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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 20217 counties in Georgia; Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 8:37 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia; Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 9:16 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Henry County, AL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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.

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
Apr 24, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.

049 
WUUS52 KTAE 250037 RRA
SVRTAE
ALC067-GAC007-037-061-095-099-243-273-250130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0110.210425T0037Z-210425T0130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Henry County in southeastern Alabama...
  Western Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
  Clay County in southwestern Georgia...
  Southern Randolph County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northern Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
  Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northern Early County in southwestern Georgia...
  Southern Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 930 PM EDT/830 PM CDT/.

* At 837 PM EDT/737 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Fort Gaines, moving east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Abbeville, Fort Gaines, Morgan, Blakely, Dawson, Edison, Arlington,
  Shellman, Leary, Walker, Douglasville, Sasser, Bronwood, Bellville,
  Haleburg, Bluffton, Shorterville, Iveys Mill, Parksville and
  Carnegie.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3132 8528 3155 8525 3170 8505 3183 8436
      3137 8424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 263DEG 51KT 3157 8496 

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

72-BUNKER

1 follow-up statement

365 
WWUS52 KTAE 250116
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
916 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

ALC067-GAC007-037-061-095-099-243-273-250125-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-210425T0130Z/
Henry AL-Dougherty GA-Clay GA-Randolph GA-Baker GA-Calhoun GA-
Early GA-Terrell GA-
916 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...WESTERN DOUGHERTY...CLAY...SOUTHERN
RANDOLPH...NORTHERN BAKER...CALHOUN...NORTHERN EARLY AND SOUTHERN
TERRELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT/900
PM CDT/ for southwestern Georgia. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also
remains in effect until 100 AM EDT/midnight CDT/ for southeastern
Alabama...and southwestern Georgia.

LAT...LON 3132 8528 3155 8525 3170 8505 3183 8436
      3137 8424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 263DEG 51KT 3164 8432 

$$

72-BUNKER

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, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Irwin, Tift, Worth	40 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, 8:48 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
Apr 24, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	52 min
Apr 24, 9:14 PM EDT	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.