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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 2021Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 5:04 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Coffee County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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, 5:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nne Roeton, AL	DEBRIS REPORTED ON COUNTY ROAD 105.

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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.

154 
WUUS52 KTAE 242204
SVRTAE
ALC031-242245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0094.210424T2204Z-210424T2245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

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

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 504 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dozier, or 12
  miles south of Luverne, 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...
  Java, Roeton, Chestnut Grove, Clowers Crossroads, Victoria, Frisco,
  Lowry Mill, Wilkinstown, Bluff Spring, Zoar, Jack and Newby.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3153 8616 3154 8616 3154 8614 3162 8615
      3162 8579 3152 8579 3152 8619 3153 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 261DEG 47KT 3155 8634 

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

72-BUNKER

1 follow-up statement

129 
WWUS52 KTAE 242215
SVSTAE

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

ALC031-242245-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210424T2245Z/
Coffee AL-
515 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY...

At 515 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brantley, or 10
miles south of Goshen, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
Java, Roeton, Chestnut Grove, Clowers Crossroads, Victoria, Frisco,
Lowry Mill, Wilkinstown, Bluff Spring, Zoar, Jack and Newby.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3153 8616 3154 8616 3154 8614 3162 8615
      3162 8579 3152 8579 3152 8619 3153 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 261DEG 47KT 3157 8617 

HAIL...1.50IN
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, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry	51 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.