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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 19, 2020Jackson County, Florida; Decatur County, Seminole County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2020, 6:18 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida; Decatur County, Seminole County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
Aug 19, 2020, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2020, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, FL, Decatur County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 280 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2020-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 691 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2020-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
691 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 19, 5:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 5:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison41 min
Aug 18, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE62 min
Aug 18, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden53 min
Aug 18, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson50 min
Aug 19, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Aug 19, 5:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE44 min
Aug 19, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE89 min
Aug 19, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden43 min
Aug 19, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden43 min
Aug 19, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes41 min
Aug 19, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton35 min
Aug 19, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon40 min
Aug 19, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla54 min
Aug 19, 4:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELeon57 min
Aug 19, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE51 min
Aug 19, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun47 min
Aug 19, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson25 min
Aug 18, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien40 min
Aug 18, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGrady53 min
Aug 18, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty47 min
Aug 18, 7:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBerrien, Cook3 hr
Aug 18, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes51 min
Aug 18, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty43 min
Aug 18, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun40 min
Aug 18, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Worth44 min
Aug 18, 8:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDougherty3 hr
Aug 18, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Clay, Early42 min
Aug 18, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Terrell and 1 more37 min
Aug 18, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEEarly35 min
Aug 18, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker38 min
Aug 18, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Miller, Mitchell45 min
Aug 18, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAESeminole44 min
Aug 19, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEEarly60 min
Aug 19, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEEarly, Miller50 min
Aug 19, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Early, Miller, Seminole49 min
Aug 19, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAESeminole46 min
Aug 18, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHouston47 min
Aug 18, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHenry44 min
Aug 18, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHouston27 min
Aug 18, 10:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDale52 min
Aug 19, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGeneva51 min
Aug 19, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHenry44 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.