Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 1:29 PM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
- Oct 18, 2007, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bay County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 181829
TORTAE
FLC005-181900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0040.071018T1829Z-071018T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
129 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LYNN HAVEN...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LYNN HAVEN...OR ABOUT
12 MILES WEST OF PANAMA CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE COAST
AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LYNN HAVEN BY 155 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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.
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 3022 8588 3028 8584 3029 8585 3030 8582
3036 8578 3026 8562 3016 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 221DEG 22KT 3018 8586
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 181839
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
236 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
FLC005-181900-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-071018T1900Z/
BAY FL-
136 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BAY COUNTY...
AT 135 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TWO WATERSPOUTS JUST
OFFSHORE FROM PANAMA CITY BEACH. THESE WATERSPOUTS WERE MOVING
TOWARD THE COAST AND EXPECTED TO COME ASHORE SHORTLY AS A TORNADO.
THESE WATERSPOUTS WERE ALSO LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF PANAMA
CITY...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN NEAR...
CENTRAL BAY COUNTY THROUGH 2 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3021 8587 3023 8588 3028 8584 3029 8585
3030 8581 3036 8578 3028 8565 3023 8571
3017 8580
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 213DEG 24KT 3022 8583
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Oct 18, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 32 min | |
| Oct 18, 12:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Oct 18, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Oct 18, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 24 min |
| Oct 18, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Oct 18, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 34 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.