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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 2, 2002Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2002, 10:04 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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 2, 2002, 10:04 PM CST (04:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2002, 10:30 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2002-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2002-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
420 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 030404
SVRTLH
FLC131-030430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1002 PM CST SAT MAR 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WALTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST...

* AT 1002 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED    
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 2 MILES  
  WEST OF SEASIDE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA         
  BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 1030 PM CST...
  BUNKER...CHOCTAW...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. 

LAT...LON 3042 8620 3025 8613 3031 8600 3059 8599

.END

5-MOLLERE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 2:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 4 more23 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.