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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 16, 2003Jackson County, Florida; Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2003, 5:21 AM CST for Jackson County, Florida; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
Feb 16, 2003, 5:21 AM CST (11:21 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2003, 5:45 AM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Houston County, AL, Jackson County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 00:00Z on 2003-02-16Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2003-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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.

367 
WFUS52 KTAE 161121
TORTLH
ALC069-FLC063-161145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
520 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES COTTONWOOD...
  NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 545 AM CST

* AT 513 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COTTONWOOD BY 525 AM CST...

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

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT WHEN THEY ARE DIFFICULT
TO DETECT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...SEEK REFUGE IN A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833.

LAT...LON 3095 8545 3082 8530 3107 8498 3123 8516

$$

8-JAMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 1:40 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Feb 16, 3:48 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 min
Feb 16, 4:17 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEWashington28 min
Feb 16, 4:49 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson, Washington26 min
Feb 16, 5:45 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Feb 16, 5:45 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Feb 16, 7:45 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Feb 16, 2:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGeneva26 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.