Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 30, 2021, 3:02 PM EST for Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min. 5 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
- Dec 30, 2021, 3:02 PM EST (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2021, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 3:11 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Moultrie, GA | A FEW TREES REPORTED DOWN IN MOULTRIE. |
| Dec 30, 3:19 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Spence Airport, GA | TORNADO CONFIRMED ON THE GROUND SOUTH OF SPENCE FIELD. DAMAGE TO AT LEAST 3 RESIDENCES IN THE AREA. TIME CONFIRMED BY TDS SIGNATURE ON RADAR. |
| Dec 30, 4:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Adel, GA | TREES DOWN AND SOME DEBRIS IN ROADWAYS IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
| Dec 30, 4:02 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Sw Massee, GA | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED IN EASTERN COOK COUNTY WEST OF SR-76. |
| Dec 30, 4:03 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Sw Massee, GA | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN IN EASTERN COOK COUNTY. RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO VIA TDS FROM KVAX 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, 8.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 850 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
618
WUUS52 KTAE 302002
SVRTAE
GAC071-075-302100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0245.211230T2002Z-211230T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
302 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Cook County in south central Georgia...
Southeastern Colquitt County in south central Georgia...
* Until 400 PM EST.
* At 302 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Moultrie,
moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Moultrie, Adel, Sparks, Riverside, Berlin, Funston, Cecil,
Ellenton, Reed Bingham State Park, Cook Co A/P, Pineboro, Massee,
Autreyville, Greggs, Barneyville, Pine Valley, Spence Airport,
South Moultrie, Moultrie Municipal A/P and Laconte.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Tallahassee.
&&
LAT...LON 3104 8334 3105 8342 3105 8350 3107 8357
3108 8357 3105 8361 3105 8388 3121 8388
3122 8333 3119 8333 3116 8330 3111 8332
3107 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 272DEG 26KT 3111 8379
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
534
WWUS52 KTAE 302027
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
327 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021
GAC071-075-302100-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0245.000000T0000Z-211230T2100Z/
Cook GA-Colquitt GA-
327 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST
FOR COOK AND SOUTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTIES...
At 327 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Moultrie, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Adel, Moultrie, Sparks, Berlin, Cecil, Ellenton, Reed Bingham State
Park, Cook Co A/P, Pineboro, Massee, Greggs, Barneyville, Pine
Valley, Spence Airport and Laconte.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Tallahassee.
&&
LAT...LON 3104 8334 3105 8342 3105 8350 3107 8357
3108 8357 3105 8361 3105 8375 3121 8375
3122 8333 3119 8333 3116 8330 3111 8332
3107 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 265DEG 21KT 3113 8364
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 12:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Seminole | 35 min |
| Dec 30, 12:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Seminole | 48 min |
| Dec 30, 1:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Worth | 45 min |
| Dec 30, 1:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Turner | 44 min |
| Dec 30, 1:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Turner | 26 min |
| Dec 30, 1:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty | 51 min |
| Dec 30, 1:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Irwin | 48 min |
| Dec 30, 2:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Mitchell | 39 min |
| Dec 30, 2:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Colquitt | 41 min |
| Dec 30, 3:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 41 min |
| Dec 30, 3:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill | 53 min |
| Dec 30, 3:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Colquitt | 38 min |
| Dec 30, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes | 63 min |
| Dec 30, 4:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook | 44 min |
| Dec 30, 4:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 29 min |
| Dec 30, 4:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph | 36 min |
| Dec 30, 4:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 41 min |
| Dec 30, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Randolph, Terrell | 51 min |
| Dec 30, 5:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 47 min |
| Dec 30, 5:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 44 min |
| Dec 30, 5:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Clay | 34 min |
| Dec 30, 6:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 37 min |
| Dec 30, 6:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker | 30 min |
| Dec 30, 6:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty | 38 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.