Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2007, 3:42 PM CST for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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
- Dec 15, 2007, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2007, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Houston County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTAE 152142
TORTAE
ALC069-152215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0044.071215T2142Z-071215T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
342 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 336 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR TAYLOR...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COTTONWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WEBB...KINSEY AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHFORD BY 350 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.
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 3130 8512 3118 8512 3117 8513 3110 8511
3102 8546 3107 8549 3120 8549 3132 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 216DEG 46KT 3116 8538
$$
14-MROCZKA2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KTAE 152147
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
446 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007
ALC069-152215-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-071215T2215Z/
HOUSTON AL-
346 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR HOUSTON
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
AT 342 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MEMPHIS...OR
ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DOWNTOWN DOTHAN BY 355 PM CST
PLEASANT PLAINS AND SIGMA BY 400 PM CST...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3130 8512 3118 8512 3117 8513 3110 8511
3102 8546 3107 8549 3120 8549 3132 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 216DEG 46KT 3120 8534
$$
14-MROCZKA000
WWUS52 KTAE 152204
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
504 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007
ALC069-152215-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-071215T2215Z/
HOUSTON AL-
404 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
HOUSTON COUNTY...
AT 402 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
ASHFORD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SIGMA AND PLEASANT PLAINS BY 410 PM CST...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3130 8512 3118 8512 3117 8513 3110 8511
3102 8546 3107 8549 3120 8549 3132 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 217DEG 33KT 3123 8523
$$
14-MROCZKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2:15 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 14 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:30 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 23 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.