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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 1, 2007Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 1, 2007, 3:21 PM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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
Feb 1, 2007, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
Expired
Feb 1, 2007, 4:00 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 1, 12:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 12:00Z on 2007-02-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-02-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 499 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
499 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
607 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 012122
TORTAE
FLC045-012200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0003.070201T2121Z-070201T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
321 PM CST THU FEB 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ST. JOE

* UNTIL 400 PM CST(500 PM EST)

* AT 317 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF PORT ST. JOE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE CITY BY 430 PM EST...
  DALKEITH...HOWARD CREEK AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HONEYVILLE BY 340
  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 900 PM CST THURSDAY
EVENING(1000 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY MORNING(100 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING) FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 2986 8555 2971 8545 2987 8501 3009 8513

$$

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 1, 1:58 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Feb 1, 2:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor23 min
Feb 1, 3:56 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE64 min
Feb 1, 4:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla41 min
Feb 1, 4:19 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEFranklin26 min
Feb 1, 4:48 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 min
Feb 1, 5:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison25 min
Feb 1, 5:18 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.