Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2002
Tornado Watch 751
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 10, 2002, 7:55 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 19 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2002, 7:55 PM CST (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2002, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 2181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS20 KWNS 110154 SEL1 SPC WW 110155 ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-110700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 751 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 855 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM UNTIL 200 AM EST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 745...WW 746...WW 747...WW 748...WW 749...WW 750... DISCUSSION...SMALL ROTATING STORMS ARE INCREASING OVER THE FL PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST AL. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES AND VERY MOIST AIRMASS FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...HART 314,0861 314,0830 293,0830 294,0861
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:10 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Dallas and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 6:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 4:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Burke, Candler, Columbia, Dodge and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Dodge and 16 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2002Tornado Watches in Florida, 2002Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2002Every tornado 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.