Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 12:53 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Madison County, Florida; Brooks County, Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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, 12:53 PM EDT (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Grady County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 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, 1:00 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | Metcalf, GA | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT/IMAGE OF 2-3 INCH HAIL IN METCALF, GA. |
| Apr 24, 1:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Beachton, GA | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT/IMAGE OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN BEACHTON, GA. |
| Apr 24, 1:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Empress, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN BROOKS COUNTY, MOSTLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.
752
WUUS52 KTAE 241653
SVRTAE
FLC065-073-079-GAC027-131-275-241745-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0080.210424T1653Z-210424T1745Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1253 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Jefferson County in Big Bend of Florida...
Northeastern Leon County in Big Bend of Florida...
Northwestern Madison County in Big Bend of Florida...
Southeastern Grady County in southwestern Georgia...
Southern Thomas County in south central Georgia...
Southwestern Brooks County in south central Georgia...
* Until 145 PM EDT.
* At 1253 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
Thomasville, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Monticello, Quitman, Thomasville, Boston, Greenville, Alma, Dills,
Grooverville, Everett, Hamburg, Miccosukee, Lovett, Casa Blanco,
Empress, Brooks Co A/p, Pisgah Church, Lake Miccosukee, Fincher,
Dixie and Moncrief.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM EDT for Big Bend of
Florida...and south central and southwestern Georgia.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows!
&&
LAT...LON 3076 8348 3074 8348 3042 8350 3055 8416
3086 8415 3086 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 268DEG 42KT 3071 8403
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
11-MMThe 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 | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 22 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:00 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 hr |
| 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, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 11:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 12:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon | 30 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, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 2:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 2:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison | 19 min |
| 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, 11:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and 3 more | 4 hr |
| 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, 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 |
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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.