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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 5, 2002Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2002, 6:54 PM EST for Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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, 6:54 PM EST (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2002, 8:00 AM EST
In force
49 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 5, 1:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Nov 5, 6:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.

472 
WFUS52 KTAE 052354
TORTLH
GAC061-243-060030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES FORT GAINES...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES CUTHBERT...

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 650 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
  TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUTHBERT...OR VERY NEAR FORT 
  GAINES...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CUTHBERT BY 710 PM EST...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME FOR
A REINFORCED SHELTER.

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 3173 8508 3154 8502 3165 8463 3187 8471

.END

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 2:44 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Miller, Seminole7 days
Nov 5, 5:43 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Nov 5, 6:54 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEClay, Randolph49 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.