Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 7:23 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 52 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, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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, 7:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Richburg, AL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 515. |
| Apr 24, 7:37 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N Enterprise, AL | LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL HITTING THEIR PATROL VEHICLE. |
| Apr 24, 8:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Daleville, AL |
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, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
771 WUUS52 KTAE 250023 SVRTAE ALC031-045-061-067-069-250115- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0107.210425T0023Z-210425T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 723 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021 The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Dale County in southeastern Alabama... Southwestern Henry County in southeastern Alabama... Coffee County in southeastern Alabama... Northeastern Geneva County in southeastern Alabama... Northwestern Houston County in southeastern Alabama... * Until 815 PM CDT. * At 723 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Brockton, or 7 miles southeast of Elba, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Daleville, Elba, Headland, Dothan, Enterprise, Fort Rucker, Ozark, Taylor, Midland City, Kinsey, Ashford, Level Plains, Cowarts, Newton, Webb, New Brockton, Pinckard, Clayhatchee, Grimes and Avon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3122 8619 3147 8619 3150 8525 3115 8523 TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 271DEG 49KT 3133 8601 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 72-BUNKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.