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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jacksonville, FL

November 6, 20024 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2002, 3:51 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 days. 1 report 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
Nov 6, 2002, 3:51 AM EST (08:51 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2002, 3:30 AM EST
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 6, 5:30 AM ESTThunderstorm WindFt Mudge, GAMany large trees down on power lines.

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
Nov 5, 10:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Nov 6, 3:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 508 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
2.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 4:45 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXHamilton6 days
Nov 5, 10:53 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXCoffee6 hr
Nov 6, 4:17 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXPierce6 days
Nov 6, 4:17 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXAppling, Pierce, Wayne6 days

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.