Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 2002, 9:15 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 205 days. 3 reports 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
- Feb 22, 2002, 9:15 AM CST (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2002, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 205 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna Muni Arpt, FL | The roof of an airport hanger was blown off and destroyed a nearby plane. A platform in front of a car dealership fell across power lines on Lafayette Street. Reported by the Jackson County EMA. |
| Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, FL | Numerous trees and power lines down in the Rocky Creek area, about four miles southeast of Marianna. Large trees fell on three trailers and caused heavy damage. The Rocky Creek Community Church front awning was destroyed by a fallen tree. A nearby horse she |
| Jul 20, 5:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna, FL | Several downed trees on Neals Landing Road. Reported by the Jackson County EMA. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 221515 RRA TORTLH FLC005-013-045-059-063-131-133-221530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING DRILL...THIS IS A DRILL MESSAGE...REPEAT ONLY A DRILL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 915 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO DRILL FOR... BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA CALHOUN COUNTY IN FLORIDA GULF COUNTY IN FLORIDA HOLMES COUNTY IN FLORIDA JACKSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA WALTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA WASHINGTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 930 AM CST... * AT 915 AM CST...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 9:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 205 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.