Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 6:51 PM CDT for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 min. 4 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
- Apr 14, 2007, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ozark, AL | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON HAW RIDGE RD...DEESE RD...AND IN THE POST OAK COMMUNITY.SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. POSSIBLE INJURIES. |
| Apr 14, 7:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Ozark, AL | CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST NORTEAST OF FT. RUCKER MILITARY BOUNDARY ON CR 38 WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE TO A BARN. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF HOMES IN MARLEY MILL WITH ONE HOME NEARLY DESTROYED. TORNADO CONTINUED INTO POST OAK COMMUNITY CAUSING MINOR DAM |
| Apr 14, 7:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ozark, AL | CANOPY ON A GAS STATION IN OZARK BLOWN DOWN. OTHER REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AROUND OZARK. DAMAGE WAS FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN OZARK. |
| Apr 14, 7:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ozark, AL | DAMAGE ON HAW RIDGE RD...DEESE RD...AND IN THE POST OAK COMMUNITY. POSSIBLE INJURIES. |
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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -372 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 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 142353 TORTAE ALC045-150030- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0025.070414T2351Z-070415T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 651 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OZARK... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF OZARK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT RUCKER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OZARK BY 700 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 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 3156 8579 3137 8579 3139 8542 3160 8542 $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTAE 150008 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 808 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007 ALC045-150030- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070415T0030Z/ DALE AL- 708 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN DALE COUNTY... AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DILL...OR ABOUT NEAR OZARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SKIPPERVILLE AND BROWNS CROSSROADS BY 715 PM CDT... BELLS CROSSROADS...BERTHA...ECHO AND SNOW HILL BY 720 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3156 8579 3137 8579 3139 8542 3160 8542 $$ 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, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 28 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.