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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 5, 2002Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2002, 2:16 PM CST for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 7 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, 2:16 PM CST (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2002, 5:30 AM CST
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bay 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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.

574 
WFUS52 KTAE 052016
TORTLH
FLC005-052030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES CALLAWAY...

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 307 PM EST(207 PM CST) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT ABOUT TO MOVE ONSHORE ABOUT 7 
  MILES SOUTH OF PARKER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF CALLAWAY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PARKER...SPRINGFIELD BY 218 PM CST...
  CALLAWAY BY 220 PM CST...

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.

LAT...LON 3016 8561 3030 8544 3008 8539 2998 8552
          3014 8563

.END

48-TURNAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson6 days
Nov 5, 1:44 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson7 days
Nov 5, 2:28 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun7 days
Nov 5, 2:43 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun49 days

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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.