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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Jacksonville, FL

December 24, 2002Wayne County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2002, 11:34 AM EST for Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 24, 2002, 11:34 AM EST (16:34 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2002, 1:45 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, GA

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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.

642 
WFUS52 KJAX 241634
TORJAX
GAC305-241715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1133 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1215 PM EST

* AT 1130 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF JESUP...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 1215 PM EST...
  GRANGERVILLE...AND GARDI

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 3159 8185 3141 8181 3151 8086 3175 8090
$$

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, 10:28 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXClinch32 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, 11:39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.