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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 24, 2002Walton County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2002, 7:41 AM CST for Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2002, 7:41 AM CST (13:41 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2002, 8:15 AM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 24, 5:20 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 2002-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2002-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 471 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

871 
WFUS52 KTAE 241341
TORTLH
FLC131-133-241415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
741 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES VERNON...

* UNTIL 815 AM CST

* AT 732 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERNON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VERNON BY 810 AM CST...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON VEHICLES. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...
DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3055 8612 3040 8602 3058 8556 3078 8568

.END

48-TURNAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 6:46 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Washington14 min
Dec 24, 7:01 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEWalton3 hr
Dec 24, 7:56 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson34 min
Dec 24, 9:55 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Liberty35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.