Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2007, 2:17 AM EST for Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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, 2:17 AM EST (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2007, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 28 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 WFUS52 KTAE 020718 TORTAE FLC079-020745- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0021.070302T0717Z-070302T0745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 217 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 245 AM EST * AT 215 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOVETT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAMBURG AND LOVETT BY 230 AM EST... CHERRY LAKE BY 235 AM EST... PINETTA BY 240 AM EST... 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 500 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3064 8360 3046 8372 3059 8332 3064 8339 $$ 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, 2:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 63 min |
| Mar 2, 2:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 25 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
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes in 2007
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.