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Tornado Watch 751

November 10, 20025 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 19 counties in Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2002-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2181 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2002-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 10:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 30 more6 hr
Nov 11, 2:10 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 12 more5 hr
Nov 11, 2:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Dallas and 8 more6 hr
Nov 11, 6:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston6 hr
Nov 11, 4:40 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Bleckley, Burke, Candler, Columbia, Dodge and 25 more5 hr
Nov 11, 10:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Dodge and 16 more6 hr

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.