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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 22, 20024 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 2002, 10:15 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 18 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 2002, 10:15 AM EST (15:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2002, 1:45 PM EST
In force
18 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2002-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2002-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 221515
TORTLH
GAC007-017-019-027-037-061-071-075-087-095-099-131-155-173-177-185-
201-205-239-243-253-273-275-277-287-321-221530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING DRILL...THIS IS A DRILL MESSAGE...REPEAT ONLY A DRILL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1015 AM EST FRI FEB 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO DRILL FOR...
  BAKER COUNTY 
  BEN HILL COUNTY 
  BERRIEN COUNTY 
  BROOKS COUNTY
  CALHOUN COUNTY 
  CLAY COUNTY 
  COLQUITT COUNTY 
  COOK COUNTY 
  DECATUR COUNTY 
  DOUGHERTY COUNTY 
  EARLY COUNTY 
  GRADY COUNTY
  IRWIN COUNTY 
  LANIER COUNTY 
  LEE COUNTY 
  LOWNDES COUNTY 
  MILLER COUNTY 
  MITCHELL COUNTY 
  QUITMAN COUNTY 
  RANDOLPH COUNTY 
  SEMINOLE COUNTY 
  TERRELL COUNTY 
  THOMAS COUNTY 
  TIFT COUNTY 
  TURNER COUNTY 
  WORTH COUNTY 
  
* UNTIL 1030 AM EST...

* AT 1015 AM EST...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST AND 
  SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS IS A DRILL. AT THIS TIME PLEASE         
  PRACTICE YOUR TORNADO SAFETY PROCEDURES. IF THIS WERE AN ACTUAL    
  TORNADO WARNING...YOU SHOULD GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
  LEVEL OF YOUR BUILDING. WEAK STRUCTURES OR VEHICLES SHOULD BE      
  ABANDONED FOR SAFE SHELTER. 

  THIS IS A TORNADO DRILL...REPEAT ONLY A DRILL. NO SEVERE WEATHER   
  IS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas15 min
Feb 22, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Lee, Quitman, Randolph and 2 more18 days
Feb 22, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Lanier, Lowndes18 days
Feb 22, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole186 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.