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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 27, 2002Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2002, 7:19 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 27, 2002, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2002, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
29 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2002-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 835 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 2002-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
835 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

744 
WFUS52 KTAE 272319
TORTLH
FLC037-272330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
716 PM EDT TUE AUG 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES SAINT GEORGE ISLAND...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 709 PM EDT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
  MULTIPLE WATERSPOUTS 3 MILES SOUTH OF CARRABELLE...MOVING 
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE WATERSPOUTS WILL BE NEAR...
  EASTERN SAINT GEORGE AND WESTERN DOG ISLANDS BY 720 PM EDT...

WATERSPOUTS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...PLEASE GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 2992 8464 2981 8480 2959 8462 2973 8442

.END

48-TURNAGE

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.