Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 2002, 6:16 AM EST for Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 days. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2002, 6:16 AM EST (11:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2002, 9:30 AM EST
- In force
- 43 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Randolph County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 8:55 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 EG | Southwest Portion, GA | Six homes were heavily damaged and 20 homes received minor damage along a path from just southwest of Palmyra to Leesburg. A school and church also sustained damage. There were numerous downed trees and power lines. A state of emergency was declared. Report |
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 11, 3:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WFUS52 KTAE 111116 TORTLH GAC243-111145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 616 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES CUTHBERT... * UNTIL 645 AM EST * AT 611 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF CUTHBERT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CUTHBERT BY 620 AM EST... THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LAT...LON 3177 8487 3174 8483 3185 8462 3191 8468 .END 22-BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 5:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 43 days |
| Nov 11, 7:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 45 min | |
| Nov 11, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 35 min | |
| Nov 11, 5:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Miller, Mitchell | 43 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.