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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 20216 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 8:05 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 3 reports 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: Apr 24, 2021, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 24, 8:26 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Tifton, GA
Apr 24, 8:41 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ocilla, GA	TREE DOWN IN OCILLA.
Apr 24, 8:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Omega, GA	SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS EVENING.

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
Apr 24, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.7
Supercell composite: 19.4

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The text

As transmitted.

394 
WUUS52 KTAE 250005
SVRTAE
GAC017-019-071-155-277-321-250045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0105.210425T0005Z-210425T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
805 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...
  North central Colquitt County in south central Georgia...
  Tift County in south central Georgia...
  South central Ben Hill County in south central Georgia...
  Southeastern Worth County in south central Georgia...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 805 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ty Ty, or 9
  miles southeast of Sylvester, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Tifton, Ocilla, Fitzgerald, Sylvester, Enigma, Omega, Ty Ty,
  Mystic, Unionville, Phillipsburg, Poulan, Sumner, Minton,
  Scooterville, Gladys, Anderson City, Tempy, Harding, Waterloo and
  Pinetta.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3148 8311 3147 8314 3146 8315 3126 8382
      3146 8392 3160 8355 3159 8350 3161 8350
      3173 8318 3152 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 248DEG 54KT 3142 8372 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Randolph and 1 more	29 min
Apr 24, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	39 min
Apr 24, 8:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Berrien, Tift, Worth	35 min
Apr 24, 8:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Colquitt, Irwin, Mitchell, Tift, Turner and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 24, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth	45 min
Apr 24, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift and 1 more	68 min
Apr 24, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Randolph and 1 more	39 min
Apr 24, 8:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Berrien, Irwin	12 min
Apr 24, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes and 1 more	54 min
Apr 24, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Turner and 1 more	46 min
Apr 24, 9:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	35 min
Apr 24, 10:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Berrien, Colquitt, Irwin, Miller, Mitchell and 2 more	75 min
Apr 24, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	44 min
Apr 24, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	30 min
Apr 24, 10:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	51 min
Apr 24, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	47 min
Apr 24, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Thomas	51 min
Apr 25, 10:00 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	58 hr
Apr 25, 10:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	3 days

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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.