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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jacksonville, FL

December 24, 2002Clinch County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2002, 10:28 AM EST for Clinch County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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, 10:28 AM EST (15:28 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2002, 11:00 AM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Clinch County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 24, 10:33 AM ESTThunderstorm WindHomerville, GARoof blown off of house at Hwy 441. Spotter reports of severe winds.
Dec 24, 11:00 AM ESTThunderstorm WindHomerville, GANumerous large trees and power lines down along the Thelma Highway.
Dec 24, 11:10 AM ESTThunderstorm WindHomerville, GAMultiple large trees down one on a house.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 24, 9:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

402 
WFUS52 KJAX 241528
TORJAX
GAC065-241600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1028 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 AM EST

* AT 1019 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 24 MILES WEST OF DU PONT...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF VALDOSTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 1100 AM EST...
  DU PONT...
  COGDELL AND HOMERVILLE...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 904-741-4370 TO REPORT
SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3089 8252 3092 8296 3113 8297 3118 8284
          3118 8268
$$

WELSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 10:08 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXCoffee97 min
Dec 24, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXAtkinson30 min
Dec 24, 10:23 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXJeff Davis67 min
Dec 24, 10:38 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXBacon67 min
Dec 24, 10:45 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXWare90 min
Dec 24, 10:50 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXAppling100 min
Dec 24, 11:01 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXClinch, Ware89 min
Dec 24, 11:17 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXCharlton118 min
Dec 24, 11:26 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXBrantley, Pierce34 min
Dec 24, 11:34 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXWayne2 hr
Dec 24, 11:39 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXCamden, Glynn2 hr
Dec 24, 12:02 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXCamden118 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.