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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 2021Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 3:46 PM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min. 5 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, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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, 4:08 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Elba, AL	TREES DOWN.
Apr 24, 4:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 Se Ozark, AL	REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA ON PINE AVE.
Apr 24, 4:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sse Ozark, AL	TREE DOWN ON HOLIDAY LANE.
Apr 24, 4:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ssw Ozark, AL	TREE DOWN ON POWERLINE.
Apr 24, 4:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wsw Ozark, AL	TREES DOWN ON POWERLINE.

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, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 855 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

130 
WUUS52 KTAE 242046
SVRTAE
ALC031-045-242130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0089.210424T2046Z-210424T2130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
  Northern Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 346 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dozier, or 14
  miles north of Opp, moving east at 55 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...
  Elba, Fort Rucker, Ozark, New Brockton, Ariton, Lee, Pine Level,
  Mixons Crossroads, Curtis, Carl Folsom A/p, Dill, Hooper Stage
  Field, Lowry Mill, Camp Humming Hills, Arguta, Clintonville, Ewell,
  Wise Mill, Roeton and Dale County Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3153 8619 3153 8616 3154 8614 3162 8615
      3162 8560 3140 8555 3137 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 259DEG 47KT 3148 8632 

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

72-BUNKER

1 follow-up statement

227 
WWUS52 KTAE 242119
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
419 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

ALC031-045-242130-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210424T2130Z/
Dale AL-Coffee AL-
419 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN DALE AND NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTIES...

At 419 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fort Rucker,
moving east at 55 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...
Fort Rucker, Ozark, New Brockton, Ariton, Mixons Crossroads, Greater
Salem Church, Dill, Dean Church Road, Hooper Stage Field, Eanon,
Rocky Head, Arguta, Clintonville, Ewell, Beamon, Dale County Lake,
Marley Hill, Tabernacle, Blackwell Field A/p and Camp Alaflo Bsa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3141 8597 3142 8599 3145 8599 3151 8596
      3162 8560 3140 8555 3138 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 255DEG 46KT 3143 8581 

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

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, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston	60 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, 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.