY! IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME.

LAT...LON 2455 8203 2444 8191 2470 8168 2480 8175

.END






$$

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes in 2002

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.