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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 17, 2019Holmes County, Jackson County, Florida; Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 17, 2019, 6:40 AM CST for Holmes County, Jackson County, Florida; Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2019, 6:40 AM CST (12:40 UTC)
Expired: Dec 17, 2019, 7:30 AM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Dec 16, 5:52 PM CST, 12 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 5:52 PM CST, 12 hours 48 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
Dec 17, 1:23 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		6 days
Dec 17, 1:38 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Gulf	46 hr
Dec 17, 3:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	28 min
Dec 17, 3:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	28 min
Dec 17, 5:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	47 min
Dec 17, 6:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	28 min
Dec 17, 7:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Jackson	36 min
Dec 17, 7:11 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		94 min
Dec 17, 8:44 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		31 min
Dec 17, 8:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty	47 min
Dec 17, 9:13 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Dec 17, 9:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty	47 min
Dec 17, 10:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty	59 min
Dec 17, 11:00 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Dec 17, 11:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	67 min
Dec 17, 12:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Wakulla	52 min
Dec 17, 12:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	43 min
Dec 17, 12:52 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		113 min
Dec 17, 12:57 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Dec 17, 6:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	17 min
Dec 17, 7:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	48 min
Dec 17, 8:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	38 min
Dec 17, 8:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	46 min
Dec 17, 8:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	36 min
Dec 17, 8:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	39 min
Dec 17, 9:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	42 min
Dec 17, 9:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	49 min
Dec 17, 10:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	36 min
Dec 17, 10:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	44 min
Dec 17, 10:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner	42 min
Dec 17, 10:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	35 min
Dec 17, 11:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	24 min
Dec 17, 11:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	42 min
Dec 17, 12:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	63 min
Dec 17, 2:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	56 min
Dec 17, 2:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	48 min
Dec 17, 3:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston	55 min
Dec 17, 4:17 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	27 min
Dec 17, 4:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Houston	33 min
Dec 17, 6:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.