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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 1, 20217 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2021, 6:46 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 44 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: Sep 1, 2021, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Baker County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 1050 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

423 
WUUS52 KTAE 012246
SVRTAE
GAC007-071-075-095-205-277-321-012330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0239.210901T2246Z-210901T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
646 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Cook County in south central Georgia...
  Eastern Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northeastern Mitchell County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northeastern Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
  Colquitt County in south central Georgia...
  Southwestern Tift County in south central Georgia...
  Southern Worth County in south central Georgia...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 646 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near East Albany to 6 miles north of Doerun to near
  Ty Ty, moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Albany, Moultrie, Putney, Camilla, Sylvester, Tifton, Omega, Norman
  Park, Baconton, Lenox, Poulan, Doerun, Ty Ty, East Albany, Marine
  Corps Logistics Base, Riverside, Schley, Funston, Sumner and Sale
  City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3123 8426 3108 8378 3121 8338 3154 8362
      3152 8392 3161 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 328DEG 17KT 3155 8415 3141 8388 3144 8368 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement

448 
WWUS52 KTAE 012327
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
727 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

GAC007-071-075-095-205-277-321-012337-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-210901T2330Z/
Cook GA-Dougherty GA-Mitchell GA-Baker GA-Colquitt GA-Tift GA-
Worth GA-
727 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COOK...EASTERN
DOUGHERTY...NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL...NORTHEASTERN BAKER...COLQUITT...
SOUTHWESTERN TIFT AND SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM
EDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.

LAT...LON 3123 8426 3108 8378 3121 8338 3154 8362
      3152 8392 3161 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 328DEG 17KT 3140 8404 3126 8377 3129 8357 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 31, 8:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Randolph	26 min
Aug 31, 8:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Randolph, Terrell	24 min
Sep 1, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Dougherty, Tift	49 min
Sep 1, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier	63 min
Sep 1, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	61 min

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.