Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2021, 1:57 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 63 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
- Feb 15, 2021, 1:57 PM CST (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2021, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2:39 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Arguta, AL | CORRECTS TIME OF PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 SE ARGUTA. TREE ACROSS THE ROAD AT 607 COUNTY ROAD 60. |
| Feb 15, 3:02 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Arguta, AL | TREES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 11:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
786
WUUS52 KTAE 151957
SVRTAE
ALC031-045-061-067-069-152100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0015.210215T1957Z-210215T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
157 PM CST Mon Feb 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
Western Henry County in southeastern Alabama...
Southeastern Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...
Eastern Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
Central Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
* Until 300 PM CST.
* At 157 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 12 miles southwest of Brundidge to 11 miles
northeast of De Funiak Springs, moving northeast at 80 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...
Daleville, Headland, Dothan, Fort Rucker, Ozark, Enterprise,
Hartford, Taylor, Midland City, Kinsey, Level Plains, Slocomb,
Cowarts, Newton, Webb, Ariton, Pinckard, Malvern, Rehobeth and
Clayhatchee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southeastern
Alabama...and the Panhandle of Florida.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3170 8530 3100 8532 3099 8580 3162 8580
3162 8542 3171 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 210DEG 71KT 3158 8596 3080 8596
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
11-MM1 follow-up statement
309
WWUS52 KTAE 152057
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
257 PM CST Mon Feb 15 2021
ALC031-045-061-067-069-152106-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210215T2100Z/
Dale AL-Henry AL-Coffee AL-Geneva AL-Houston AL-
257 PM CST Mon Feb 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DALE...WESTERN HENRY...
SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE...EASTERN GENEVA AND CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM CST...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southeastern
Alabama...and the Panhandle of Florida.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect.
LAT...LON 3170 8530 3100 8532 3099 8580 3162 8580
3162 8542 3171 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 210DEG 71KT 3256 8529 3178 8530
$$
11-MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 1:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 41 min |
| Feb 15, 1:39 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 20 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 17 min |
| Feb 15, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 53 min |
| Feb 15, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 59 min |
| Feb 15, 3:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 57 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.