Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2002, 6:42 PM EST for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2002, 6:42 PM EST (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2002, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Taylor County, FL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 5:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTAE 122342 SVRTLH FLC123-130030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 641 PM EST TUE MAR 12 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 730 PM EST... * AT 641 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 8 MILES WEST OF HAMPTON SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF PERRY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SECOTAN...LAKE BIRD BY 645 PM EST... HAMPTON SPRINGS...BOYD BY 650 PM EST... PERRY-FOLEY AIRPORT...BUCELL JUNCTION BY 655 PM EST... PINLAND...FOLEY BY 700 PM EST... ATHENA...BLUE SPRINGS BY 705 PM EST... CARBUR...HOWELL PLACE BY 710 PM EST... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. LAT...LON 3024 8374 3001 8386 2968 8342 3025 8345 .END 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 49 min |
| Mar 12, 5:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 113 min |
| Mar 12, 5:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Leon, Liberty | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 53 min |
| Mar 12, 6:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.