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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 15, 20215 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2021, 3:44 PM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 61 min. 6 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 15, 2021, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 15, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Newport, FL	CORRECTS TIME OF PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM NEWPORT. 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES DOWN.
Jun 15, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wakulla, FL	FALLEN TREES OR LIMBS RESULTED IN A POWER OUTAGE NEAR WOODVILLE HIGHWAY AND SHADEVILLE ROAD AS REPORTED BY DUKE ENERGY.
Jun 15, 4:26 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sopchoppy, FL	RECEIVED A REPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF A TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 15, 4:26 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Sopchoppy, FL	CORRECTS TIME OF PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM SOPCHOPPY. RECEIVED A REPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
Jun 15, 4:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Saint Marks, FL	FALLEN TREES OR LIMBS RESULTED IN A POWER OUTAGE IN THE SAINT MARKS AREAS AS REPORTED ON THE DUKE ENERGY OUTAGE MAP.
Jun 15, 4:38 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Sopchoppy, FL	RECEIVED A REPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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: 2073 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

244 
WUUS52 KTAE 151944
SVRTAE
FLC037-065-073-077-129-152045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0151.210615T1944Z-210615T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
344 PM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Wakulla County in Big Bend of Florida...
  Southeastern Liberty County in Big Bend of Florida...
  Southwestern Jefferson County in Big Bend of Florida...
  Southeastern Leon County in Big Bend of Florida...
  Northeastern Franklin County in Big Bend of Florida...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 344 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles north of
  Carrabelle, moving east at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Carrabelle, St. Marks, Crawfordville, Woodville, Wakulla,
  Sopchoppy, Newport, Carrabelle Beach, Cody, Shadeville, Wakulla
  Springs, Panacea, Poplar Camp, Medart, Buckhorn, Bethel, Natural
  Bridge, Liveoak Island, Curtis Mill and Alligator Point.

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 3005 8486 3027 8442 3042 8402 3011 8398
      3008 8400 3001 8397 3000 8400 3003 8406
      2999 8426 2992 8428 2981 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 259DEG 23KT 3006 8461 

HAIL...0.88IN
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
Jun 15, 3:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	31 min
Jun 15, 7:53 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		37 min
Jun 15, 12:04 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Gulf	36 hr
Jun 15, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	50 min
Jun 15, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	47 min
Jun 15, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	25 min
Jun 15, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	25 min
Jun 15, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Walton	42 min
Jun 15, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	41 min
Jun 15, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	62 min
Jun 15, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	55 min
Jun 15, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	36 min
Jun 15, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	45 min
Jun 15, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	38 min
Jun 15, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		61 min
Jun 15, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	45 min
Jun 15, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun	59 min
Jun 15, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	49 min
Jun 15, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		59 min
Jun 15, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jun 15, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf	39 min
Jun 15, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty	49 min
Jun 15, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	43 min
Jun 15, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jun 15, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	43 min
Jun 15, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf	51 min
Jun 15, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	77 min
Jun 15, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		94 min
Jun 15, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		88 min
Jun 15, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	26 min
Jun 15, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lafayette	41 min
Jun 15, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		95 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.