Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 9:07 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
14-MROCZKA2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KTAE 131723
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1221 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007
FLC005-131800-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070213T1800Z/
BAY FL-
1121 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR SOUTHERN
BAY COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
AT 1117 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LOWER GRAND LAGOON...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LOWER GRAND LAGOON AND UPPER GRAND LAGOON BY 1140 AM CST...
PRETTY BAYOU...GLENWOOD AND PANAMA CITY BY 1145 AM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3007 8614 2992 8601 3001 8546 3019 8536
3036 8561
$$
14-MROCZKA000
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-MROCZKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 11:29 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 13, 9:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 48 min | |
| Feb 13, 11:06 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 39 min | |
| Feb 13, 12:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 34 min |
| Feb 13, 2:07 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 28 min |
| Feb 13, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 17 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.