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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 13, 2007Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 11:17 AM CST for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
Feb 13, 2007, 11:17 AM CST (17:17 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 13, 9:07 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 131718
TORTAE
FLC005-131800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0005.070213T1717Z-070213T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1117 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PANAMA CITY...LYNN HAVEN...CALLAWAY

* UNTIL NOON CST

* AT 1113 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 3 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  UPPER GRAND LAGOON AND LOWER GRAND LAGOON BY 1140 AM CST...
  PRETTY BAYOU AND PANAMA CITY BY 1145 AM 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3007 8614 2992 8601 3001 8546 3019 8536
      3036 8561

$$

14-MROCZKA
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KTAE 131723
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1221 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007

FLC005-131800-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070213T1800Z/
BAY FL-
1121 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR SOUTHERN
BAY COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

AT 1117 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LOWER GRAND LAGOON...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LOWER GRAND LAGOON AND UPPER GRAND LAGOON BY 1140 AM CST...
  PRETTY BAYOU...GLENWOOD AND PANAMA CITY BY 1145 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3007 8614 2992 8601 3001 8546 3019 8536
      3036 8561

$$

14-MROCZKA
000 
WWUS52 KTAE 131747
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1244 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007

FLC005-131800-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070213T1800Z/
BAY FL-
1144 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR SOUTHERN
BAY COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

AT 1145 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST A 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  UPPER GRAND LAGOON AND LOWER GRAND LAGOON BY 1150 AM CST...
  PANAMA CITY...PRETTY BAYOU...PFN-BAY COUNTY AIRPORT AND DIREGO PARK
  BY NOON CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3007 8614 2992 8601 3008 8550 3018 8553
      3028 8568

$$

14-MROCZKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 11:29 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEDixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 3 more8 hr
Feb 13, 9:57 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE48 min
Feb 13, 11:06 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE39 min
Feb 13, 12:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay34 min
Feb 13, 2:07 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more13 hr
Feb 13, 2:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon28 min
Feb 13, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon17 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.