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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 2021Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia; Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 12:45 PM EDT for Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia; Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 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, 1:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Nne Hinson, FL	VIDEO OF LARGE HAIL NORTH OF HAVANA.

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, 6:22 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

002 
WUUS52 KTAE 241645
SVRTAE
FLC039-073-GAC087-131-241715-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0079.210424T1645Z-210424T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1245 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Gadsden County in Big Bend of Florida...
  North central Leon County in Big Bend of Florida...
  Southern Decatur County in southwestern Georgia...
  Southwestern Grady County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 115 PM EDT.

* At 1245 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Chattahoochee, or 13 miles northwest of Quincy, moving east at 40
  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...
  Quincy, Havana, Chattahoochee, Gretna, Attapulgus, Freemont,
  Littman, Douglas City, Darsey, Florence, Scotland, Rosedale,
  Jamieson, Recovery, Laingkat, Calvary, Santa Clara, Shady Rest,
  Jinks and Amsterdam.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM EDT for Big Bend of
and the Panhandle of Florida...and southwestern Georgia.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3081 8432 3053 8430 3060 8487 3068 8487
      3070 8486 3073 8487 3074 8487 3075 8486
      3076 8486 3078 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 268DEG 37KT 3068 8478 

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

55-SCHOLL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 1:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	22 hr
Apr 24, 2:00 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	18 hr
Apr 24, 8:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 3 more	95 min
Apr 24, 8:48 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	27 min
Apr 24, 8:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early	53 min
Apr 24, 9:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	35 min
Apr 24, 9:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Terrell and 2 more	62 min
Apr 24, 9:33 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Miller, Mitchell	27 min
Apr 24, 10:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 3 more	65 min
Apr 24, 11:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	40 min
Apr 24, 11:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	48 min
Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and 3 more	4 hr
Apr 24, 12:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Seminole	3 hr
Apr 24, 12:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Grady, Thomas	30 min
Apr 24, 12:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Grady, Thomas	52 min
Apr 24, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	27 min
Apr 24, 1:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TAE	Brooks	3 hr
Apr 24, 1:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	41 min
Apr 24, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Grady, Thomas	51 min
Apr 24, 1:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	3 hr
Apr 24, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lowndes	37 min
Apr 24, 2:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	36 min
Apr 24, 2:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Lowndes	19 min
Apr 24, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early	19 min
Apr 24, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph	56 min
Apr 24, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell	41 min
Apr 24, 4:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Tift	111 min
Apr 24, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Mitchell and 3 more	47 min
Apr 24, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift and 2 more	44 min
Apr 24, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	31 min
Apr 24, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift, Worth	80 min
Apr 24, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Randolph	63 min
Apr 24, 6:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Terrell	38 min
Apr 24, 6:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Tift	3 hr
Apr 24, 7:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell	12 min
Apr 24, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph, Terrell	40 min
Apr 24, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth	52 min
Apr 24, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift	19 min
Apr 24, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Quitman, Randolph	43 min
Apr 24, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift	33 min
Apr 24, 7:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	59 min
Apr 24, 9:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	46 min
Apr 24, 9:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	49 min
Apr 24, 10:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Walton	119 min
Apr 24, 10:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Walton	3 hr
Apr 24, 10:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	42 min
Apr 24, 10:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson, Washington	53 min
Apr 24, 10:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson, Washington	14 min
Apr 24, 11:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	51 min
Apr 24, 12:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	50 min
Apr 24, 12:41 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	41 hr
Apr 24, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	64 min
Apr 24, 1:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	3 hr

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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.