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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 2021Henry County, Houston County, Alabama; Clay County, Early County, Miller County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT for Henry County, Houston County, Alabama; Clay County, Early County, Miller County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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 31, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wsw Kinsey, AL	TREE DOWN NEAR SUGGS ROAD AND HEADLAND AVE.
Mar 31, 5:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Hilton, GA	1 TREE DOWN ON DAMASCUS HILTON RD IN EARLY, COUNTY.

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 31, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

158 
WUUS52 KTAE 312230
SVRTAE
ALC067-069-GAC061-099-201-312315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0042.210331T2230Z-210331T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
630 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 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...
  Northwestern Miller County in southwestern Georgia...
  South central Clay County in southwestern Georgia...
  Early County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 715 PM EDT/615 PM CDT/.

* At 630 PM EDT/530 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along
  a line extending from 8 miles southeast of Fort Gaines to near
  Blakely to near Columbia to near Ashford, moving southeast at 55
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Blakely, Headland, Kinsey, Ashford, Cowarts, Arlington, Webb,
  Columbia, Centerville, Avon, Gordon, Jakin, Haleburg, Saffold,
  Pansey, Grangeburg, Sigma, Grandberry Crossroads, Enon and Hayes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3145 8479 3144 8479 3144 8475 3141 8469
      3116 8481 3100 8524 3129 8537 3157 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 293DEG 49KT 3155 8493 3141 8498 3135 8508 3123
8524

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

72-BUNKER

1 follow-up statement

926 
WWUS52 KTAE 312310
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
710 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

ALC067-069-GAC061-099-201-312318-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210331T2315Z/
Henry AL-Houston AL-Miller GA-Clay GA-Early GA-
710 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY...EASTERN
HOUSTON...NORTHWESTERN MILLER...SOUTH CENTRAL CLAY AND EARLY COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT/615 PM CDT/...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT/700 PM
CDT/ for southeastern Alabama...and southwestern Georgia.

Remember, a separate Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in 
effect for the southern and eastern Early County until 745 pm EDT.

LAT...LON 3145 8479 3144 8479 3144 8475 3141 8469
      3116 8481 3100 8524 3129 8537 3157 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 293DEG 49KT 3135 8439 3121 8444 3115 8454 3103
8470

$$

AH

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, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	38 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 Tornado observed	TAE	Dale, Henry	9 min
Mar 31, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva, Houston	50 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
Mar 31, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Mitchell and 1 more	48 min
Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas	48 min
Mar 31, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur, Grady	47 min
Mar 31, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas	35 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.