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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2021, 2:14 PM CDT for Dale County, Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 11 min. 1 report 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 14, 2021, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 2:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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 14, 2:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newville, AL | TREE DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO A BARN REPORTED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 56 AND COUNTY ROAD 99. |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 695 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
403 WUUS52 KTAE 141914 SVRTAE ALC045-067-069-142000- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0217.210814T1914Z-210814T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 214 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021 The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Dale County in southeastern Alabama... Southwestern Henry County in southeastern Alabama... North central Houston County in southeastern Alabama... * Until 300 PM CDT. * At 213 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Headland, moving southwest at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Headland, Dothan, Ozark, Fort Rucker, Midland City, Newton, Pinckard, Kinsey, Grimes, Newville, Napier Field, Bells Crossroads, Hunt Field, Waterford, Tumbleton, Kirkland Crossroads, Snells Crossroads, Ewell, Headland Municipal A/P and Sylvan Grove. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3154 8543 3141 8524 3120 8544 3136 8566 TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 043DEG 9KT 3141 8540 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ 55-SCHOLL
1 follow-up statement
496
WWUS52 KTAE 141925
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
225 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021
ALC045-067-069-141935-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0217.000000T0000Z-210814T2000Z/
Dale AL-Henry AL-Houston AL-
225 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DALE...
SOUTHWESTERN HENRY AND NORTH CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3154 8543 3141 8524 3120 8544 3136 8566
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 043DEG 9KT 3139 8543
$$
55-SCHOLLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 43 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.