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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 2021Dale County, Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2021, 5:03 PM CDT for Dale County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 9 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: Mar 31, 2021, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2021, 5:12 PM CDT
In force: 9 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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
Mar 31, 5:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Echo, AL	TREE DOWN NEAR 67 N COUNTY (67TH ECHO 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
Mar 31, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

338 
WFUS52 KTAE 312203
TORTAE
ALC045-067-312245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0020.210331T2203Z-210331T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
503 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
  Southwestern Henry County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 503 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 10 miles northeast
  of Ozark, moving southeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Public confirmed tornado.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* The tornado will be near...
  Headland around 520 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Bells
Crossroads, Newville, Tumbleton, Echo, Kirkland Crossroads,
Blackwood, Capps, Grandberry Crossroads, Snells Crossroads and Ewell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3131 8524 3131 8531 3142 8558 3158 8550
      3159 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 292DEG 43KT 3150 8549 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

72-BUNKER

1 follow-up statement

759 
WWUS52 KTAE 312212
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
512 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021

ALC045-067-312221-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210331T2245Z/
Dale AL-Henry AL-
512 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DALE AND SOUTHWESTERN HENRY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been 
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
southeastern Alabama.

LAT...LON 3131 8524 3131 8531 3142 8558 3158 8550
      3159 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 292DEG 43KT 3146 8537 

$$

72-BUNKER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	53 min
Mar 31, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	38 min
Mar 31, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	17 min
Mar 31, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry, Houston	49 min
Mar 31, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva, Houston	50 min
Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	45 min
Mar 31, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Geneva	66 min
Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Houston	51 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.