Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2021, 4:01 PM EST for 12 counties in Georgia; Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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
- Feb 15, 2021, 4:01 PM EST (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2021, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 4:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Harmony Church Rd, GA | TREES SNAPPED/UPROOTED DEBRIS FLYING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AFTER VERY STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN STALLED CARS FOR ATLEAST 10 MINUTES ON 27. TREES DOWN ON SIDE OF HIGHWAY AS WELL. |
| Feb 15, 4:38 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Ene Damascus, GA | *** 1 INJ *** REPORT FROM EMERGENCY MANAGER IN EARLY COUNTY OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO 1 DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME AND 1 SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEAR DAMASCUS. 1 INJURY REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Feb 15, 4:46 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 65 | 1 Nw Iveys Mill, GA | AG STATION WITH UGA IN NORTHWEST BAKER COUNTY REPORTED A 65MPH WIND GUST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 12:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
783
WUUS52 KTAE 152101
SVRTAE
ALC067-069-GAC007-037-061-087-095-099-201-205-239-243-253-273-152200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0020.210215T2101Z-210215T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
401 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
Eastern Henry County in southeastern Alabama...
Clay County in southwestern Georgia...
Randolph County in southwestern Georgia...
Southwestern Mitchell County in southwestern Georgia...
Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
Early County in southwestern Georgia...
Northern Seminole County in southwestern Georgia...
Southeastern Quitman County in southwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Decatur County in southwestern Georgia...
Miller County in southwestern Georgia...
West central Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
Western Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
Western Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 500 PM EST/400 PM CST/.
* At 401 PM EST/301 PM CST/, severe thunderstorms were located along
a line extending from 6 miles west of Fort Gaines to 7 miles east
of Cottonwood, moving northeast at 75 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...
Colquitt, Fort Gaines, Morgan, Blakely, Dawson, Cuthbert,
Donalsonville, Edison, Arlington, Shellman, Columbia, Leary,
Douglasville, Centerville, Gordon, Iron City, Damascus, Parrott,
Jakin and Bellville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST/600 PM CST/ for
southeastern Alabama...the Panhandle of Florida...and southwestern
Georgia. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 1000 PM EST/900
PM CST/ for southwestern Georgia.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3192 8442 3100 8446 3100 8509 3176 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 226DEG 65KT 3165 8516 3102 8518
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
11-MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2:39 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 20 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 4:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 57 min |
| Feb 15, 4:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 16 min |
| Feb 15, 4:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early, Miller | 19 min |
| Feb 15, 4:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early | 17 min |
| Feb 15, 4:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Grady, Lee and 3 more | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 41 min |
| Feb 15, 2:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 63 min |
| Feb 15, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 17 min |
| Feb 15, 3:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 53 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.