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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 7, 2007Dale County, Alabama

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 7, 7:50 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG4 N Ozark, AL2-3 HOMES DAMAGED ON MARLEY MILL ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Jan 7, 7:50 PM CSTTORNADO 04 Nw Ozark, ALNWS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 7, 3:12 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2007-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2007-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 6:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee44 min
Jan 7, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale45 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.