Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2007, 3:16 AM EST for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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 2, 2007, 3:16 AM EST (08:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2007, 3:48 AM EST
- In force
- 32 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 08:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:20 AM EST | TORNADO | The Villages, FL | POSSIBLE TORNADO. LAKE COUNTY E. M. REPORTS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES IN THE VILLAGES AND LADY LAKE AREAS WITH AT LEAST ONE POSSIBLE FATALITY. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE REPORTED IN LAKE MACK NEAR HWY 42 AND 44. |
| Feb 2, 3:30 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Weirsdale, FL | POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. FENCING SHATTERED IN NEIGHBORHOOD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 2, 12:52 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 586 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KJAX 020817 TORJAX FLC083-020900- /O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0009.070202T0816Z-070202T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 316 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA * UNTIL 400 AM EST * AT 313 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEIRSDALE...OR ABOUT NEAR THE VILLAGES...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... WEIRSDALE BY 320 AM EST... MOSS BLUFF BY 325 AM EST... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2905 8208 2894 8207 2894 8162 2917 8163 $$ HESS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KJAX 020831 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 331 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC083-020900- /O.CON.KJAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070202T0900Z/ MARION FL- 331 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY... AT 329 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF EMERALDA... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2902 8181 2893 8179 2894 8162 2910 8165 $$ ENYEDI
000 WWUS52 KJAX 020848 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 347 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC083-020857- /O.CAN.KJAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070202T0900Z/ MARION FL- 347 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IS CANCELED... THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 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 600 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2902 8181 2893 8179 2894 8162 2910 8165 $$ 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, 11:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 49 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, 2:34 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 25 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.