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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 5, 2002Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2002, 1:11 PM CST for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 6 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
Nov 5, 2002, 1:11 PM CST (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 2002, 4:30 PM CST
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 5, 12:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2002-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 135 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 2002-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

830 
WFUS52 KTAE 051911
TORTLH
FLC063-051945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
108 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM CST

* AT 103 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARIANNA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MARIANNA BY 120 PM CST...

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 3058 8534 3071 8543 3099 8503 3081 8493
          3065 8519

.END

48-TURNAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 1:44 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson7 days
Nov 5, 2:16 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay7 days
Nov 5, 2:28 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun7 days
Nov 5, 2:43 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun49 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.