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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 4, 2019Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2019, 5:07 PM CDT for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2019, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2019, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 4, 1:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 1:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 4, 3:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 4, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, May 4, 4:19 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 4, 4:47 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 4, 4:59 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon42 min
May 4, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty52 min
May 4, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty30 min
May 4, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden31 min
May 4, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
May 4, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden36 min
May 4, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton43 min
May 4, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington44 min
May 4, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon41 min
May 4, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
May 4, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes45 min
May 4, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Washington39 min
May 4, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson47 min
May 4, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson51 min
May 4, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Gulf45 min
May 4, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
May 4, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEThomas45 min
May 4, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks34 min
May 4, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEEarly43 min
May 4, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee37 min
May 4, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGeneva23 min
May 4, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee41 min
May 4, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGeneva46 min
May 4, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHenry48 min
May 4, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGeneva49 min
May 4, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHenry, Houston50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.