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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 1, 2007Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 1, 2007, 5:19 PM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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: Feb 1, 2007, 5:19 PM EST (22:19 UTC)
Expired: Feb 1, 2007, 5:45 PM EST
In force: 26 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 1, 5:30 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Lanark Village, FL	NUMEROUS POWERLINES DOWN IN LANARK VILLAGE.

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
Feb 1, 1:52 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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: 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 012219
TORTAE
FLC037-012245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.070201T2219Z-070201T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARRABELLE AND DOG ISLAND

* UNTIL 545 PM EST(445 PM CST)

* AT 513 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR             
 INDICATED DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR CARRABELLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 
MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SAINT TERESA BY 525 PM EST...
  ALLIGATOR POINT BY 530 PM EST...

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH FLORIDA UNTIL 10 PM EST. 

LAT...LON 2990 8474 2977 8467 2993 8423 2996 8455

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 1, 2:58 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Feb 1, 3:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Taylor	23 min
Feb 1, 4:21 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Gulf	39 min
Feb 1, 4:56 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		64 min
Feb 1, 5:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Wakulla	41 min
Feb 1, 5:48 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		117 min
Feb 1, 6:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	25 min
Feb 1, 6:18 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		117 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.