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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 7, 2007Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 7, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Coffee County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2007-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 287 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 072116
TORTAE
ALC031-072145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0032.070707T2115Z-070707T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
415 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF ENTERPRISE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  SOUTH OF ELBA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ENTERPRISE BY 435 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
LARGE HAIL.

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 3129 8607 3124 8608 3121 8579 3134 8579

$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee39 min
Jul 7, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGeneva35 min
Jul 7, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHenry43 min
Jul 7, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee24 min
Jul 7, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTAECoffee20 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.