Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 819
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Dec 31, 2002, 4:05 PM EST for 30 counties in Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2002, 4:05 PM EST (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2002, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties
Alachua County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Citrus County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Lake County, FL, Levy County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Martin County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas | 68 min |
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 3:50 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 8:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Columbia, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton and 4 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.