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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 23, 1999Bay County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 23, 1999, 5:25 AM CST for Bay County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 23, 1999, 5:25 AM CST (11:25 UTC)
Expired: Jan 23, 1999, 6:25 AM CST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bay County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 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
Jan 23, 5:45 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, FL	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. One felled tree damaged a vehicle in Chipley. Tree debris blocked Carter Circle in Greenhead.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 23, 1:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 22, 1:30 PM CST, 15 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 1:30 PM CST, 15 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 23, 4:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	44 min
Jan 23, 5:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	49 min
Jan 23, 6:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	61 min
Jan 23, 4:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale	35 min
Jan 23, 5:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1999 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.