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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2002, 5:23 PM CST for Dale County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 days. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2002, 5:23 PM CST (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2002, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 49 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Abbeville, AL | The supercell thunderstorm which spawned the tornado in Dale County, produced another tornado which touched down just west of U.S. Highway 431, and tore through the center of Abbeville. It destroyed several single-family homes and mobile homes, and severely d |
| Dec 19, 8:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG | Newton, AL | Minor roof damage to a residence. Reported by the Dale County EMA. |
| Dec 24, 6:40 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG | Midland City, AL | Downed trees and power lines reported by the Dale County EMA. |
| Dec 24, 6:45 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Headland, AL | A tornado touched down in Headland, north of County Road 99 and U.S.Highway 431. The tornado caused extensive roof damage to several homes, businesses, and a school. It damaged six planes and a hanger at the Headland Airport. The tornado raced east-northeas |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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.
- 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 1:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 7 days |
| Nov 5, 4:43 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Nov 5, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Randolph | 49 days |
| Nov 5, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Clay, Randolph | 49 days |
| Nov 5, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 6 days |
| Nov 5, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 7 days |
| Nov 5, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 7 days |
| Nov 5, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.