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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2021, 6:54 PM EDT for Gadsden County, Jackson County, Florida; 8 counties in Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Houston County, AL, Gadsden County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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 31, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Bascom, FL | TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 2. |
| Mar 31, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 41 | Decatur Co A/P, GA | AWOS STATION KBGE BAINBRIDGE. |
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, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
430
WUUS52 KTAE 312254
SVRTAE
ALC069-FLC039-063-GAC007-037-087-099-131-201-205-253-312345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0044.210331T2254Z-210331T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
654 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
Northeastern Jackson County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Northwestern Gadsden County in Big Bend of Florida...
Decatur County in southwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Grady County in southwestern Georgia...
Miller County in southwestern Georgia...
Mitchell County in southwestern Georgia...
Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
South central Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
Seminole County in southwestern Georgia...
Central Early County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 745 PM EDT/645 PM CDT/.
* At 654 PM EDT/554 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along
a line extending from near Leary to near Colquitt to near
Cottonwood, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Colquitt, Cottonwood, Newton, Bainbridge, Donalsonville, Pelham,
Camilla, Arlington, Whigham, West Bainbridge, Chattahoochee,
Douglasville, Malone, Sneads, Grand Ridge, Greenwood, Sale City,
Gordon, Iron City and Climax.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3127 8400 3087 8428 3063 8497 3106 8533
3126 8488 3149 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 284DEG 48KT 3141 8452 3120 8476 3103 8523
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
72-BUNKER1 follow-up statement
204
WWUS52 KTAE 312327
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
727 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
GAC037-312336-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210331T2345Z/
Calhoun GA-
727 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY
IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT/700 PM
CDT/ for southeastern Alabama...and southwestern Georgia.
LAT...LON 3127 8400 3087 8428 3063 8497 3102 8529
3122 8473 3140 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 318DEG 27KT 3093 8404 3086 8452 3082 8508
$$
ALC069-FLC039-063-GAC007-087-099-131-201-205-253-312345-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210331T2345Z/
Houston AL-Jackson FL-Gadsden FL-Decatur GA-Grady GA-Miller GA-
Mitchell GA-Baker GA-Seminole GA-Early GA-
727 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM
EDT/645 PM CDT/ FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...
NORTHWESTERN GADSDEN...DECATUR...NORTHWESTERN GRADY...MILLER...
MITCHELL...CENTRAL BAKER...SEMINOLE AND SOUTHEASTERN EARLY
COUNTIES...
At 726 PM EDT/626 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from near Ochlocknee to near Bainbridge to 10 miles
east of Marianna, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Colquitt, Newton, Bainbridge, Donalsonville, Pelham, Camilla,
Whigham, West Bainbridge, Chattahoochee, Malone, Sneads, Grand Ridge,
Greenwood, Sale City, Iron City, Climax, Brinson, Jakin, Bascom and
Crosby.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3127 8400 3087 8428 3063 8497 3102 8529
3122 8473 3140 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 318DEG 27KT 3093 8404 3086 8452 3082 8508
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:00 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Gulf | 47 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 59 hr | |
| Mar 31, 5:07 AM EDT | Gale Warning | TAE | 33 hr | |
| Mar 31, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Mitchell and 1 more | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early, Miller | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 17 min |
| Mar 31, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry, Houston | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 9 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.