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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 19, 20214 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 1:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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 19, 2021, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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 19, 2:07 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBlack, AL2 TREES REPORTED DOWN IN BLACK AL.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1367 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 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

As transmitted.

160 
WUUS52 KTAE 191849
SVRTAE
ALC031-045-061-069-191915-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0162.210619T1849Z-210619T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
149 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
  Southeastern Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...
  Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
  Northwestern Houston County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 215 PM CDT.

* At 148 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles west of Geneva to near Bonifay, moving north
  at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Daleville, Geneva, Enterprise, Dothan, Fort Rucker, Hartford,
  Taylor, Midland City, Level Plains, Slocomb, Newton, Pinckard,
  Malvern, Clayhatchee, Coffee Springs, Black, Chancellor, Hollis
  Dairy Road, Kellys Crossroads and Knox Field.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southeastern
Alabama.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

&&

LAT...LON 3134 8596 3133 8548 3100 8549 3100 8596
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 198DEG 42KT 3100 8600 3085 8567 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 9:24 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEGeneva21 min
Jun 19, 11:47 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEHouston28 min
Jun 19, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Geneva44 min
Jun 19, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston62 min
Jun 19, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGeneva, Henry, Houston50 min

Nearby

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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.