1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 5, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR SCA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 200 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2002 CURRENTLY: SFC LOW CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND MOVE QUICKLY NE OVER TN...OUT AHEAD OF THE DIGGING SHORTWAVE OVER THE MS VALLEY. SOME CONVECTION IS NOW BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE CWA OUT AHEAD OF THE TRAILING COLD FRONT...BUT IS STILL PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF SHOWERS...WITH MOST OF THE STRONGER STORMS STILL CONFINED TO S LA...EXTENDING WELL OFFSHORE INTO THE GULF. AS SOME OF THE STRONGER CONVECTION MOVES EASTWARD INTO THE DESTABILIZING ATMOSPHERE...THE CURRENT WATCHES MAY GET EXTENDED FURTHER EASTWARD LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. MODELS/ZFP: SHORT RANGE MODELS CONTINUE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN RACING THE DEVELOPING SFC LOW OFF TO THE NE...WITH THE TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE CWA AROUND THE 12 UTC TIME FRAME. AS IT ACCELERATES OFF TO THE NE...MUCH OF THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL MOVE NE WITH IT AS WELL...THUS LIMITING THE TEMPORAL WINDOW FOR SEVERE WX ACROSS THE CWA. AT THIS TIME...IT STILL APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE TO THE WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER...UP UNTIL ABOUT 06 UTC...WHERE THE LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE GREATEST...PUSHING FCST HELICITIES OVER 300 FOR A BRIEF TIME...CREATING THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. AFTER THE FRONT EXITS THE AREA TOMORROW MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF MUCH COOLER AND DRIER WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION. FIRE WX: ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...CONDITIONS SHOULD STAY ABOVE RED FLAG CRITERIA UNTIL POSSIBLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MARINE: WITH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUING TO TIGHTEN AND WINDS ALREADY APPROACHING 20 KTS...WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH AN SCA TONIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT...EXPECT FAIRLY STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE...BUT SHOULD DROP TO SCEC LEVELS. EXTENDED: SHOULD SEE THE DRY AND COOL CONDITIONS LAST INTO THE WEEKEND WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND...BEFORE THE SFC RIDGE MOVES OFFSHORE AND RETURN FLOW ADVECTS MOISTURE BACK INTO THE REGION BY SUNDAY. PRELIM NUMBERS: TLH 64 71 42 68 7100 PFN 62 70 45 67 8-00 DHN 59 66 42 66 8-00 ABY 60 68 40 66 8-00 VLD 64 70 42 68 7200 CTY 69 73 43 69 6300 .TLH... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...SCA ALL LEGS GOULD
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-052300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1145 AM EST TUE NOV 5 2002 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE... A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD...AND DRAG ITS TRAILING COLD FRONT TOWARDS THE CWA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AS CONDITIONS BECOME MORE UNSTABLE ACROSS THE REGION LATER TODAY...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE...ESPECIALLY TO THE WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER. .RIP CURRENTS... DUE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY...ESPECIALLY TO THE WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INLAND AREAS AND COASTAL WATERS. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND SWING TO THE NORTHWEST. BEHIND THE FRONT HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA BRINGING BREEZY...COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY. CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SUNDAY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN RETURNING ON VETERANS DAY. A RIP CURRENT IS A STRONG NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH THROUGH THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...WADE SIDEWAYS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU ARE OUT OF ITS PULL. TO ESCAPE...RIDE THE CURRENT OUT BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TO SHORE OUTSIDE THE NARROW CURRENT. ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. WATCH YOUR CHILDREN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS...JETTIES...AND UNGUARDED BEACHES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 17-GOULD
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>159-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 135 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING (600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING). THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN ALABAMA...COFFEE...GENEVA...DALE...HENRY...AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...BAY...JACKSON... CALHOUN...GULF...GADSDEN...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA... AND JEFFERSON. IN GEORGIA...QUITMAN...CLAY...EARLY...MILLER...SEMINOLE...RANDOLPH... CALHOUN...BAKER...DECATUR...TERRELL...DOUGHERTY...MITCHELL...GRADY... LEE...WORTH...COLQUITT...THOMAS...TURNER...TIFT...COOK...BROOKS...BEN HILL...IRWIN...AND BERRIEN. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 48-TURNAGE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A small weak tornado briefly touched down near Interstate 10 and resulted in a few car accidents. There were no injuries. Reported by the Holmes County EMA.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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