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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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
$$
KR1 follow-up statement
961
WWUS52 KTAE 310636
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
136 AM EST Fri Dec 31 2021
GAC155-310646-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0250.000000T0000Z-211231T0645Z/
Irwin GA-
136 AM EST Fri Dec 31 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL IRWIN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 145 AM EST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3166 8301 3164 8301 3164 8303 3162 8303
3162 8304 3161 8305 3161 8306 3156 8307
3156 8318 3165 8318 3168 8317 3167 8300
3166 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0636Z 268DEG 17KT 3162 8304
$$
KRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 7:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty | 35 min |
| Dec 30, 11:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Irwin | 18 min |
| Dec 31, 12:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Irwin | 32 min |
| Dec 31, 1:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Irwin | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.