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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 12, 2021Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 12, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 6:28 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Queensland, GATREE DOWN ALONG KATHLEEN DR.
Jun 12, 6:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Westwood, GATREE DOWN ALONG 10 MILE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1723 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1723 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

174 
WUUS52 KTAE 122221
SVRTAE
GAC017-155-122245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0141.210612T2221Z-210612T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
621 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

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

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 621 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fitzgerald,
  moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3166 8301 3164 8301 3164 8303 3162 8303
      3161 8306 3155 8306 3148 8311 3148 8313
      3184 8339 3184 8321 3185 8318 3183 8315
      3183 8314 3181 8313 3181 8311 3172 8300
      3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 312DEG 31KT 3177 8322 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
250 
WWUS52 KTAE 122242
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
642 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

GAC017-155-122252-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-210612T2245Z/
Irwin GA-Ben Hill GA-
642 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN IRWIN AND BEN HILL
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3166 8301 3164 8301 3164 8303 3162 8303
      3161 8306 3155 8306 3148 8311 3148 8313
      3184 8339 3184 8321 3185 8318 3183 8315
      3183 8314 3181 8313 3181 8311 3172 8300
      3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 312DEG 31KT 3165 8307 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 9:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEQuitman24 min
Jun 12, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEEarly31 min
Jun 12, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEEarly, Miller, Seminole44 min
Jun 12, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier, Lowndes39 min
Jun 12, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDecatur, Seminole65 min
Jun 12, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole42 min
Jun 12, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole31 min
Jun 12, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill51 min
Jun 12, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Calhoun, Dougherty, Irwin, Lee, Randolph and 3 more56 min
Jun 12, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Irwin, Lee, Tift and 2 more40 min
Jun 12, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Tift, Worth62 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.