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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 12, 2002Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2002, 2:12 PM CST for Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 197 days. 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, 2:12 PM CST (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2002, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
197 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 261 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 122012
TORTLH
ALC067-122045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
210 PM CST TUE MAR 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES HEADLAND...

* UNTIL 245 PM CST...

* AT 204 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
  TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEADLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HEADLAND BY 215 PM CST...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON VEHICLES. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...
DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3137 8543 3132 8537 3141 8516 3154 8529

.END

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 11:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale21 min
Mar 12, 12:03 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee197 days
Mar 12, 12:23 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee197 days

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes 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.