Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2002, 5:07 PM EST for Gadsden County, Florida. It was in force for 53 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2002, 5:07 PM EST (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2002, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gadsden County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 5:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, FL | Numerous trees and power lines down in Apalachicola, Carrabelle, St. George Island and East Point. Reported by the Franklin County EMA. |
| Mar 12, 5:55 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Tallahassee, FL | Dime size hail at the intersection of Tharpe and North Monroe Streets. Reported by Tallahassee Police. |
| Mar 12, 5:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, FL | Some trees and power lines down. Reported by the Wakulla County Sheriff. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 122207
SVRTLH
FLC037-039-073-077-129-122300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
504 PM EST TUE MAR 12 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA
* UNTIL 600 PM EST...
* AT 504 PM EST..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM WESTERN
GADSDEN COUNTY TO WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS LINE OF STORMS IS LIKELY PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH
AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORMS THROUGH 600 PM EST...
CLIO...TELOGIA...
LOWRY...SYCAMORE...
LOCHIOCHA...SMITH CREEK...
OTTER CAMP IN SW LEON CO...BLOXHAM...
BROWN HOUSE HUNTING CAMP...FORT BRADEN...
SHADY REST...LITTMAN...ST. GEORGE ISLAND
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 3066 8489 2956 8502 2990 8433 3015 8411
3066 8411
.END
17-GOULDThe 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, 6:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 6:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 55 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.