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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2021, 9:33 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 9:33 AM EDT (13:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Baker County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 9:42 AM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N Newton, GA |
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, 6:22 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
840
WFUS52 KTAE 241333
TORTAE
GAC007-095-201-205-241400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0033.210424T1333Z-210424T1400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
933 AM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Miller County in southwestern Georgia...
South central Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
Central Mitchell County in southwestern Georgia...
Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 1000 AM EDT.
* At 933 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles west of Newton, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
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.
* Locations impacted include...
Newton, Camilla, Baconton, Hawkinstown, Flint, Milford, Mimsville,
Red Store Crossroads, Hoggard Mill, Greenough, Elmodel Wma and
Patmos.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3125 8407 3121 8455 3139 8458 3143 8451
3148 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 1333Z 256DEG 44KT 3133 8449
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
25-CAMPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:00 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 3 more | 95 min |
| Apr 24, 8:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early, Miller | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 8:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 9:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Early, Miller | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 9:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Terrell and 2 more | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 3 more | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 11:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 11:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Seminole | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Grady, Thomas | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Brooks | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Grady, Thomas | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 1:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 2:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 2:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 4:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Tift | 111 min |
| Apr 24, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Mitchell and 3 more | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift and 2 more | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift, Worth | 80 min |
| Apr 24, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Randolph | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Terrell | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 6:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Tift | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell | 12 min |
| Apr 24, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph, Terrell | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Quitman, Randolph | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 33 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.