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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 5, 2002Decatur County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2002, 8:47 PM EST for Decatur County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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, 8:47 PM EST (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2002, 8:45 AM EST
In force
48 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Decatur 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, 6:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1165 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1165 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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

376 
WFUS52 KTAE 060147
TORTLH
GAC087-131-060215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  NORTHERN GRADY COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 915 PM EST

* AT 844 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SURF...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BAINBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SURF...MOUNT PLEASANT BY 850 PM EST...
  HARRELLS STILL BY 900 PM EST...
  PEOPLES STILL BY 905 PM EST...
  ELPINO...CAPEL BY 910 PM EST...

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 3087 8453 3103 8456 3108 8436 3108 8412
          3092 8409

.END

48-TURNAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 8:47 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady48 days
Nov 5, 9:27 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell48 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.