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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 25, 2002Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2002, 4:42 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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 25, 2002, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2002, 12:15 PM CST
In force
34 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walton County, FL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 25, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 12:00Z on 2002-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 307 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 12:00Z on 2002-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

172 
WFUS52 KTAE 252142
TORTLH
FLC131-252245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
441 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WALTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES SANTA ROSA BEACH...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 535 PM EDT (435 PM CDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER        
  RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA   
  ROSA BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SANTA ROSA BEACH BY 500 PM CDT...

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.

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 3017 8619 3021 8601 3059 8603 3060 8638
          3041 8636

.END

5-MOLLERE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton19 days
Sep 25, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Walton34 days
Sep 25, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson34 days

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.