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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 57
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 23, 2013, 10:59 AM EDT for 14 counties in Florida; 21 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2013, 10:59 AM EDT (14:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2013, 5:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 35 counties
Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 11:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Coffee | 44 min |
| Mar 23, 11:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Coffee, Pierce and 2 more | 62 min |
| Mar 23, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee | 66 min |
| Mar 23, 12:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee, Union | 58 min |
| Mar 23, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns and 1 more | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford, Clay, Saint Johns | 53 min |
| Mar 23, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Putnam, Saint Johns | 49 min |
| Mar 23, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Flagler, Saint Johns | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 37 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 8:38 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more | 97 min |
| Mar 23, 10:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 12:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 6 more | 89 min |
| Mar 23, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Union | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 1:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 85 min |
| Mar 23, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden and 14 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Brevard, Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton and 4 more | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 3:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 12 more | 83 min |
| Mar 23, 4:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Nassau and 1 more | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 6:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 11 more | 53 min |
Nearby
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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.