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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Queensland, GA | TREE DOWN ALONG KATHLEEN DR. |
| Jun 12, 6:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Westwood, GA | TREE 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Early | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Early, Miller, Seminole | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Calhoun, Dougherty, Irwin, Lee, Randolph and 3 more | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Irwin, Lee, Tift and 2 more | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Tift, Worth | 62 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.