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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 7:41 PM CDT for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 79 min. 2 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
- May 4, 2021, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Piney Grove, AL | TREES DOWN. |
| May 4, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Chancellor, AL | POWERLINES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted.
041 WUUS52 KTAE 050041 SVRTAE ALC031-061-050200- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0116.210505T0041Z-210505T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 741 PM CDT Tue May 4 2021 The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Coffee County in southeastern Alabama... Western Geneva County in southeastern Alabama... * Until 900 PM CDT. * At 741 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southeast of Dozier to 11 miles east of East Brewton, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Elba, Geneva, Enterprise, Fort Rucker, Samson, New Brockton, Kinston, Coffee Springs, Chancellor, Perry Store, Curtis, Lytle, Lucile, Marl, Ino, Turner Crossroads, Central City, Logan Field Municipal A/P, Geneva Municipal A/P and Clintonville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee. && LAT...LON 3141 8579 3099 8580 3099 8619 3140 8620 TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 306DEG 22KT 3144 8625 3111 8687 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry | 84 min |
| May 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 60 min |
| May 4, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 65 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.