Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2021, 4:52 PM EST for 9 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Feb 15, 2021, 4:52 PM EST (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2021, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lee County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Terrell County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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, 5:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Vada, GA | TREE DOWN ALONG DELLWOOD ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 97. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
798
WUUS52 KTAE 152152
SVRTAE
GAC007-037-087-095-131-177-201-205-273-152230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0022.210215T2152Z-210215T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
452 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Decatur County in southwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Grady County in southwestern Georgia...
Eastern Miller County in southwestern Georgia...
Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
Mitchell County in southwestern Georgia...
Lee County in southwestern Georgia...
Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
Eastern Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 530 PM EST.
* At 452 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Leary to near Bainbridge, moving northeast at 50
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Newton, Morgan, Albany, Dawson, Leesburg, Pelham, Putney, Camilla,
Baconton, Leary, East Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner
City, Smithville, Walker, Sale City, Sasser, Bronwood, Iveys Mill
and Stocks.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for southwestern
Georgia. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for
south central and southwestern Georgia.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3191 8392 3185 8394 3180 8398 3180 8401
3176 8399 3172 8403 3165 8402 3165 8399
3163 8401 3156 8398 3112 8400 3089 8446
3108 8446 3108 8458 3163 8462 3162 8455
3168 8454 3177 8456 3179 8460 3192 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 240DEG 45KT 3148 8450 3088 8450
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
21-WD1 follow-up statement
304
WWUS52 KTAE 152153
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
453 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
GAC007-037-087-095-131-177-201-205-273-152230-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210215T2230Z/
Decatur GA-Grady GA-Miller GA-Dougherty GA-Mitchell GA-Lee GA-
Baker GA-Calhoun GA-Terrell GA-
453 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR...NORTHWESTERN GRADY...EASTERN MILLER...
DOUGHERTY...MITCHELL...LEE...BAKER...EASTERN CALHOUN AND TERRELL
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
At 453 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Leary to near Bainbridge, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Newton, Morgan, Albany, Dawson, Leesburg, Pelham, Putney, Camilla,
Baconton, Leary, East Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner
City, Smithville, Walker, Sale City, Sasser, Bronwood, Iveys Mill and
Stocks.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for southwestern
Georgia. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for
south central and southwestern Georgia.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3191 8392 3185 8394 3180 8398 3180 8401
3176 8399 3172 8403 3165 8402 3165 8399
3163 8401 3156 8398 3112 8400 3089 8446
3108 8446 3108 8458 3163 8462 3162 8455
3168 8454 3177 8456 3179 8460 3192 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 240DEG 45KT 3148 8450 3088 8450
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
21-WDThe 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, 4:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 6 more | 59 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 |
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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.