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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 15, 2021Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2021, 2:08 PM CST for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2021, 2:08 PM CST (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2021, 2:25 PM CST
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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.

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

842 
WUUS52 KTAE 152008
SVRTAE
ALC031-061-152045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0016.210215T2008Z-210215T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
208 PM CST Mon Feb 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...
  Central Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 245 PM CST.

* At 207 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 8 miles west of Ariton to near Geneva, moving
  northeast at 70 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...
  Geneva, Enterprise, Fort Rucker, New Brockton, Coffee Springs,
  Chancellor, Mixons Crossroads, Lytle, Lucile, Turner Crossroads,
  Lowry Mill, Central City, Geneva Municipal A/P, Clintonville,
  Roeton, Camp Alaflo Bsa, Clowers Crossroads, Arcus, Enterprise
  Municipal A/P and Woodland Grove Church.

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 3162 8580 3099 8579 3100 8597 3162 8599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 219DEG 60KT 3158 8586 3106 8584 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

641 
WWUS52 KTAE 152025
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
225 PM CST Mon Feb 15 2021

ALC031-061-152035-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210215T2045Z/
Coffee AL-Geneva AL-
225 PM CST Mon Feb 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN COFFEE AND CENTRAL
GENEVA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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.

LAT...LON 3162 8580 3099 8579 3100 8597 3162 8599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 219DEG 60KT 3181 8564 3129 8562 

$$

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The 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, 1:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.