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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 6:32 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. 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
- Apr 14, 2007, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Coffee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 6:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Brockton, AL | UNCONFIRMED TORNADO REPORT THAT EM SAYS LOOKS LIKE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 142333 TORTAE ALC031-150000- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0024.070414T2332Z-070415T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 632 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELBA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR ELBA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MIXONS CROSSROADS...VICTORIA AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF JACK BY 640 PM CDT... TABERNACLE...CLINTONVILLE AND NEW HOPE BY 645 PM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTH OF ROETON BY 650 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. 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 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3152 8619 3135 8612 3140 8579 3162 8581 $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTAE 142343 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 742 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007 ALC031-150000- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070415T0000Z/ COFFEE AL- 642 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY... AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHADY GROVE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... VICTORIA AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TABERNACLE BY 645 PM CDT... NEW HOPE BY 650 PM CDT... ROETON BY 655 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3152 8619 3135 8612 3140 8579 3162 8581 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:16 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 20 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 24 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale | 39 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.