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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 1, 20216 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2021, 7:59 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 61 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: Sep 1, 2021, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Sep 1, 8:09 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Nashville, GA	SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD THAT QUICKLY LIFTED ALONG US 129 NEAR NASHVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.

042 
WUUS52 KTAE 012359
SVRTAE
GAC019-027-071-075-173-185-020100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0240.210901T2359Z-210902T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Cook County in south central Georgia...
  Southeastern Berrien County in south central Georgia...
  Lanier County in south central Georgia...
  Northern Lowndes County in south central Georgia...
  Northwestern Brooks County in south central Georgia...
  Southeastern Colquitt County in south central Georgia...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 759 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 8 miles east of Moultrie to near Nashville, moving
  east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Nashville, Lakeland, Adel, Valdosta, Moultrie, Hahira, Sparks, Ray
  City, Moody Air Force Base, Meigs, Morven, Berlin, Cecil, Ellenton,
  Reed Bingham State Park, Barretts, New Lois, Massee, Greggs and
  Hansell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3086 8330 3103 8370 3118 8373 3124 8322
      3115 8297 3092 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 291DEG 18KT 3113 8365 3118 8319 

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

234 
WWUS52 KTAE 020056
SVSTAE

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

GAC019-027-071-075-173-185-020106-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0240.000000T0000Z-210902T0100Z/
Cook GA-Berrien GA-Lanier GA-Lowndes GA-Brooks GA-Colquitt GA-
856 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COOK...SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN...
LANIER...NORTHERN LOWNDES...NORTHWESTERN BROOKS AND SOUTHEASTERN
COLQUITT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 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 and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3086 8330 3103 8370 3118 8373 3124 8322
      3115 8297 3092 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 291DEG 18KT 3104 8336 3108 8290 

$$

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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, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty, Mitchell, Tift and 1 more	44 min
Sep 1, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier	63 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.