Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2007, 2:02 AM EST for Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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 2, 2007, 2:02 AM EST (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2007, 3:05 AM EST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2:30 AM EST | TORNADO | Cherry Lake, FL | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR CHERRY LAKE. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALL AROUND COUNTY ROAD 471. |
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, 8:39 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTAE 020704 SVRTAE FLC079-020805- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0021.070302T0702Z-070302T0805Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 202 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MADISON * UNTIL 305 AM EST * AT 200 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 31 MILES WEST OF MADISON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO... AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MADISON BY 245 AM EST... 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. IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 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 3063 8359 3031 8380 3030 8323 3062 8327 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 9:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 10:03 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Mar 1, 11:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Mar 2, 12:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 12:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 12:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 55 min |
| Mar 2, 1:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 63 min |
| Mar 2, 1:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 54 min |
| Mar 2, 2:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 2:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 2:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 14 min |
| Mar 2, 2:32 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 43 min | |
| Mar 2, 3:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 3:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 5:16 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:20 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.