Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 1:39 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Madison County, Florida; Brooks County, Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min. 6 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, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 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, 1:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashville, FL | TREES DOWN IN ROADWAY. |
| Apr 24, 2:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Monticello, FL | JEFFERSON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE DOWN BLOCKING THE SOUTH BOUND LANE. |
| Apr 24, 2:08 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | 4 Nne Empress, GA | TWO INCH HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF QUITMAN. |
| Apr 24, 2:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hamburg, FL | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN MADISON COUNTY. GREENVILLE, CHERRY LAKE, LOVETT. |
| Apr 24, 2:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Madison, FL | TREE DOWN ON LITTLE CAT ROAD. |
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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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.
028
WUUS52 KTAE 241739
SVRTAE
FLC065-073-079-GAC027-131-275-241830-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0083.210424T1739Z-210424T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
139 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 230 PM EDT.
* At 139 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
of Monticello, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Monticello, Madison, Quitman, Thomasville, Boston, Barwick, Alma,
Dills, Grooverville, Everett, Hamburg, Miccosukee, Lovett, Nankin,
Empress, Brooks Co A/p, Lake Miccosukee, Fincher, Dixie and Festus.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3046 8341 3057 8411 3087 8411 3091 8348
3076 8346 3076 8348 3075 8348 3069 8345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 272DEG 40KT 3061 8397
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
72-BUNKERThe 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, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 41 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.