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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 1, 2007Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2007, 1:43 PM CST for Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min. 5 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: Mar 1, 2007, 1:43 PM CST (19:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2007, 2:30 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 1, 1:55 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	W Abbeville, AL	STATE ROAD 7 WEST OF ABBEVILLE. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
Mar 1, 2:05 PM CST	TORNADO 1	3 W Abbeville, AL	BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY. 28 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. MINOR INJURIES. NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS EF-1 DAMAGE.
Mar 1, 2:05 PM CST	TORNADO	3 Nw Abbeville, AL	SR10. TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED.
Mar 1, 2:05 PM CST	TORNADO	3 Sw Abbeville, AL	SR27 AND CR40. SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. ROADS BLOCKED.
Mar 1, 2:05 PM CST	TORNADO	3 W Abbeville, AL	BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY. SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED. MINOR INJURIES. TOTAL NUMBER OF INJURIES NOT AVAILABLE.

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
Mar 1, 9:47 AM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 322 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 011943
SVRTAE
ALC067-012030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0013.070301T1943Z-070301T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
143 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 140 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 21
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR OZARK...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ABBEVILLE BY 210 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3167 8541 3137 8541 3149 8507 3171 8520
      3171 8528

$$

25-CAMP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 10:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	49 min
Mar 1, 11:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	48 min
Mar 1, 12:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	35 min
Mar 1, 12:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	39 min
Mar 1, 12:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	43 min
Mar 1, 1:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale	51 min
Mar 1, 1:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	35 min

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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.