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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 27, 20214 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 2021, 8:32 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
Jan 27, 2021, 8:32 AM CST (14:32 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 2021, 9:15 AM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 27, 8:36 AM CSTFUNNEL CLOUD2 N Henderson Mill, FLRECEIVED PUBLIC REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD APPROXIMATELY 5 MI NE OF ALTHA NEAR THE CALHOUN/JACKSON COUNTY LINE.

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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

544 
WUUS52 KTAE 271432
SVRTAE
FLC013-039-063-077-271515-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0004.210127T1432Z-210127T1515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
932 AM EST Wed Jan 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Jackson County in the Panhandle of Florida...
  Northeastern Calhoun County in the Panhandle of Florida...
  Northwestern Gadsden County in Big Bend of Florida...
  North central Liberty County in Big Bend of Florida...

* Until 1015 AM EST/915 AM CST/.

* At 932 AM EST/832 AM CST/, a severe thunderstorm was located 11
  miles northwest of Blountstown, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Chattahoochee, Altha, Rock Bluff, Ocheesee, Selman, Hardin Heights,
  Chason, Union City, Henderson Mill, Sink Creek, Willis, Sycamore,
  Alliance, Macedonia, Torreya State Park, Roy, River Junction and
  White Pond.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3052 8522 3064 8522 3070 8481 3049 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 1432Z 264DEG 24KT 3058 8515 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 6:27 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEFranklin, Gulf3 hr
Jan 26, 6:33 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE87 min
Jan 26, 8:34 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryTAE15 hr
Jan 27, 12:50 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE38 hr
Jan 27, 7:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson25 min
Jan 27, 7:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson34 min
Jan 27, 7:38 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson37 min
Jan 27, 7:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun44 min
Jan 27, 8:16 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Washington44 min
Jan 27, 8:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun63 min
Jan 27, 9:10 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Jan 27, 9:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden42 min
Jan 27, 9:54 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Leon66 min
Jan 27, 9:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon, Liberty46 min
Jan 27, 10:11 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla49 min
Jan 27, 10:20 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEGadsden, Leon25 min
Jan 27, 10:34 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon26 min
Jan 27, 10:50 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEJefferson, Leon40 min
Jan 27, 11:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin, Liberty46 min
Jan 27, 11:21 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor39 min
Jan 27, 11:41 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Jan 27, 11:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison50 min
Jan 27, 1:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie, Lafayette82 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.