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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 10:54 AM CDT for Holmes County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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 24, 2021, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 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, 11:14 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | De Funiak Springs, FL | TREES KNOCKED DOWN AFTER STORM PASSAGE. |
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 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 447 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 570 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
395 WUUS52 KTAE 241554 SVRTAE FLC059-131-133-241645- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0076.210424T1554Z-210424T1645Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1054 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021 The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Walton County in the Panhandle of Florida... Western Holmes County in the Panhandle of Florida... Central Washington County in the Panhandle of Florida... * Until 1145 AM CDT. * At 1054 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of Crestview, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Vernon, De Funiak Springs, Eglin Air Force Base, Union, Liberty, Live Oak, Ponce De Leon, Caryville, Westville, Hinsons Crossroads, Pond Creek, Oakwood Hills, Cluster Springs, Whitehead Crossroads, Alpine Heights, Cerrogordo, Gritney, Arrant Settlement, De Funiak Spring Airport and Rock Hill. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM CDT for the Panhandle of Florida. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3090 8639 3094 8573 3053 8569 3057 8639 TIME...MOT...LOC 1554Z 265DEG 53KT 3073 8640 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 72-BUNKER
The 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 | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 22 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 59 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, 9:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton | 119 min |
| Apr 24, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton | 3 hr |
| 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, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 11:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| 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, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 64 min |
| 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.