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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 15, 2007Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2007, 3:03 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2007, 3:03 AM EDT (07:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2007, 3:30 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 11:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 150705
TORTAE
FLC037-150730-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0029.070415T0703Z-070415T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
303 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARRABELLE...

* UNTIL 330 AM EDT(230 AM CDT)

* AT 302 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT NEAR   
  THE ST. GEORGE ISLAND BRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CARRABELLE BY 310 AM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

LAT...LON 2978 8489 2963 8478 2983 8429 3000 8453

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 10:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		93 min
Apr 15, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Apr 15, 1:53 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		97 min
Apr 15, 2:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin	38 min
Apr 15, 2:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin	45 min
Apr 15, 3:17 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		88 min
Apr 15, 4:12 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more	16 hr
Apr 15, 4:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		83 min
Apr 15, 5:04 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	8 hr
Apr 15, 12:42 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	8 hr
Apr 15, 3:19 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	37 hr
Apr 15, 3:19 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	30 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.