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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2007, 7:36 PM CST for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
- Jan 7, 2007, 7:36 PM CST (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2007, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 7:50 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Ozark, AL | 2-3 HOMES DAMAGED ON MARLEY MILL ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Jan 7, 7:50 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 4 Nw Ozark, AL | NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY ON MARLEY MILL ROAD. MAXIMUM WINDS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH. INTERMITTENT PATH LENGTH OF AROUND 1 MILE. TWO STRUCTURES DAMAGED WITH SEVERAL LARGE TREES UPROOTED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:12 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 080136 TORTAE ALC045-080200- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0002.070108T0136Z-070108T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 736 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEARN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA * UNTIL 800 PM CST * AT 734 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR MARLEY HILL...OR ABOUT NEAR OZARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ARGUTA...SKIPPERVILLE AND PHILLIPS CROSSROADS BY 750 PM CST... DYKES CROSSROADS AND ROBERTS CROSSROADS BY 755 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3153 8574 3147 8569 3162 8542 3162 8565 $$ 22-BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 44 min |
| Jan 7, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 45 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.