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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 20214 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 7:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 19 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
Apr 24, 2021, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Tift County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 175 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 447 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
447 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
570 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

432 
WUUS52 KTAE 242341
SVRTAE
GAC017-019-155-277-250000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0101.210424T2341Z-210425T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
741 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Irwin County in south central Georgia...
  Northwestern Berrien County in south central Georgia...
  Central Tift County in south central Georgia...
  Southeastern Ben Hill County in south central Georgia...

* Until 800 PM EDT.

* At 740 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ocilla,
  moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Tifton, Ocilla, Enigma, Mystic, Phillipsburg, Unionville,
  Vanceville, Eldorado, Gladys, Osierfield, Harding, Pinetta, Ashton,
  Tift Airport, Fender, Wray, Brookfield and Red Bluff.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3166 8300 3166 8301 3164 8301 3164 8303
      3162 8303 3162 8304 3161 8305 3161 8306
      3155 8306 3148 8311 3147 8314 3146 8315
      3134 8348 3150 8359 3179 8304 3178 8303
      3178 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 241DEG 36KT 3153 8329 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 1:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more22 hr
Apr 24, 2:00 AM EDTWind AdvisoryTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more18 hr
Apr 24, 8:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 3 more95 min
Apr 24, 8:48 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEEarly, Miller27 min
Apr 24, 8:52 AM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early53 min
Apr 24, 9:10 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Early, Miller35 min
Apr 24, 9:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Terrell and 2 more62 min
Apr 24, 9:33 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Dougherty, Miller, Mitchell27 min
Apr 24, 10:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 3 more65 min
Apr 24, 11:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole40 min
Apr 24, 11:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady48 min
Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBaker, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and 3 more4 hr
Apr 24, 12:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAESeminole3 hr
Apr 24, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Thomas30 min
Apr 24, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady30 min
Apr 24, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Grady, Thomas52 min
Apr 24, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady27 min
Apr 24, 1:17 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTAEBrooks3 hr
Apr 24, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes41 min
Apr 24, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Grady, Thomas51 min
Apr 24, 1:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole3 hr
Apr 24, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELowndes37 min
Apr 24, 2:09 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes36 min
Apr 24, 2:38 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELowndes19 min
Apr 24, 3:39 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEEarly19 min
Apr 24, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph56 min
Apr 24, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell41 min
Apr 24, 4:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAETift111 min
Apr 24, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Mitchell and 3 more47 min
Apr 24, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift and 2 more44 min
Apr 24, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth31 min
Apr 24, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift, Worth80 min
Apr 24, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Clay, Randolph63 min
Apr 24, 6:37 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Terrell38 min
Apr 24, 6:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAETift3 hr
Apr 24, 7:02 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell12 min
Apr 24, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph, Terrell40 min
Apr 24, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth52 min
Apr 24, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Quitman, Randolph43 min
Apr 24, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift33 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.