Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2002, 6:46 AM CST for Holmes County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 14 min. 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
- Dec 24, 2002, 6:46 AM CST (12:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2002, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Holmes County, FL, Washington County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 6:55 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG | Countywide, FL | Downed trees and power lines on Highways 81 and 177. Reported by the Holmes 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 5:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 585 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 241246 TORTLH FLC059-133-241300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 646 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOLMES COUNTY IN FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES BONIFAY... NORTH WASHINGTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 700 AM CST * AT 637 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 23 MILES WEST OF BONIFAY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GENEVA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BONIFAY BY 700 AM CST... IF A TORNADO THREATENS YOUR LOCATION GO TO YOUR SAFE ROOM OR TORNADO SHELTER. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SAFE ROOM OR TORNADO SHELTER...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME. LAT...LON 3099 8601 3081 8605 3073 8562 3093 8557 .END 48-TURNAGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 7:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 34 min |
| Dec 24, 7:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 34 min |
| Dec 24, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 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.