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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2021, 7:01 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia; Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 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, 7:01 AM EDT (11:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Seminole County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 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, 7:10 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 3 Nw Donalsonville, GA | AWOS STATION K17J DONALSONVILLE AIRPORT. |
| Mar 18, 7:35 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Cedar Springs, GA | A FEW TREES REPORTED DOWN BETWEEN BLAKELY AND JAKIN IN EARLY COUNTY. |
| Mar 18, 7:44 AM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Sse Early Co A/P, GA | TDS OBSERVED ON RADAR IN A FORESTED AREA WITH TREE DAMAGE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED. |
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 18, 12:02 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
619 WUUS52 KTAE 181101 SVRTAE ALC067-069-GAC037-061-099-201-253-181200- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0030.210318T1101Z-210318T1200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 701 AM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021 The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Henry County in southeastern Alabama... Eastern Houston County in southeastern Alabama... Western Miller County in southwestern Georgia... Southeastern Clay County in southwestern Georgia... Western Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia... Early County in southwestern Georgia... Northwestern Seminole County in southwestern Georgia... * Until 800 AM EDT/700 AM CDT/. * At 701 AM EDT/601 AM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Headland to near Cottonwood, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Abbeville, Cottonwood, Donalsonville, Blakely, Headland, Dothan, Kinsey, Ashford, Cowarts, Edison, Webb, Columbia, Centerville, Avon, Newville, Gordon, Jakin, Haleburg, Bluffton and Crosby. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EDT/800 AM CDT/ for southeastern Alabama...and southwestern Georgia. 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 3160 8472 3101 8484 3107 8538 3155 8531 TIME...MOT...LOC 1101Z 262DEG 19KT 3141 8527 3112 8534 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 7:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 7:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Quitman and 2 more | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 8:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 10:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin and 5 more | 94 min |
| Mar 18, 10:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 12:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 4:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry | 86 min |
| Mar 18, 5:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 6:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry, Houston | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 6:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 49 min |
| Mar 18, 7:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 30 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.