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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2014, 6:41 AM EST for Baker County, Early County, Miller County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2014, 6:41 AM EST (11:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Nne Mayhaw, GA | TREE DOWN ON 3 NOTCH RD AND MAYHAW. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 21, 1:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
567 WUUS52 KTAE 211141 SVRTAE ALC069-GAC007-099-201-211230- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0021.140221T1141Z-140221T1230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 641 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... SOUTHERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLQUITT... * UNTIL 730 AM EST/630 AM CST/ * AT 536 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 22 MILES WEST OF COLQUITT...OR NEAR GORDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOWARDS MILL...KILLARNEY...JONES CROSSROADS...CENTERVILLE... MAYHAW...CUBA...HENTOWN...ENTERPRISE...OLD DAMASCUS...HARMONY CHURCH RD/HWY 45...DAMASCUS...JETERVILLE...BOYKIN...MACEDONIA... BABCOCK...CRESTVIEW...BETHANY...BELLVIEW...COOKTOWN AND MIMSVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. && LAT...LON 3136 8449 3109 8451 3108 8516 3125 8516 TIME...MOT...LOC 1141Z 270DEG 42KT 3116 8504 $$ 25-CAMP
2 follow-up statements
305 WWUS52 KTAE 211156 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 656 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ALC069-211207- /O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140221T1230Z/ HOUSTON AL- 556 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3... OR YOU MAY CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT. LAT...LON 3127 8501 3136 8449 3109 8451 3108 8501 TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 270DEG 42KT 3113 8482 $$ GAC007-099-201-211230- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140221T1230Z/ MILLER GA-BAKER GA-EARLY GA- 656 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN EARLY...SOUTHWESTERN BAKER AND MILLER COUNTIES... AT 654 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ENTERPRISE...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF DONALSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OLD DAMASCUS...COLQUITT...HARMONY CHURCH RD/HWY 45...DAMASCUS... JETERVILLE...BOYKIN...MACEDONIA...BABCOCK...CRESTVIEW...BETHANY... BELLVIEW...COOKTOWN AND MIMSVILLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. 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 LAW ENFORCEMENT. && LAT...LON 3127 8501 3136 8449 3109 8451 3108 8501 TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 270DEG 42KT 3113 8482 $$ 25-CAMP
597 WWUS52 KTAE 211215 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 715 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 GAC007-099-201-211230- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140221T1230Z/ MILLER GA-BAKER GA-EARLY GA- 715 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL EARLY...SOUTHWESTERN BAKER AND EASTERN MILLER COUNTIES... AT 712 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BABCOCK...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLQUITT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COOKTOWN AND MIMSVILLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3... OR YOU MAY CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT. && LAT...LON 3109 8478 3129 8475 3136 8449 3109 8451 TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 270DEG 42KT 3110 8457 $$ 25-CAMP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 3:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 25 min |
| Feb 21, 6:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Clay | 38 min |
| Feb 21, 8:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 8:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 8:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 9:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 9:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 38 min |
| Feb 21, 9:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lanier, Lowndes | 27 min |
| Feb 21, 2:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 22 min |
| Feb 21, 3:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 25 min |
| Feb 21, 3:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 35 min |
| Feb 21, 5:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 24 min |
| Feb 21, 6:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.