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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 2021Coffee County, Dale County, Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 4:24 PM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 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, Henry County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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, 4:30 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.
Apr 24, 5:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ozark, AL	SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE OZARK AREA.

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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.

227 
WUUS52 KTAE 242124
SVRTAE
ALC031-045-067-242215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0091.210424T2124Z-210424T2215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
  Henry County in southeastern Alabama...
  East central Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 424 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...
  Abbeville, Fort Rucker, Ozark, Headland, Enterprise, Newton, New
  Brockton, Ariton, Newville, Haleburg, Shorterville, Hunt Field,
  Hooper Stage Field, Hayes, Scottsboro Crossroads, Clintonville,
  Ewell, Dale County Lake, Camp Alaflo Bsa and Thomas Mill Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3176 8513 3169 8513 3154 8504 3147 8507
      3137 8509 3135 8588 3140 8593 3147 8592
      3162 8563 3162 8542 3171 8542 3170 8522
      3174 8520 3177 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 259DEG 49KT 3144 8571 

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, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	44 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.