Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 1, 2007, 11:26 PM EST for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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 1, 2007, 11:26 PM EST (04:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2007, 12:15 AM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marion County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 4:17 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 424 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KJAX 020427 TORJAX FLC083-020515- /O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0002.070202T0426Z-070202T0515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1126 PM EST THU FEB 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA * UNTIL 1215 AM EST * AT 1122 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF CRYSTAL RIVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... DUNNELLON BY 1135 PM EST... OCALA AIRPORT BY 1140 PM EST... OCALA AND SANTOS BY 1145 PM EST... SILVER SPRINGS SHORES... LAKE WEIR AND WEIRSDALE BY 1150 PM EST... LYNNE... MOSS BLUFF AND OCKLAWAHA BY 1155 PM EST... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 2915 8258 2889 8256 2892 8170 2934 8189 $$ HESS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KJAX 020444 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1144 PM EST THU FEB 1 2007 FLC083-020515- /O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070202T0515Z/ MARION FL- 1144 PM EST THU FEB 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EST FOR MARION COUNTY... AT 1139 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUNNELLON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OCALA AIRPORT BY 1150 PM EST... OCALA... SANTOS... BELLEVIEW AND SUMMERFIELD BY 1155 PM EST... ANTHONY... SPARR... SILVER SPRINGS SHORES AND LAKE WEIR BY MIDNIGHT EST... BURBANK BY 1205 AM EST... SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 2915 8258 2894 8251 2897 8164 2947 8178 $$ HESS
000 WWUS52 KJAX 020504 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1204 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC083-020515- /O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070202T0515Z/ MARION FL- 1204 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EST FOR MARION COUNTY... AT MIDNIGHT EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LYNNE...MOVING EAST AT 100 MPH. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 2915 8258 2894 8251 2897 8164 2947 8178 $$ HESS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 7:46 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 59 min | |
| Feb 1, 11:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler, Putnam | 45 min |
| Feb 1, 11:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 67 min | |
| Feb 2, 12:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion, Putnam | 30 min |
| Feb 2, 12:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 48 min |
| Feb 2, 12:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler | 21 min |
| Feb 2, 1:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler | 42 min |
| Feb 2, 1:23 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 67 min | |
| Feb 2, 2:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler | 30 min |
| Feb 2, 2:34 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 56 min | |
| Feb 2, 3:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 32 min |
| Feb 2, 2:34 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 25 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.