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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2021, 1:20 PM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2021, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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.

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, 5:22 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

686 
WFUS52 KTAE 241820
TORTAE
ALC031-045-061-241900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0036.210424T1820Z-210424T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
120 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
  Southern Coffee County in southeastern Alabama...
  Northwestern Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 200 PM CDT.
    
* At 119 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles north of Florala, moving east at 35 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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Samson around 140 PM CDT.
  Enterprise and New Brockton around 200 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Chancellor, Perry Store, Lytle, Lucile, Marl, Ino, Turner Crossroads,
Central City, Logan Field Municipal A/P and Clintonville.

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 3145 8582 3109 8571 3106 8619 3130 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 253DEG 32KT 3114 8629 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

72-BUNKER

1 follow-up statement

727 
WWUS52 KTAE 241846
SVSTAE

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

ALC031-045-061-241900-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210424T1900Z/
Dale AL-Coffee AL-Geneva AL-
146 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DALE...SOUTHERN COFFEE AND NORTHWESTERN GENEVA
COUNTIES...
    
At 146 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles north of Samson, or 13 miles southwest of
Enterprise, moving east at 35 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.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  New Brockton around 200 PM CDT.
  Enterprise around 205 PM CDT.
  Level Plains around 215 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Chancellor, Lucile, Ino, Turner Crossroads, Central City, Cool
Springs, Clintonville, Battens Crossroads, Coffee Springs and Shell
Army Field.

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 3145 8582 3114 8573 3115 8607 3127 8613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 253DEG 32KT 3121 8602 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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, 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, 5:04 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.