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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 25, 2002Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2002, 10:47 PM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 41 days. 1 report 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
Sep 25, 2002, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2002, 1:45 PM CST
In force
41 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bay County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 13, 2:45 PM CDTHail 0.88Greenwood, FLNickel size hail reported by the Jackson County Sheriff on State Road 71.

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 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 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2002-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 747 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2002-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

837 
WFUS52 KTAE 260347
TORTLH
FLC005-260430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1046 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1039 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAYOU
  GEORGE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF CALLAWAY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BAYOU GEORGE BY 1105 PM CDT...
  CAIRO...NIXON BY 1110 PM CDT...
  MCALLASTER LANDING...BAYHEAD BY 1115 PM CDT...
  MASHBURN...BENNETT BY 1120 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME FOR
A REINFORCED SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3004 8547 3039 8568 3043 8550 3033 8540
          3006 8539

.END

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton34 days
Sep 26, 12:06 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Gulf41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.