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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 2021Berrien County, Tift County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2021, 8:10 PM EDT for Berrien County, Tift County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Berrien County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 8:26 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Tifton, GA
Apr 24, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOmega, GASEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS EVENING.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2012 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.7
Supercell composite
19.4

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The text

As transmitted.

437 
WFUS52 KTAE 250010
TORTAE
GAC019-277-321-250045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0041.210425T0010Z-210425T0045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Berrien County in south central Georgia...
  Tift County in south central Georgia...
  Southeastern Worth County in south central Georgia...

* Until 845 PM EDT.
    
* At 810 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles northwest of Norman Park, or 11 miles southeast
  of Sylvester, moving east at 55 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...
  Ty Ty around 815 PM EDT.
  Omega around 820 PM EDT.
  Phillipsburg and Unionville around 825 PM EDT.
  Tifton around 830 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Vanceville, Tift Airport, Hillsdale, Eldorado, Fender, Scooterville,
Powelltown, Harding and Brookfield.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3136 8334 3133 8369 3133 8372 3132 8376
      3133 8376 3133 8381 3141 8383 3156 8343
      3155 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 258DEG 46KT 3137 8374 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Randolph and 1 more29 min
Apr 24, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Irwin, Tift, Worth40 min
Apr 24, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Early39 min
Apr 24, 8:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBen Hill, Colquitt, Irwin, Mitchell, Tift, Turner and 1 more3 hr
Apr 24, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth45 min
Apr 24, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift and 1 more68 min
Apr 24, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Randolph and 1 more39 min
Apr 24, 8:48 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Irwin12 min
Apr 24, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes and 1 more54 min
Apr 24, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Turner and 1 more46 min
Apr 24, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes35 min
Apr 24, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Berrien, Colquitt, Irwin, Miller, Mitchell and 2 more75 min
Apr 24, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Thomas44 min
Apr 24, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier, Lowndes30 min
Apr 24, 10:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELanier, Lowndes51 min
Apr 24, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Lowndes47 min
Apr 24, 11:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Thomas51 min
Apr 25, 10:00 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGrady, Thomas58 hr
Apr 25, 10:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes3 days

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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.