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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 15, 2002Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 15, 2002, 12:10 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 22 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 15, 2002, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2002, 6:30 PM CST
In force
22 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2002-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1609 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 2002-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
1609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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.

638 
WFUS52 KTAE 150510
TORTLH
FLC045-150545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
109 AM EDT TUE OCT 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GULF COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT(1245 AM CDT)

* AT 107 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIAN PASS...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES SOUTH OF PORT ST. JOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  INDIAN PASS BY 1211 AM CDT...
  GULF CO AIRPORT BY 1215 AM CDT...
  ODENA BY 1245 AM CDT...

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 2966 8536 2980 8531 2988 8515 2980 8510
          2967 8522

.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.