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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 29, 2021Decatur County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2021, 5:37 PM EDT for Decatur County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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 29, 2021, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Decatur County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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 29, 5:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Fowlstown, GA	TREE DOWN RESULTING IN A POWER OUTAGE AS REPORTED ON THE GEORGIA POWER OUTAGE WEBSITE.
Jun 29, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Bainbridge, GA	REPORT OF SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN DECATUR COUNTY.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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: 990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

131 
WUUS52 KTAE 292137
SVRTAE
GAC087-292230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0177.210629T2137Z-210629T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
537 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Decatur County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 537 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
  of Bainbridge, moving northwest at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Bainbridge, West Bainbridge, Attapulgus, Climax, Brinson, Vada,
  Hanover, Ausmac, Eldorendo, Decatur Co A/P, Steinham Store,
  Laingkat, Fowlstown, Cyrene, Amsterdam and Faceville.

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 3108 8438 3072 8438 3069 8448 3070 8461
      3097 8476 3104 8475 3104 8474 3105 8473
      3107 8473 3107 8465 3108 8464
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 142DEG 13KT 3078 8449 

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

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1 follow-up statement

696 
WWUS52 KTAE 292210
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
610 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

GAC087-292230-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-210629T2230Z/
Decatur GA-
610 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY...

At 610 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West
Bainbridge, or near Bainbridge, moving northwest at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Bainbridge, West Bainbridge, Climax, Brinson, Vada, Hanover, Ausmac,
Cyrene, Eldorendo, Decatur Co A/P and Steinham Store.

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 3086 8438 3085 8456 3081 8467 3097 8476
      3104 8475 3104 8474 3105 8473 3107 8473
      3107 8465 3108 8464 3108 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 140DEG 17KT 3094 8465 

HAIL...<.75IN
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 29, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	43 min
Jun 29, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Cook, Lowndes	45 min
Jun 29, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Thomas, Worth	61 min
Jun 29, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Tift, Turner, Worth	66 min
Jun 29, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas, Worth	61 min
Jun 29, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	66 min
Jun 29, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Miller	41 min
Jun 29, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Lee, Quitman, Randolph and 1 more	54 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.