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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 1, 2007Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 1:09 PM CST for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min. 6 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, 1:09 PM CST (19:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2007, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dale County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 1, 1:15 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Ozark, AL	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
Mar 1, 1:20 PM CST	TORNADO	Level Plains, AL	TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND ON CR1 NEAR LEVEL PLAINS. NO DAMAGE REPORTS YET.
Mar 1, 1:35 PM CST	HAIL 1	Newton, AL	QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED
Mar 1, 1:50 PM CST	TORNADO 1	Echo, AL	* 4 INJ * LOCAL OFFICIALS INDICATE EIGHT MOBILE HOMES AND SIX CHICKEN HOUSES COMPLETELY DESTROYED. 15 HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN TOTAL. TREES ARE DOWN. DOWNED POWER LINES AND DEBRIS HAVE CLOSED HIGHWAY 27. POWER IS OUT. FOUR MINOR INJURIES REPORTED AND
Mar 1, 1:50 PM CST	TORNADO	Echo, AL	WDHN TV REPORTS TORNADO AT ECHO, AL...LIFTED MOBILE HOME OFF CINDER BLOCKS WHILE A WOMAN AND CHILD WERE INSIDE. INJURY REPORTS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
Mar 1, 1:50 PM CST	TORNADO	Echo, AL	* 4 INJ * LOCAL OFFICIALS INDICATE EIGHT MOBILE HOMES AND SIX CHICKEN HOUSES COMPLETELY DESTROYED. 15 HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN TOTAL. TREES ARE DOWN. DOWNED POWER LINES AND DEBRIS HAVE CLOSED HIGHWAY 27. POWER IS OUT. FOUR MINOR INJURIES REPORTED AND

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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 011909
TORTAE
ALC045-012000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0010.070301T1909Z-070301T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
109 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OZARK...DALEVILLE...FORT RUCKER

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 105 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF LEVEL PLAINS...OR ABOUT NEAR    
  ENTERPRISE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEVEL PLAINS BY 115 PM CST...
  BOWDEN TERRACE...FORT RUCKER AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DALEVILLE BY
  120 PM CST...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWTON BY 130 PM CST...
  OZARK BY 135 PM CST...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3133 8544 3125 8579 3152 8579 3158 8572
      3160 8570 3161 8567 3162 8542

$$

14-MROCZKA

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 011917
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
216 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

ALC045-012000-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070301T2000Z/
DALE AL-
116 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR DALE 
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

AT 110 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN COFFEE COUNTY ALABAMA 
REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEVEL PLAINS...OR 
ABOUT NEAR ENTERPRISE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PLEASANT HILL AND MARLEY HILL BY 130 PM CST...
  OZARK...DILL...BLACKWELL FIELD A/P AND EWELL BY 135 PM CST...
  BEAMON...MABSON AND BROWNS CROSSROADS BY 140 PM CST...
  SKIPPERVILLE BY 145 PM CST...

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE
OR LARGER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3133 8544 3125 8579 3152 8579 3158 8572
      3160 8570 3161 8567 3162 8542

$$

14-MROCZKA

000 
WWUS52 KTAE 011931
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
229 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

ALC045-012000-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070301T2000Z/
DALE AL-
129 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR DALE 
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

AT 125 PM CST...REPORTS OF A TORNADO NORTHEAST OF ENTERPRISE 
CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOWDEN 
TERRACE...OR ABOUT NEAR FORT RUCKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OZARK...BLACKWELL FIELD AIRPORT...EWELL AND MARLEY HILL BY 135     
  PM CST...
  MABSON...BEAMON...BROWNS CROSSROADS AND DILL BY 140 PM CST...
  ASBURY AND SKIPPERVILLE BY 145 PM CST...

THIS STORMS IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO GOLFBALL 
SIZE OR LARGER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3133 8544 3125 8579 3152 8579 3158 8572
      3160 8570 3161 8567 3162 8542

$$

14-MROCZKA

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, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	47 min
Mar 1, 1:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	35 min

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.