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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 28, 20217 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2021, 7:22 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 28, 2021, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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
Jul 28, 7:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wnw Cook Co A/P, GA	TREE DOWN WEST OF ADEL. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 28, 7:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Barney, GA	TREE DOWN ON ADEL HIGHWAY NORTH OF MORVEN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 679 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

933 
WUUS52 KTAE 282322
SVRTAE
GAC019-027-071-075-275-277-321-290000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0201.210728T2322Z-210729T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
722 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Cook County in south central Georgia...
  West central Berrien County in south central Georgia...
  Northeastern Thomas County in south central Georgia...
  Northwestern Brooks County in south central Georgia...
  Colquitt County in south central Georgia...
  Southern Tift County in south central Georgia...
  Southeastern Worth County in south central Georgia...

* Until 800 PM EDT.

* At 722 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lenox, or 11
  miles northwest of Adel, moving southwest at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Tifton, Moultrie, Adel, Sparks, Omega, Norman Park, Lenox, Doerun,
  Pavo, Coolidge, Phillipsburg, Unionville, Riverside, Schley,
  Morven, Berlin, Funston, Barwick, Ellenton and Reed Bingham State
  Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3103 8345 3103 8347 3100 8346 3077 8362
      3095 8400 3132 8400 3151 8343 3126 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 048DEG 35KT 3127 8354 

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

21-WD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 8:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	46 min
Jul 27, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	30 min
Jul 28, 2:34 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	28 hr
Jul 28, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	41 min
Jul 28, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift, Turner	46 min
Jul 28, 6:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Thomas	114 min
Jul 28, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Lanier	30 min
Jul 28, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift, Turner	50 min
Jul 28, 6:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Grady	114 min
Jul 28, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	45 min
Jul 28, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	46 min
Jul 28, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas	34 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.