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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 4, 2021Ben Hill County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 9:05 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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: May 4, 2021, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2021, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ben Hill County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

736 
WUUS52 KTAE 050105
SVRTAE
GAC017-050145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0117.210505T0105Z-210505T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
905 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Ben Hill County in south central Georgia...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 905 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fitzgerald,
  moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Fitzgerald, Lulaville, Fitzgerald Municipal A/P, Bowens Mill, Red
  Bluff, Ashton and Queensland.

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 3172 8300 3167 8310 3168 8317 3165 8318
      3165 8326 3168 8327 3168 8332 3174 8332
      3177 8335 3185 8324 3185 8318 3183 8315
      3183 8314 3181 8313 3182 8311 3178 8303
      3178 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 236DEG 20KT 3171 8327 

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	84 min
May 4, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner	39 min
May 4, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell	46 min
May 4, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 4 more	83 min
May 4, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	85 min
May 4, 10:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Seminole	63 min
May 4, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook	75 min
May 4, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Thomas	92 min
May 4, 11:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes	77 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.