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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 12, 2002, 6:08 AM EST for Colquitt County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 days. 2 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 12, 2002, 6:08 AM EST (11:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2002, 10:15 AM EST
- In force
- 42 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 9:30 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG | Countywide, GA | Downed trees and power lines reported by the Mitchell County Sheriff. |
| Dec 24, 9:35 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG | Countywide, GA | Numerous trees and power lines were down. A church sustained minor roof damage. Reported by the Colquitt County Sheriff and the Moultrie Observer. |
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 12, 2:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 2589 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 7:00 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 45 min | |
| Nov 12, 3:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Miller, Seminole | 42 days |
| Nov 12, 6:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 42 days |
| Nov 12, 7:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien | 42 days |
| Nov 12, 9:21 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Nov 12, 10:38 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 82 min |
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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.