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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 4, 2021Decatur County, Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 10:43 PM EDT for Decatur County, Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 92 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, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2021, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 92 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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, 11:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wsw Cairo, GA	1 OR 2 TREES DOWN WITHIN GRADY COUNTY.
May 4, 11:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Thomasville, GA	TREES DOWN IN THOMAS 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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.

265 
WUUS52 KTAE 050243
SVRTAE
GAC087-131-275-050415-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0125.210505T0243Z-210505T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1043 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Decatur County in southwestern Georgia...
  Grady County in southwestern Georgia...
  Thomas County in south central Georgia...

* Until 1215 AM EDT.

* At 1043 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles northwest of Donalsonville to 7 miles
  northeast of Pelham, moving southeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Bainbridge, Thomasville, Cairo, Boston, Ochlocknee, Pavo, Coolidge,
  Whigham, West Bainbridge, Attapulgus, Barwick, Climax, Brinson,
  Capel, Dillon, Everett, Rocky Hill, Recovery, Merrillville and
  Harrells Still.

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 3066 8375 3069 8438 3071 8438 3071 8478
      3078 8484 3080 8479 3084 8477 3104 8474
      3108 8464 3108 8401 3104 8400 3104 8380
      3103 8379 3104 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 308DEG 48KT 3111 8495 3117 8405 

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

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2 follow-up statements

912 
WWUS52 KTAE 050347
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1147 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

GAC087-131-275-050415-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-210505T0415Z/
Decatur GA-Grady GA-Thomas GA-
1147 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN DECATUR...GRADY AND THOMAS COUNTIES...

At 1147 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles east of Chattahoochee to Boston, moving south
at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Cairo, Thomasville, Bainbridge, Boston, Whigham, Attapulgus, Barwick,
Climax, Thomasville Municipal A/P, Dillon, Everett, Rocky Hill,
Recovery, Laingkat, Calvary, Princes Still, Amsterdam, Nickleville,
Grady Co A/p and Moncrief.

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 3066 8375 3069 8438 3071 8438 3071 8478
      3078 8484 3080 8479 3084 8477 3084 8469
      3089 8458 3092 8413 3092 8395 3091 8384
      3091 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 011DEG 15KT 3074 8467 3080 8377 

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

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953 
WWUS52 KTAE 050405
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1205 AM EDT Wed May 5 2021

GAC087-131-275-050415-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-210505T0415Z/
Decatur GA-Grady GA-Thomas GA-
1205 AM EDT Wed May 5 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DECATUR...GRADY AND
THOMAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for
Big Bend of Florida...and south central and southwestern Georgia.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.

LAT...LON 3066 8375 3069 8438 3071 8438 3071 8478
      3078 8484 3080 8479 3084 8477 3084 8469
      3089 8458 3092 8413 3092 8395 3091 8384
      3091 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 308DEG 48KT 3060 8446 3066 8356 

$$

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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, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook	75 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.