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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 9, 2021Franklin County, Gulf County, Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2021, 4:44 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 9, 2021, 4:44 AM EDT (08:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2021, 5:15 AM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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
Apr 9, 5:15 AM EDT	HAIL 1	Howard Creek, FL	PHOTO OF HAIL FROM HOWARD CREEK APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST QUARTER SIZE.

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 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 5.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

318 
WUUS52 KTAE 090844
SVRTAE
FLC037-045-077-090915-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0046.210409T0844Z-210409T0915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
444 AM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Gulf County in the Panhandle of Florida...
  Southwestern Liberty County in Big Bend of Florida...
  Northwestern Franklin County in Big Bend of Florida...

* Until 515 AM EDT/415 AM CDT/.

* At 443 AM EDT/343 AM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Port St. Joe, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Port St. Joe, Mexico Beach, Buck Siding, Highland View, Beverly,
  Ward Ridge, Milltown, Howard Creek, Willis Landing, Beacon Hill,
  Hays Place, Dalkeith, Saint Joe Beach, Fort Gadsden and Jones
  Homestead.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2994 8543 2995 8541 2993 8539 2995 8539
      3008 8503 2982 8492 2976 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 253DEG 29KT 2987 8531 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 2:48 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		57 min
Apr 9, 4:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	44 min
Apr 9, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		44 min
Apr 9, 5:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	45 min
Apr 9, 5:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin	35 min
Apr 9, 6:22 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		53 min
Apr 9, 6:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	44 min
Apr 9, 6:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington	56 min
Apr 9, 7:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		113 min
Apr 9, 7:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	38 min
Apr 9, 7:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson	62 min
Apr 9, 7:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Gulf	3 hr
Apr 9, 7:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	46 min
Apr 9, 8:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	44 min
Apr 9, 8:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	27 min
Apr 9, 8:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	43 min
Apr 9, 8:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	55 min
Apr 9, 8:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Apr 9, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Apr 9, 10:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton	3 hr
Apr 9, 10:53 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Apr 9, 11:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay	48 min
Apr 9, 12:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf	41 min
Apr 9, 12:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf	2 hr
Apr 9, 12:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Apr 9, 12:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	47 min
Apr 9, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty, Washington	64 min
Apr 9, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	51 min
Apr 9, 3:07 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		29 hr
Apr 9, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Apr 9, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon and 2 more	48 min
Apr 9, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		95 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.