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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 20, 20214 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2021, 5:56 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 34 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: Jun 20, 2021, 5:56 AM EDT (09:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2021, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Calhoun County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Terrell County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 19, 8:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 1506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 7.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

025 
WFUS52 KTAE 200956
TORTAE
GAC037-095-177-273-201030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0055.210620T0956Z-210620T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
556 AM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
  Southwestern Lee County in southwestern Georgia...
  Northeastern Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
  Southeastern Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 630 AM EDT.
    
* At 555 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Morgan, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Dougherty, southwestern Lee, northeastern Calhoun and
  southeastern Terrell Counties in southwestern Georgia, including
  the following locations... Clarks Mill, Lockett Crossing, Armena,
  Walker, Cordrays Mill, Chickasawhatchee and Dickey.

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3154 8421 3151 8466 3160 8469 3163 8460
      3162 8459 3163 8459 3164 8458 3162 8458
      3163 8456 3162 8456 3162 8455 3165 8454
      3174 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0955Z 256DEG 28KT 3157 8461 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

890 
WWUS52 KTAE 201020
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
620 AM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

GAC037-095-177-273-201030-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210620T1030Z/
Dougherty GA-Lee GA-Calhoun GA-Terrell GA-
620 AM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DOUGHERTY...SOUTHWESTERN
LEE...NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA WILL EXPIRE AT 630 AM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM EDT for southwestern
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3154 8421 3151 8466 3160 8469 3163 8460
      3162 8459 3163 8459 3164 8458 3162 8458
      3163 8456 3162 8456 3162 8455 3165 8454
      3174 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 256DEG 28KT 3161 8441 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman	59 min
Jun 19, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early	42 min
Jun 19, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Randolph, Seminole and 1 more	63 min
Jun 19, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	61 min
Jun 19, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Terrell	64 min
Jun 19, 11:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Miller, Seminole	80 min
Jun 20, 3:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman	55 min
Jun 20, 3:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	67 min
Jun 20, 3:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	31 min
Jun 20, 5:08 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early	17 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.