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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jacksonville, FL

December 24, 2002Atkinson County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2002, 10:15 AM EST for Atkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2002, 10:15 AM EST (15:15 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2002, 10:45 AM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Atkinson County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 24, 10:30 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Pearson, GA	Numerous trees down along Hwy 441 north and south of Pearson.
Dec 24, 10:35 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Willacoochee, GA	Numerous trees and power lines downed. EMA reported event due to straight line winds.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 24, 9:20 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KJAX 241515
TORJAX
GAC003-241545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1014 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ATKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1045 AM EST

* AT 1008 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  WILLACOOCHEE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 1045 AM EST...
  WILLACOOCHEE...
  PEARSON...

PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH WILL
PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION. MOBILE HOMES AND TRAILERS DO NOT PROVIDE
ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM A SEVERE STORM.

LAT...LON 3140 8314 3123 8314 3119 8292 3123 8269
          3135 8269
$$

SHASHY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 10:08 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Coffee	97 min
Dec 24, 10:23 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Jeff Davis	67 min
Dec 24, 10:28 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Clinch	32 min
Dec 24, 10:38 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Bacon	67 min
Dec 24, 10:45 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Ware	90 min
Dec 24, 10:50 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling	100 min
Dec 24, 11:01 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Clinch, Ware	89 min
Dec 24, 11:17 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Charlton	118 min
Dec 24, 11:26 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Brantley, Pierce	34 min
Dec 24, 11:34 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Wayne	2 hr
Dec 24, 11:39 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden, Glynn	2 hr
Dec 24, 12:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Camden	118 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.