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| caption = '''Top Image:''' Damage done to a home in Enterprise '''Bottom Images:''' A radar scan of the tornado while it was impacting Enterprise; FEMA assists victims of the tornado. | | caption = '''Top Image:''' Damage done to a home in Enterprise '''Bottom Images:''' A radar scan of the tornado while it was impacting Enterprise; FEMA assists victims of the tornado. | ||
| duration = | | duration = 10 minutes | ||
| formed = March 1, 2007, | | formed = March 1, 2007, 1:08p.m. CST ([[UTC–06:00]]) | ||
| dissipated = March 1, 2007,1:18 p.m. CST (UTC–06:00) | |||
| dissipated = March | |||
}}{{Infobox weather event/Tornado | }}{{Infobox weather event/Tornado | ||
| winds = {{convert| | | winds = {{convert|170|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} | ||
| fujita-scale = EF4 | | fujita-scale = EF4 | ||
| path-length = {{convert| | | path-length = {{convert|10.33|mi|km|abbr=on}} | ||
| path-width = {{convert| | | path-width = {{convert|400|yd|mi m|abbr=on}} | ||
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| fatalities = | | fatalities = 9 | ||
| injuries = | | injuries = 50 | ||
| damages = $ | | damages = $307 million (2008 USD) | ||
| areas = [[ | | areas = [[Coffee County, Alabama|Coffee County]], Particularly [[Enterprise, Alabama]] | ||
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| season = [[Tornado outbreak of March | | season = [[Tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007]] and [[Tornadoes of 2007]] | ||
}}{{Distinguish|2011 Enterprise tornado}} | }}{{Distinguish|2011 Enterprise tornado}} | ||
across the midday hours of March 1, 2007, a supercell produced a tornado that track along a 10.3-mile-long path through Enterprise, Alabama, causing heavy damage. The tornado would be part of a [[Tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007|larger outbreak]] that lasted from February 28 to March 2. The tornado would inflict severe damage to the [[Enterprise High School (Alabama)|Enterprise High School]], where it would kill 8 students. This tornado would be the deadliest tornado to strike a school since the [[1967 Belvidere tornado|Belvidere tornado]] in 1967. This would be the deadliest tornado in the outbreak as well. The tornado would spend much of it's {{Convert|10|mi|km}} in Enterprise, flattening many homes and businesses. While school was to be dismissed at 1:00 p.m., but the tornado struck before much of the school could be dismissed. The tornado would cause 50 significant injuries as well.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NWS |first=GODSEY |title=PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT |url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh/Mar0102_2007/PNSTAE_03010207.txt |url-status=dead }}</ref> | across the midday hours of March 1, 2007, a supercell produced a tornado that track along a 10.3-mile-long path through Enterprise, Alabama, causing heavy damage. The tornado would be part of a [[Tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007|larger outbreak]] that lasted from February 28 to March 2. The tornado would inflict severe damage to the [[Enterprise High School (Alabama)|Enterprise High School]], where it would kill 8 students. This tornado would be the deadliest tornado to strike a school since the [[1967 Belvidere tornado|Belvidere tornado]] in 1967. This would be the deadliest tornado in the outbreak as well. The tornado would spend much of it's {{Convert|10|mi|km}} in Enterprise, flattening many homes and businesses. While school was to be dismissed at 1:00 p.m., but the tornado struck before much of the school could be dismissed. The tornado would cause 50 significant injuries as well.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NWS |first=GODSEY |title=PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT |url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh/Mar0102_2007/PNSTAE_03010207.txt |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
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Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Infobox weather eventTemplate:Infobox weather event/TornadoTemplate:Infobox weather event/EffectsTemplate:Infobox weather event/FooterTemplate:Distinguish across the midday hours of March 1, 2007, a supercell produced a tornado that track along a 10.3-mile-long path through Enterprise, Alabama, causing heavy damage. The tornado would be part of a larger outbreak that lasted from February 28 to March 2. The tornado would inflict severe damage to the Enterprise High School, where it would kill 8 students. This tornado would be the deadliest tornado to strike a school since the Belvidere tornado in 1967. This would be the deadliest tornado in the outbreak as well. The tornado would spend much of it's 10 miles ({{rnd/cTemplate:Rnd/b|16|(1−1)|0}} km) in Enterprise, flattening many homes and businesses. While school was to be dismissed at 1:00 p.m., but the tornado struck before much of the school could be dismissed. The tornado would cause 50 significant injuries as well.[1]
Meteorological synopsis.
On February 28, a low-pressure formed across the Midwestern United States, moving east. A low level trough was present, bringing in warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. Temperatures reached Template:Convert/F. Dewpoints were as high as Template:Convert/F, leading to rapid storm development. because of this, a moderate risk was issued for across the southwest.[2] As March first came around, the Moderate risk was placed over the Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri interjection. a 15% hatched risk for tornadoes were over much of the same place.[3] By 8 a.m., the moderate risk had formed to a L shape, with Illinois to the north, and stretching as far as South Carolina. A high risk was outlined directly over the Mississippi and Alabama, with a 30% hatched risk had been outlined mostly in Alabama.[4] at around 1800 UTC (12:00p.m., CST), the 500 Millibars had showed a negatively tilt over Iowa. A 115 mph jet stream at this level stretched from north-central Texas across southeast Missouri into central Illinois. At the 850 mb level, a 58 mph jet stream of warm, moist air flowed from the Louisiana Gulf Coast across central Alabama into eastern Tennessee.[5] At this time, tornadic supercells had formed, strengthening as they moved into Alabama. The first tornado touched down at 7:30 a.m., an EF0.[6] A single supercell formed around midday, heading towards Enterprise. The cell was warned with a tornado warning at 12:47 p.m.[7]
References
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- ↑ NWS, GODSEY. "PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT". http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh/Mar0102_2007/PNSTAE_03010207.txt.
- ↑ "Storm Prediction Center Feb 28, 2007 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook". https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2007/day1otlk_20070228_1630.html.
- ↑ "Storm Prediction Center Mar 1, 2007 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook". https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2007/day1otlk_20070301_0100.html.
- ↑ "Storm Prediction Center Mar 1, 2007 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook". https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2007/day1otlk_20070301_1200.html.
- ↑ Hayes, John. "Tornadoes in Southern Alabama and Georgia on March 1, 2007". U.S. Department of Commerce: 5; 6. https://www.weather.gov/media/publications/assessments/AL-GA_tornadoes07.pdf.
- ↑ "Storm Events Database". https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/storm-events-database/event-details/19262.
- ↑ Narramore, Jen (2020-02-24). "Enterprise, AL EF4 Tornado – March 1, 2007 – Tornado Talk" (in en-US). https://www.tornadotalk.com/enterprise-al-ef4-tornado-march-1-2007/.