Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 26
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 1, 2003, 1:55 PM EST for 26 counties in Florida; 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2003, 1:55 PM EST (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2003, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties
Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA, Lowndes County, GA
Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia | 52 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 450 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:21 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Citrus, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:11 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:25 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Broward, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:24 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:23 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 17 more | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2003
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.