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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 26, 2021Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2021, 5:01 PM EDT for Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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: Jun 26, 2021, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2021, 5:27 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brooks County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 26, 5:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 E I-75 At Exit 22, GA	LOWNDES COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS A TREE DOWN ON CHERRY CREEK RD.
Jun 26, 5:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne I-75 At Exit 22, GA	REPORT OF A TREE DOWN ON VAL DEL ROAD.

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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

320 
WUUS52 KTAE 262101
SVRTAE
GAC027-185-262145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0171.210626T2101Z-210626T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
501 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Lowndes County in south central Georgia...
  East central Brooks County in south central Georgia...

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 500 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Valdosta,
  moving west at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Valdosta, Hahira, I-75 At Exit 16, Remerton, Dasher, I-75 At Exit
  29, Blue Springs, I-75 At Exit 22, I-75 At Exit 11, Valdosta
  Regional Airport and Kinderlou.

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 3073 8317 3077 8351 3103 8340 3103 8335
      3090 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 106DEG 6KT 3084 8323 

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

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3 follow-up statements

448 
WWUS52 KTAE 262110
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
510 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

GAC027-185-262145-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210626T2145Z/
Lowndes GA-Brooks GA-
510 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LOWNDES AND EAST CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTIES...

At 510 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Valdosta,
moving northwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Valdosta, Hahira, I-75 At Exit 16, Remerton, I-75 At Exit 29, I-75 At
Exit 22 and Kinderlou.

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 3078 8323 3081 8349 3103 8340 3103 8335
      3093 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 122DEG 13KT 3093 8334 

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

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758 
WWUS52 KTAE 262119
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
519 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

GAC027-185-262145-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210626T2145Z/
Lowndes GA-Brooks GA-
519 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LOWNDES AND EAST CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTIES...

At 519 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hahira, or near
Valdosta, moving west at 5 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Valdosta, Hahira, Remerton, I-75 At Exit 22 and I-75 At Exit 29. 

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 3082 8330 3085 8347 3103 8340 3103 8335
      3098 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 106DEG 6KT 3093 8336 

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

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167 
WWUS52 KTAE 262127
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
527 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

GAC027-185-262137-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210626T2145Z/
Lowndes GA-Brooks GA-
527 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LOWNDES AND EAST
CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.

LAT...LON 3082 8330 3085 8347 3103 8340 3103 8335
      3098 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 106DEG 6KT 3093 8338 

$$

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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 26, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	32 min
Jun 26, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks	37 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.