Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 62, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2002, 9:45 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2002, 9:45 AM CST (15:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2002, 10:30 AM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Okaloosa County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 9:47 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Florosa, FL | A tornado moved onshore near Florosa and caused damage as it moved northeast through a small subdivision. Two older manufactured homes were destroyed near the water as the tornado moved inland. The tornado moved across U. S. Highway 98 before dissipating. S |
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 31, 7:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 225 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
470 WFUS54 KMOB 311545 TORMOB FLC091-311630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 945 AM CST TUE DEC 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA * UNTIL 1030 AM CST * AT 939 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF MARY ESTHER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS RATE OF MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MARY ESTHER BY 955 AM CST WRIGHT...CINCO BAYOU BY 1000 AM CST OCEAN CITY...SHALIMAR BY 1005 AM CST EGLIN AFB...DESTIN BY 1010 AM CST IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...ABANDON VEHICLES AND TRAILER HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3039 8678 3038 8677 3039 8639 3074 8653
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 9:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 35 min |
| Dec 31, 9:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 28 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.