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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 31, 2021Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 31, 2021, 1:25 AM EST for Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 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
Dec 31, 2021, 1:25 AM EST (06:25 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 2021, 1:45 AM EST
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Irwin County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-12-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 805 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

482 
WUUS52 KTAE 310625
SVRTAE
GAC155-310645-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0250.211231T0625Z-211231T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
125 AM EST Fri Dec 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

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

* Until 145 AM EST.

* At 125 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ambrose,
  moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  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 3156 8307
      3156 8318 3165 8318 3168 8317 3167 8300
      3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 268DEG 17KT 3162 8309 

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

$$

KR
1 follow-up statement
961 
WWUS52 KTAE 310636
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
136 AM EST Fri Dec 31 2021

GAC155-310646-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0250.000000T0000Z-211231T0645Z/
Irwin GA-
136 AM EST Fri Dec 31 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL IRWIN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 145 AM EST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3166 8301 3164 8301 3164 8303 3162 8303
      3162 8304 3161 8305 3161 8306 3156 8307
      3156 8318 3165 8318 3168 8317 3167 8300
      3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0636Z 268DEG 17KT 3162 8304 

$$

KR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 7:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty35 min
Dec 30, 11:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEIrwin18 min
Dec 31, 12:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEIrwin32 min
Dec 31, 1:19 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEIrwin26 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.