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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 2002, 5:08 PM EST for Baker County, Miller County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 days. 3 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 11, 2002, 5:08 PM EST (22:08 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
Counties Baker County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 5:15 PM EST | Hail 1 | Colquitt, GA | Quarter size hail reported by the Miller County EMA. |
| Nov 12, 3:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Camilla, GA | Strong winds severely damaged the cotton crop on a farm located along State Road 37 near the Mitchell-Colquitt County line. Reported by the Camilla Enterprise. |
| Dec 24, 9:30 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG | Countywide, GA | Downed trees and power lines reported by the Mitchell County Sheriff. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 2254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
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, 6:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Randolph | 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 |
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.