Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 3:59 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 12, 2021, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 4:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Garretts Crossroads, AL | A COUPLE OF TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY |
| Aug 12, 4:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Garretts Crossroads, AL | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS A COUPLE OF TREES AND A POWER LINE DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
631
WUUS52 KTAE 122059
SVRTAE
ALC069-122145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0215.210812T2059Z-210812T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
359 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 359 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Taylor to near Ashford, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Cottonwood, Dothan, Taylor, Kinsey, Ashford, Cowarts, Webb,
Columbia, Rehobeth, Avon, Gordon, Memphis, Pansey, Garretts
Crossroads, Sigma, Enon, Wilson Mill, Barber, Merritts Crossroads
and Keytons.
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 3131 8509 3128 8511 3123 8510 3119 8511
3117 8510 3116 8508 3111 8508 3103 8549
3120 8549 3120 8551 3125 8551 3125 8549
3128 8548 3129 8542 3131 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 180DEG 12KT 3114 8549 3120 8514
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
898
WWUS52 KTAE 122118
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
418 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
ALC069-122145-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0215.000000T0000Z-210812T2145Z/
Houston AL-
418 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY...
At 418 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dothan, moving
northwest at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Dothan, Taylor, Kinsey, Green Acres, W. Main/brannon St, Jones
Crossroads and Kelly Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Tallahassee.
&&
LAT...LON 3131 8533 3121 8535 3117 8549 3120 8549
3120 8551 3125 8551 3125 8549 3128 8548
3129 8542 3131 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 150DEG 17KT 3127 8545
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
42-DVD923
WWUS52 KTAE 122135
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
435 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
ALC069-122145-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0215.000000T0000Z-210812T2145Z/
Houston AL-
435 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.
LAT...LON 3131 8533 3121 8535 3117 8549 3120 8549
3120 8551 3125 8551 3125 8549 3128 8548
3129 8542 3131 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 180DEG 12KT 3132 8545
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale, Henry | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 19 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.