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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 4, 2021Berrien County, Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 10:30 PM EDT for Berrien County, Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 75 min. 7 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, 10:30 PM EDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2021, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 75 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Berrien County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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, 11:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 44	1 Wnw Spence Airport, GA	UGA WEATHER NETWORK AT SUNBELT AGRICULTURAL EXPOSITION MEASURED A GUST OF 44 MPH.
May 4, 11:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Norman Park, GA	TREE DOWN ON LONNIE BROOKARD RD IN NORMAN PARK.
May 4, 11:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wnw Cook Co A/P, GA	TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF A MOBILE HOME ALONG JOHN KEIGENS MEMORIAL ROAD.
May 4, 11:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Adel, GA	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM ADEL. POWERLINE DOWN.
May 4, 11:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Wagon Wheel, GA	TREE DOWN.
May 4, 11:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Nashville, GA	TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
May 4, 11:37 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Massee, GA	TREE DOWN ON HWY 76 IN EASTERN HALF OF COOK COUNTY.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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

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The text

As transmitted.

597 
WUUS52 KTAE 050230
SVRTAE
GAC019-071-075-050345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0124.210505T0230Z-210505T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1030 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Cook County in south central Georgia...
  Berrien County in south central Georgia...
  Colquitt County in south central Georgia...

* Until 1145 PM EDT.

* At 1030 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Arabi to near Camilla, moving east at 65 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Nashville, Moultrie, Adel, Sparks, Omega, Ray City, Norman Park,
  Lenox, Doerun, Riverside, Schley, Berlin, Funston, Cecil, Ellenton,
  Reed Bingham State Park, New Lois, Massee, Greggs and Flat Ford.

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 3115 8304 3115 8316 3103 8320 3103 8347
      3108 8357 3103 8357 3104 8400 3134 8400
      3132 8372 3133 8371 3133 8346 3135 8337
      3135 8309 3128 8304 3121 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 268DEG 56KT 3178 8370 3126 8424 

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

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1 follow-up statement

410 
WWUS52 KTAE 050322
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1122 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

GAC019-071-075-050345-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210505T0345Z/
Cook GA-Berrien GA-Colquitt GA-
1122 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR COOK...BERRIEN AND SOUTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTIES...

At 1122 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southeast of Ocilla to near Pavo, moving east
at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Nashville, Moultrie, Adel, Sparks, Ray City, Lenox, Berlin, Cecil,
Ellenton, Reed Bingham State Park, New Lois, Massee, Greggs, Flat
Ford, Wagon Wheel, South Moultrie, Moultrie Municipal A/P,
Allenville, Weber and Murphy.

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 3115 8304 3115 8316 3103 8320 3103 8347
      3108 8357 3103 8357 3104 8400 3117 8380
      3122 8369 3132 8355 3133 8346 3135 8337
      3135 8309 3128 8304 3121 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 284DEG 42KT 3154 8315 3102 8369 

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, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill	40 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, 10:43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.