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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 8, 2021Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 8, 2021, 6:41 AM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 19 min. 2 reports 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: Oct 8, 2021, 6:41 AM EDT (10:41 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2021, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 8, 6:45 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ene Osierfield, GA	SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 2 PINE TREES DOWN ACROSS SR-206. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Oct 8, 6:45 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Osierfield, GA	SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF TREE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY IN OSIERFIELD. ALSO A REPORT OF A TRAMPOLINE BLOWN INTO THE HIGHWAY. 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 1651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

694 
WUUS52 KTAE 081041
SVRTAE
GAC017-155-081100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0242.211008T1041Z-211008T1100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
641 AM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Irwin County in south central Georgia...
  Southeastern Ben Hill County in south central Georgia...

* Until 700 AM EDT.

* At 641 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ambrose,
  moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Wray and Osierfield. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3166 8301 3164 8301 3164 8303 3162 8303
      3162 8304 3161 8305 3161 8306 3158 8306
      3158 8309 3168 8313 3175 8300 3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1041Z 240DEG 17KT 3167 8303 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

AH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 4:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Tift, Turner, Worth	47 min
Oct 8, 5:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	42 min
Oct 8, 5:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner	3 hr
Oct 8, 6:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	32 min
Oct 8, 6:58 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	2 hr
Oct 8, 7:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	42 min
Oct 8, 7:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	32 min
Oct 8, 8:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt	34 min
Oct 8, 9:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	2 hr
Oct 8, 12:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	6 hr

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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.