Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2021, 5:04 AM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 56 min. 3 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
- Mar 18, 2021, 5:04 AM CDT (10:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 5:32 AM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw W. Main/Brannon S, AL | SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Mar 18, 5:51 AM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Kinsey, AL | TDS OBSERVED ON RADAR IN FORESTED AREA WITH TREE DAMAGE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED. |
| Mar 18, 5:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Abbeville, AL | TREES REPORTED DOWN IN ABBEVILLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS52 KTAE 181004
SVRTAE
ALC031-045-067-069-181100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0028.210318T1004Z-210318T1100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
504 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
Southwestern Henry County in southeastern Alabama...
Southeastern Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...
Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
* Until 600 AM CDT.
* At 503 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Enterprise to near Slocomb, moving northeast at 60
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Daleville, Abbeville, Cottonwood, Enterprise, Headland, Dothan,
Fort Rucker, Ozark, Taylor, Midland City, Kinsey, Ashford, Level
Plains, Cowarts, Newton, Webb, New Brockton, Pinckard, Rehobeth and
Clayhatchee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for southeastern
Alabama...and the Panhandle of Florida.
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 3100 8523 3100 8549 3120 8549 3120 8585
3131 8597 3162 8562 3163 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1003Z 216DEG 51KT 3133 8586 3112 8564
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
001
WWUS52 KTAE 181023
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
523 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021
ALC031-181032-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210318T1100Z/
Coffee AL-
523 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for southeastern
Alabama...and the Panhandle of Florida.
LAT...LON 3100 8523 3100 8549 3120 8549 3120 8570
3127 8572 3162 8562 3163 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1022Z 240DEG 36KT 3133 8566 3112 8544
$$
ALC045-067-069-181100-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210318T1100Z/
Dale AL-Henry AL-Houston AL-
523 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
FOR DALE...SOUTHWESTERN HENRY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES...
At 522 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Newton to near Taylor, moving northeast at 40
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Daleville, Abbeville, Cottonwood, Headland, Dothan, Ozark, Fort
Rucker, Taylor, Midland City, Kinsey, Ashford, Cowarts, Newton, Webb,
Pinckard, Rehobeth, Clayhatchee, Grimes, Avon and Newville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for southeastern
Alabama...and the Panhandle of Florida.
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 3100 8523 3100 8549 3120 8549 3120 8570
3127 8572 3162 8562 3163 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1022Z 240DEG 36KT 3133 8566 3112 8544
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry | 86 min |
| Mar 18, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 5:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 49 min |
| Mar 18, 6:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 51 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.