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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 5, 2002Bay County, Calhoun County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2002, 2:28 PM CST for Bay County, Calhoun 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, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2002, 6:45 AM CST
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 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.

605 
WFUS52 KTAE 052028
TORTLH
FLC005-013-052045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 222 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER COOK...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CALLAWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COOK BY 230 PM CST...
  BROAD BRANCH...KINARD BY 245 PM CST...

IF A TORNADO THREATENS YOUR LOCATION GO TO YOUR SAFE ROOM OR TORNADO
SHELTER. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SAFE ROOM OR TORNADO SHELTER...SEEK
SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME.

LAT...LON 3003 8548 3012 8554 3015 8562 3038 8538
          3025 8523 3021 8538 3010 8539

.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, 2:16 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay7 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.