Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 6:29 AM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Geneva County, Alabama; Holmes County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min. 26 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 24, 2021, 6:29 AM CDT (11:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 7:28 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 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 24, 6:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Lee, AL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 359. |
| Apr 24, 6:37 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Curtis, AL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 400. |
| Apr 24, 6:49 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Pine Level, AL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 355. |
| Apr 24, 6:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Wilkinstown, AL | TREES DOWN. |
| Apr 24, 6:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Lee, AL | TREE DOWN ON SOUTH HIGHWAY 189. |
| Apr 24, 6:52 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Lee, AL | TREE DOWN AT 541 COUNTY ROAD 306. |
| Apr 24, 6:54 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kinston, AL | TREES DOWN IN KINSTON. |
| Apr 24, 6:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Carl Folsom A/P, AL | TREE DOWN AT 221 TAYLOR AVE. |
| Apr 24, 6:57 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Holley Store, AL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 460. |
| Apr 24, 6:59 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Fairview, AL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 462. |
| Apr 24, 7:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Mixons Crossroads, AL | TREES DOWN NEAR WAYNE FARMS. |
| Apr 24, 7:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Damascus, AL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 528. |
| Apr 24, 7:02 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Piney Grove, AL | A LARGE TREE FELL ON A CAR PORT AND DAMAGED IT. |
| Apr 24, 7:03 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Asbury, AL | DAMAGE TO SHERIFF DEPUTY VEHICLE FROM FLYING DEBRIS. |
| Apr 24, 7:04 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Turner Crossroads, AL | LINE DOWN AT 2087 COUNTY ROAD 617. |
| Apr 24, 7:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Eanon, AL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 114. |
| Apr 24, 7:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Marvin Chapel, AL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 643 NEAR COUNTY ROAD 655. |
| Apr 24, 7:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Rhoades, AL | TREES DOWN NEAR ALABAMA HIGHWAY 189 AND CR 452 IN COFFEE COUNTY. |
| Apr 24, 7:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Lucile, AL | LINE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 606. |
| Apr 24, 7:06 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Damascus, AL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 625. |
| Apr 24, 7:06 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Mount Pleasant, AL | TREE DOWN AT 1746 COUNTY ROAD 651. |
| Apr 24, 7:07 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Mount Pleasant, AL | LINE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 664. |
| Apr 24, 7:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Coffee Springs, AL | PICTURE OF A BARN COLLAPSED IN COFFEE SPRINGS. |
| Apr 24, 7:11 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Cool Springs, AL | TREE DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD 723 AND 725. |
| Apr 24, 7:11 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Coppinville, AL | TREE DOWN ON IROQUOIS STREET. |
| Apr 24, 7:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Enterprise Municipal A/, AL | 51KT MEASURED GUST AT KEDN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:22 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
859
WUUS52 KTAE 241129
SVRTAE
ALC031-045-061-FLC059-131-241300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0068.210424T1129Z-210424T1300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
629 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...
Western Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
Northwestern Walton County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Western Holmes County in the Panhandle of Florida...
* Until 800 AM CDT.
* At 628 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northwest of Brantley to 9 miles southeast
of Riverview, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Daleville, Elba, De Funiak Springs, Geneva, Enterprise, Fort
Rucker, Ozark, Level Plains, Samson, Newton, New Brockton, Ariton,
Eglin Air Force Base, Lee, Union, Liberty, Paxton, Clayhatchee,
Kinston and Coffee Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM CDT for southeastern
Alabama...and the Panhandle of Florida.
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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 3099 8639 3100 8619 3153 8619 3154 8614
3162 8615 3162 8547 3127 8564 3127 8567
3066 8604 3073 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1128Z 253DEG 41KT 3164 8633 3097 8694
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
911
WWUS52 KTAE 241204
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
704 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
ALC031-045-061-FLC059-131-241300-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-210424T1300Z/
Dale AL-Coffee AL-Geneva AL-Walton FL-Holmes FL-
704 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
FOR DALE...COFFEE...WESTERN GENEVA...NORTHWESTERN WALTON AND WESTERN
HOLMES COUNTIES...
At 704 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Brundidge to near Florala, moving east at 65 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Daleville, Elba, De Funiak Springs, Geneva, Enterprise, Fort Rucker,
Ozark, Level Plains, Samson, Newton, New Brockton, Ariton, Eglin Air
Force Base, Union, Liberty, Paxton, Clayhatchee, Coffee Springs,
Oakwood Hills and Carl Folsom A/p.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM CDT for southeastern
Alabama...and the Panhandle of Florida.
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Tallahassee.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 8639 3100 8619 3138 8612 3149 8604
3162 8593 3162 8547 3127 8564 3127 8567
3066 8604 3073 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1204Z 269DEG 56KT 3165 8578 3099 8624
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
42-DVD490
WWUS52 KTAE 241228
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
728 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
ALC031-045-061-FLC059-131-241238-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-210424T1300Z/
Dale AL-Coffee AL-Geneva AL-Walton FL-Holmes FL-
728 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DALE...COFFEE...WESTERN
GENEVA...NORTHWESTERN WALTON AND WESTERN HOLMES COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM CDT for southeastern
Alabama...and the Panhandle of Florida.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tallahassee.
LAT...LON 3099 8639 3100 8619 3138 8612 3149 8604
3162 8593 3162 8547 3127 8564 3127 8567
3066 8604 3073 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1226Z 253DEG 41KT 3172 8549 3107 8595
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 22 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 18 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 93 min |
| Apr 24, 7:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 7:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 7:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 9:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 119 min |
| Apr 24, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Houston | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 60 min |
| Apr 24, 1:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 66 min |
| Apr 24, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 9:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 9:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 14 min |
| Apr 24, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 11:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 11:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 41 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 12:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison | 19 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.