Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 8:40 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 65 min. 5 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, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Grimes, AL | TREE DOWN. |
| May 4, 8:53 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | Napier Field, AL | ASOS STATION KDHN DOTHAN REPORTED A GUST TO 51 MPH. |
| May 4, 8:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Dothan, AL | TREES DOWN. |
| May 4, 8:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Smyrna, AL | TREES DOWN. |
| May 4, 8:56 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | Cairns Aaf, AL | AWOS STATION KOZR OZARK CAIRNS AAF. |
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.
970
WUUS52 KTAE 050140
SVRTAE
ALC045-061-067-069-050245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0118.210505T0140Z-210505T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
840 PM CDT Tue May 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
Southern Henry County in southeastern Alabama...
Eastern Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
* Until 945 PM CDT.
* At 840 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Headland to 6 miles southwest of Hartford,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Daleville, Cottonwood, Headland, Dothan, Fort Rucker, Ozark,
Enterprise, Hartford, Taylor, Midland City, Kinsey, Ashford, Level
Plains, Slocomb, Cowarts, Newton, Webb, Columbia, Pinckard and
Malvern.
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 3120 8582 3120 8579 3142 8579 3140 8508
3130 8509 3128 8511 3119 8511 3110 8503
3100 8500 3099 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 287DEG 39KT 3140 8539 3103 8576
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
679
WWUS52 KTAE 050202
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
902 PM CDT Tue May 4 2021
ALC045-050212-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0118.000000T0000Z-210505T0245Z/
Dale AL-
902 PM CDT Tue May 4 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DALE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
southeastern Alabama...the Panhandle of Florida...and southwestern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3116 8570 3125 8554 3124 8549 3127 8548
3140 8508 3130 8509 3128 8511 3119 8511
3110 8503 3100 8500 3099 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 284DEG 38KT 3133 8513 3100 8551
$$
ALC061-067-069-050245-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0118.000000T0000Z-210505T0245Z/
Henry AL-Geneva AL-Houston AL-
902 PM CDT Tue May 4 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY...EASTERN GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES...
At 902 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Columbia to near Graceville, moving east at 45
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Cottonwood, Dothan, Hartford, Taylor, Kinsey, Ashford, Slocomb,
Cowarts, Webb, Columbia, Malvern, Rehobeth, Avon, Esto, Madrid,
Gordon, Black, Memphis, Kellys Crossroads and Crosby.
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 3116 8570 3125 8554 3124 8549 3127 8548
3140 8508 3130 8509 3128 8511 3119 8511
3110 8503 3100 8500 3099 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 284DEG 38KT 3133 8513 3100 8551
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
42-DVDThe 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, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 79 min |
| May 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 60 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.