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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 13, 2002Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2002, 4:38 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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
Oct 13, 2002, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2002, 7:00 PM EST
In force
23 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2002-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2743 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 2002-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2743 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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.

550 
WFUS52 KTAE 132038
TORTLH
FLC037-132100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
437 PM EDT SUN OCT 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 433 PM EDT (333 PM CDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER        
  RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF          
  EASTPOINT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF APALACHICOLA...MOVING         
  SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL CROSS ST. GEORGE ISLAND BEFORE 445 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.

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 2968 8475 2975 8492 2960 8506 2960 8483

.END

5-MOLLERE

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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.