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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 20, 2021Calhoun County, Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 20, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 675 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

313 
WUUS52 KTAE 202200
SVRTAE
FLC013-077-202230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0222.210820T2200Z-210820T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
600 PM EDT Fri Aug 20 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Calhoun County in the Panhandle of Florida...
  West central Liberty County in Big Bend of Florida...

* Until 630 PM EDT/530 PM CDT/.

* At 600 PM EDT/500 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 10
  miles south of Blountstown, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Orange, Bristol, Sharpstown, Vilas, Jensen Place, Central City, Red
  Hill, Marysville, Scotts Ferry, Estiffanulga, Wilma, Lewis, Woods,
  Nixon Garden and Hugh Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3021 8516 3039 8514 3043 8483 3012 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 276DEG 8KT 3029 8507 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton56 min
Aug 20, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Washington67 min
Aug 20, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Liberty38 min
Aug 20, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.