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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2021, 4:37 PM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 31, 2021, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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, Geneva County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 31, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
772 WUUS52 KTAE 312137 SVRTAE ALC031-045-061-312215- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0040.210331T2137Z-210331T2215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 437 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021 The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Dale County in southeastern Alabama... Southern Coffee County in southeastern Alabama... Western Geneva County in southeastern Alabama... * Until 515 PM CDT. * At 436 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles south of Brundidge to 6 miles southwest of Elba to 8 miles east of Riverview, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Daleville, Geneva, Enterprise, Level Plains, Samson, Clayhatchee, Kinston, Coffee Springs, Chancellor, Perry Store, Lytle, Lucile, Gerald, Marl, Ino, Turner Crossroads, Central City, Logan Field Municipal A/P, Geneva Municipal A/P and Goodman. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3132 8619 3132 8567 3099 8585 3100 8619 TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 278DEG 39KT 3163 8584 3133 8614 3105 8691 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 72-BUNKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 17 min |
| Mar 31, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry, Houston | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 9 min |
| Mar 31, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 5:54 PM 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.