Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2007, 4:37 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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, 4:37 PM CST (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2007, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 3:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 152238
TORTAE
FLC131-152300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0045.071215T2237Z-071215T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
437 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CST
* AT 435 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A DEVELOPING WATERSPOUT OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CHOCTAW BAY ESTATES...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF SANTA ROSA
BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE WATERSPOUT WILL BE MOVING ASHORE AND WILL BE NEAR...
PORT WASHINGTON...CHOCTAW AND CHOCTAW BAY ESTATES BY 445 PM CST...
CHOCTAW...BUNKER AND OLD BAY VIEW BY 450 PM CST...
BRUCE BY 500 PM CST...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A WATERSPOUT
MAY ALREADY BE ON THE SURFACE...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY
AND THEN MOVE ASHORE. 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.
WATERSPOUTS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...PLEASE GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.
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 NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3035 8621 3042 8617 3042 8615 3045 8616
3062 8606 3056 8589 3045 8594 3031 8607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 216DEG 40KT 3028 8619
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 152252
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
551 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007
FLC131-152300-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-071215T2300Z/
WALTON FL-
451 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY...
AT 448 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUNKER...OR ABOUT
10 MILES EAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3035 8612 3040 8611 3055 8599 3052 8591
3050 8593 3046 8593 3043 8597 3040 8598
3032 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 216DEG 40KT 3039 8604
$$
38-GODSEYThe 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 | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:15 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:30 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:09 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Dec 15, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 57 min |
| Dec 15, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.