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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 7, 2007Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2007, 4:33 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 20 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, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2007, 4:53 PM CDT
In force
20 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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°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 072133
TORTAE
ALC031-072200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0033.070707T2133Z-070707T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR BATTENS CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BATTENS CROSSROADS AND CENTRAL CITY BY 440 PM CDT...
  KEYTON BY 450 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND 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 3128 8598 3123 8597 3121 8579 3129 8579

$$

18-WOOL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KTAE 072153
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
552 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2007

ALC031-072202-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070707T2200Z/
COFFEE AL-
452 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED...

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 3128 8598 3123 8597 3121 8579 3129 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, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTAECoffee30 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.