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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 20217 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 9:21 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 54 min. 8 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, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 9:46 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wsw I-75 At Exit 29, GATREE DOWN AT 8600 MORVEN ROAD.
Apr 24, 9:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw I-75 At Exit 29, GATREE DOWN AT 7199 SIMPSON ROAD.
Apr 24, 9:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S I-75 At Exit 29, GATREE DOWN AT 7100 SIMPSON ROAD.
Apr 24, 9:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 S Hahira, GATREE DOWN AT FRONTAGE ROAD AND FRANK CREEKS ROAD.
Apr 24, 9:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sse Hahira, GATREE DOWN ON BETHANY DRIVE NEAR HIGHWAY 41 NORTH.
Apr 24, 9:57 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 E Hahira, GATREE DOWN AT VAL DEL ROAD AND COPPAGE ROAD.
Apr 24, 9:59 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 E Hahira, GATHERE WERE A TOTAL OF 31 CALLS TO REPORT TREES DOWN IN LOWNDES COUNTY, PRIMARILY NORTH END OF THE COUNTY NORTH OF EXIT 22 ON I-75. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
Apr 24, 10:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Moody Afb, GATREE DOWN AT 5200 BEATTY ROAD.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 24, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2012 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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.

373 
WUUS52 KTAE 250121
SVRTAE
GAC019-027-071-075-173-185-275-250215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0111.210425T0121Z-210425T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Cook County in south central Georgia...
  Southeastern Berrien County in south central Georgia...
  Lanier County in south central Georgia...
  Northern Lowndes County in south central Georgia...
  Northeastern Thomas County in south central Georgia...
  Northern Brooks County in south central Georgia...
  Southern Colquitt County in south central Georgia...

* Until 1015 PM EDT.

* At 921 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pavo, or 15
  miles northwest of Quitman, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lakeland, Adel, Valdosta, Hahira, Ray City, Pavo, Coolidge, Moody
  Air Force Base, Meigs, Morven, Berlin, Barwick, Cecil, Thomasville
  Municipal A/P, Barretts, New Lois, Dillon, Greggs, Enon and
  Hansell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3082 8390 3107 8396 3121 8305 3118 8305
      3118 8297 3091 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 262DEG 48KT 3096 8372 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

AH
1 follow-up statement
702 
WWUS52 KTAE 250144
SVSTAE

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

GAC019-027-071-075-173-185-275-250215-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-210425T0215Z/
Cook GA-Berrien GA-Lanier GA-Lowndes GA-Thomas GA-Brooks GA-
Colquitt GA-
944 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN COOK...SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN...LANIER...NORTHERN
LOWNDES...EAST CENTRAL THOMAS...NORTHERN BROOKS AND SOUTHEASTERN
COLQUITT COUNTIES...

At 944 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hahira, or 11
miles south of Adel, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Lakeland, Adel, Valdosta, Hahira, Ray City, Pavo, Moody Air Force
Base, Meigs, Morven, Berlin, Barwick, Cecil, Thomasville Municipal
A/P, Barretts, New Lois, Dillon, Greggs, Hansell, Allenville and
Teeterville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3082 8390 3091 8392 3108 8365 3121 8305
      3118 8305 3118 8297 3091 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 268DEG 36KT 3098 8344 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

AH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Randolph and 1 more29 min
Apr 24, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Irwin, Tift, Worth40 min
Apr 24, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Early39 min
Apr 24, 8:10 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Tift, Worth35 min
Apr 24, 8:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBen Hill, Colquitt, Irwin, Mitchell, Tift, Turner and 1 more3 hr
Apr 24, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth45 min
Apr 24, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift and 1 more68 min
Apr 24, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Randolph and 1 more39 min
Apr 24, 8:48 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Irwin12 min
Apr 24, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Turner and 1 more46 min
Apr 24, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes35 min
Apr 24, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Berrien, Colquitt, Irwin, Miller, Mitchell and 2 more75 min
Apr 24, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Thomas44 min
Apr 24, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier, Lowndes30 min
Apr 24, 10:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELanier, Lowndes51 min
Apr 24, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Lowndes47 min
Apr 24, 11:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Thomas51 min
Apr 25, 10:00 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGrady, Thomas58 hr
Apr 25, 10:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes3 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.