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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 1:34 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Madison County, Florida; Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 8 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, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jefferson County, FL, Madison County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Lowndes County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 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, 1:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Empress, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN BROOKS COUNTY, MOSTLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
| Apr 24, 1:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Blue Springs, GA | LINE DOWN AT 5559 INDIA ROAD. |
| Apr 24, 1:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashville, FL | TREES DOWN IN ROADWAY. |
| Apr 24, 2:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E I-75 At Exit 11, GA | TREE DOWN AT 3023 LOCH LAUREL ROAD. |
| Apr 24, 2:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Valdosta Regional, GA | TREE DOWN NEAR MADISON HIGHWAY AND INNER PERIMETER ROAD. |
| Apr 24, 2:08 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | 4 Nne Empress, GA | TWO INCH HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF QUITMAN. |
| Apr 24, 2:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne I-75 At Exit 11, GA | A COUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG CARROLL ULMER ROAD. |
| Apr 24, 2:13 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Valdosta Regional Airpo, GA | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT KVLD. |
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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
683
WUUS52 KTAE 241734
SVRTAE
FLC065-079-GAC027-185-241815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0082.210424T1734Z-210424T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
134 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Jefferson County in Big Bend of Florida...
Northeastern Madison County in Big Bend of Florida...
Southern Lowndes County in south central Georgia...
Southern Brooks County in south central Georgia...
* Until 215 PM EDT.
* At 133 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Quitman,
moving east at 55 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...
Lake Park, Quitman, Valdosta, I-75 At Exit 16, Remerton, Dasher,
Dixie, Twin Lakes, Cherry Lake, Pinetta, Valdosta Regional Airport,
Kinderlou, Pidcock, I-75 At Exit 5, Lovett, Nankin, Empress,
Clyattville, Brooks Co A/p and Blue Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM EDT for Big Bend of
Florida...and south central Georgia.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3085 8309 3083 8309 3083 8310 3080 8310
3080 8312 3079 8313 3063 8314 3063 8328
3062 8327 3059 8326 3055 8326 3061 8371
3083 8372 3087 8303 3085 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 265DEG 46KT 3071 8362
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
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, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 52 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, 1:39 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.