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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 20214 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 1:15 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 60 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, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2:03 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Elba, AL	TREE DOWN AT 860 OLD SAMSON ROAD.
Apr 24, 2:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ese Elba, AL	TREE DOWN ON STROUD AVE.
Apr 24, 2:11 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Richburg, AL	TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 248.

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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

163 
WUUS52 KTAE 241815
SVRTAE
ALC031-045-061-069-241915-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0085.210424T1815Z-210424T1915Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
  Southern Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...
  Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
  Western Houston County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 215 PM CDT.

* At 115 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
  Opp, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Daleville, Elba, Geneva, Enterprise, Fort Rucker, Ozark, Hartford,
  Level Plains, Slocomb, Samson, Newton, New Brockton, Pinckard,
  Malvern, Clayhatchee, Kinston, Coffee Springs, Black, Kellys
  Crossroads and Hunt Field.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM CDT for southeastern
Alabama.

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3153 8561 3102 8547 3102 8619 3138 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 255DEG 41KT 3114 8628 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	22 hr
Apr 24, 1:00 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	18 hr
Apr 24, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	59 min
Apr 24, 7:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	93 min
Apr 24, 7:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	31 min
Apr 24, 7:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	27 min
Apr 24, 7:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	53 min
Apr 24, 9:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Geneva, Houston	119 min
Apr 24, 9:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Geneva, Houston	3 hr
Apr 24, 11:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Houston	3 hr
Apr 24, 11:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva, Houston	64 min
Apr 24, 12:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee, Dale	67 min
Apr 24, 1:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	40 min
Apr 24, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	63 min
Apr 24, 2:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry, Houston	19 min
Apr 24, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	56 min
Apr 24, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	44 min
Apr 24, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry	51 min
Apr 24, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee	41 min
Apr 24, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Henry	63 min
Apr 24, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	37 min
Apr 24, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee	31 min
Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	40 min
Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	66 min
Apr 24, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	43 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.