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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 1, 2021Lee County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 9:46 PM EDT for Lee County, Turner County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2021, 9:46 PM EDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lee County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

669 
WUUS52 KTAE 020146
SVRTAE
GAC177-287-321-020215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0206.210802T0146Z-210802T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
946 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Turner County in south central Georgia...
  Lee County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northwestern Worth County in south central Georgia...

* Until 1015 PM EDT.

* At 946 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles west of Cordele to 7 miles southwest of
  Leslie to 6 miles south of Plains, moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Leesburg, Albany, Smithville, Warwick, Starksville, Scrutchins,
  Chokee, Neyami, Philema, Mossy Dell, Oakfield and Stocks.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3191 8392 3188 8393 3186 8393 3185 8394
      3184 8386 3182 8385 3183 8384 3181 8383
      3180 8379 3176 8375 3165 8411 3192 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 320DEG 17KT 3195 8390 3186 8413 3193 8438 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lee, Turner, Worth	49 min
Aug 1, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Lee, Tift, Turner, Worth	47 min
Aug 1, 10:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	34 min
Aug 1, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Worth	47 min
Aug 2, 10:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	5 days
Aug 2, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lee	37 min
Aug 2, 3:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	2 hr
Aug 2, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker	43 min
Aug 2, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien	44 min
Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Worth	23 min
Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Randolph	53 min
Aug 2, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Worth	47 min
Aug 2, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Randolph, Terrell	42 min
Aug 2, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Turner	46 min
Aug 2, 5:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dougherty, Lee, Worth	111 min
Aug 2, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Cook, Lanier	40 min
Aug 2, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lanier	49 min
Aug 2, 7:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	2 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.