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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 31, 2002Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2002, 11:20 AM CST for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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 31, 2002, 11:20 AM CST (17:20 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 2002, 11:45 AM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bay County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 31, 7:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2002-12-31Temperature 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 300 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1011 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 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.

545 
WFUS52 KTAE 311720
TORTLH
FLC005-311745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1119 AM CST TUE DEC 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY...

* UNTIL 1145 AM CST

* AT 1109 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A  
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY               
  BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  UPPER GRAND LAGOON...LOWER GRAND LAGOON BY 1135 AM CST...
  PANAMA CITY...SAN BLAS BY 1140 AM CST...
  PRETTY BAYOU...HILAND PARK BY 1145 AM CST...


IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME FOR
A REINFORCED SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3003 8607 2990 8593 3015 8538 3042 8578

.END

17-GOULD

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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.