Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 8:43 PM CST for Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama; Holmes County, Jackson County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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 1, 2007, 8:43 PM CST (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 9:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Bonifay, FL | POSSIBLE TORNADO. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NORTH OF BONIFAY. POWER OUTAGES IN BONIFAY REPORTED. |
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, 7:39 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 020245 TORTAE ALC061-069-FLC059-063-131-020315- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0016.070302T0243Z-070302T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 843 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA EXTREME NORTHEAST WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GENEVA WESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA * UNTIL 915 PM CST * AT 838 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GENEVA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GENEVA BY 900 PM CST... HARTFORD AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SLOCOMB BY 915 PM CST... 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. LAT...LON 3093 8609 3077 8601 3089 8529 3128 8543 $$ 9-FOURNIER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KTAE 020300 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 959 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 FLC131-020309- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070302T0315Z/ WALTON FL- 859 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3093 8593 3079 8587 3089 8529 3128 8543 $$ ALC061-069-FLC059-063-020315- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070302T0315Z/ GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL-HOLMES FL-JACKSON FL- 859 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...NORTHERN HOLMES...WESTERN HOUSTON AND EASTERN GENEVA COUNTIES... AT 854 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW HOPE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... THURSTON AND MILLER CROSSROADS BY 905 PM CST... BLACK AND ARDS CROSSROADS BY 910 PM CST... ESTO...NOMA...HOLLAND CROSSROADS AND NOMA JUNCTION BY 915 PM CST... LAT...LON 3093 8593 3079 8587 3089 8529 3128 8543 $$ 9-FOURNIER
000 WWUS52 KTAE 020316 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1014 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 ALC061-069-FLC059-063-020324- /O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070302T0315Z/ GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL-HOLMES FL-JACKSON FL- 914 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...NORTHERN HOLMES... WESTERN HOUSTON AND EASTERN GENEVA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 915 PM CST... AT 914 PM CST...NWS DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO IN HOLMES COUNTY HAD WEAKENED... BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3093 8593 3079 8587 3089 8529 3128 8543 $$ 9-FOURNIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 54 min |
| Mar 1, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 65 min |
| Mar 1, 9:03 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Mar 1, 10:29 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Mar 1, 11:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 60 min |
| Mar 1, 11:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 55 min |
| Mar 2, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 63 min |
| Mar 2, 12:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 54 min |
| Mar 2, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 63 min |
| Mar 2, 1:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 1:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 1:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 14 min |
| Mar 2, 1:32 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 43 min | |
| Mar 2, 2:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 2:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 4:16 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:20 PM CST | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.