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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2007, 4:59 PM CST for Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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, 4:59 PM CST (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2007, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 152259
TORTAE
FLC131-133-152345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0047.071215T2259Z-071215T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
459 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VERNON...
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 457 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERNON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
EAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VERNON BY 525 PM CST...
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 3041 8603 3070 8592 3075 8564 3075 8561
3076 8558 3060 8556 3051 8568 3041 8592
3040 8598 3038 8599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 236DEG 42KT 3042 8597
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTAE 152322
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
621 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007
FLC131-152331-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-071215T2345Z/
WALTON FL-
521 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED WALTON
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3058 8586 3074 8570 3074 8569 3075 8568
3075 8558 3068 8558 3067 8556 3053 8580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 230DEG 38KT 3059 8579
$$
FLC133-152345-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-071215T2345Z/
WASHINGTON FL-
521 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH FLORIDA...
AT 519 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW HOPE...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VERNON BY 525 PM CST...
POPLAR HEAD BY 535 PM CST...
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 3058 8586 3074 8570 3074 8569 3075 8568
3075 8558 3068 8558 3067 8556 3053 8580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 230DEG 38KT 3059 8579
$$
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, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 23 min |
| Dec 15, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 57 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.