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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
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 19, 2:07 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Black, AL | 2 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 21 min |
| Jun 19, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 50 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.