Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2021, 7:57 AM CDT for Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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
- Apr 9, 2021, 7:57 AM CDT (12:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:28 AM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Cottonwood, AL | REPORT OF 1.5 INCH HAIL NEAR COTTONWOOD. |
| Apr 9, 8:37 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashford, AL | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR ASHFORD. |
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
061
WUUS52 KTAE 091257
SVRTAE
ALC061-069-091400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0053.210409T1257Z-210409T1400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
757 AM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
Eastern Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
* Until 900 AM CDT.
* At 757 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Graceville,
moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Cottonwood, Dothan, Ashford, Cowarts, Webb, Rehobeth, Avon, Madrid,
Gordon, Memphis, Pansey, Grangeburg, Garretts Crossroads, Enon,
Lovetown, Wilson Mill, Southern Junction, Sealy Springs, Barber and
Olympia Spa Resort.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Tallahassee.
&&
LAT...LON 3114 8543 3127 8528 3120 8511 3119 8511
3118 8510 3117 8510 3116 8509 3116 8508
3115 8507 3100 8518 3100 8557
TIME...MOT...LOC 1257Z 225DEG 23KT 3096 8549
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 61 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.