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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 15, 2002Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2002, 12:06 AM CDT for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 11 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
Sep 15, 2002, 12:06 AM CDT (05:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2002, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
11 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2002-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2002-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 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.

127 
WFUS52 KTAE 150506
TORTLH
FLC063-150530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1205 AM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES MARIANNA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1204 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  MARIANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR JUST SOUTH OF...
  MARIANNA BY 1210 AM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO...MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT WHEN THEY ARE DIFFICULT
TO DETECT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...SEEK REFUGE IN A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

LAT...LON 3073 8530 3059 8517 3080 8488 3096 8507

.END

24-BLOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEWalton81 min
Sep 14, 10:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington91 min
Sep 14, 11:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJackson78 min
Sep 15, 1:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJackson115 min
Sep 15, 1:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAETaylor2 hr

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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.