Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2002
Tornado Watch 754
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 10, 2002, 10:05 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2002, 10:05 PM CST (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2002, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 110 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Newton County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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
67 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 10:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walker | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 10:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 31 min |
| Nov 10, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 10:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 52 min |
| Nov 10, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 16 min |
| Nov 10, 10:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 32 min |
| Nov 10, 10:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah, Greene, Sumter | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 38 min |
| Nov 10, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 11:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 38 min |
| Nov 10, 11:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 43 min |
| Nov 10, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 85 min |
| Nov 10, 11:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 36 min |
| Nov 10, 11:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 11:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 11:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 41 min |
| Nov 10, 11:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 34 min |
| Nov 11, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 35 min |
| Nov 11, 12:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 33 min |
| Nov 11, 12:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 17 min |
| Nov 11, 12:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 24 min |
| Nov 11, 12:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 12:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 34 min |
| Nov 11, 12:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 33 min |
| Nov 11, 12:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 48 min |
| Nov 11, 12:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 35 min |
| Nov 11, 12:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 48 min |
| Nov 11, 12:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 46 min |
| Nov 11, 12:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 40 min |
| Nov 11, 12:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 38 min |
| Nov 11, 12:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Paulding | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 1:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 64 min |
| Nov 11, 1:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 48 min |
| Nov 11, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 60 min |
| Nov 11, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 52 min |
| Nov 11, 1:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 42 min |
| Nov 11, 1:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 24 min |
| Nov 11, 1:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 53 min |
| Nov 11, 1:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 33 min |
| Nov 11, 1:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 1:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 96 min |
| Nov 11, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 35 min |
| Nov 11, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Coosa, Elmore | 65 min |
| Nov 11, 2:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 24 min |
| Nov 11, 2:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 23 min |
| Nov 11, 2:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stephens | 51 min |
| Nov 11, 2:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 49 min |
| Nov 11, 2:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 43 min |
| Nov 11, 2:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 36 min |
| Nov 11, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 32 min |
| Nov 11, 2:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 2:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 36 min |
| Nov 11, 2:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 49 min |
| Nov 11, 3:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Stephens | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 57 min |
| Nov 11, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 3:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper | 55 min |
| Nov 11, 3:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 38 min |
| Nov 11, 3:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 50 min |
| Nov 11, 3:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan | 63 min |
| Nov 11, 3:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 3:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Hart | 52 min |
| Nov 11, 3:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper | 34 min |
| Nov 11, 3:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 33 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 2257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS20 KWNS 110407 SEL4 SPC WW 110405 ALZ000-GAZ000-MSZ000-SCZ000-111000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 754 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1005 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALABAMA NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1005 PM UNTIL 400 AM CST. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE 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 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA. 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 748. WATCH NUMBER 748 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1005 PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 749...WW 750...WW 751...WW 752...WW 753... DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS OVER EASTERN MS AND CENTRAL AL IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN INTENSITY AND TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH GA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. INSTABILITY/SHEAR PARAMETERS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT/DAMAGING TORNADOES OVER THIS REGION...AS WELL AS LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. 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 25040. ...HART 313,0902 350,0850 350,0805 313,0862
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 5 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 |
| Nov 10, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 12:10 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, York | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Nov 11, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 5 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2002Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2002Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.