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Tornado Watch 133
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 13, 2023, 5:40 AM CDT for 6 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 11 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2023, 5:40 AM CDT (10:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 33 counties
Coffee County, AL, Covington County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 6:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 33 min |
| Apr 13, 7:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Worth | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 1:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Coosa, Lee, Russell, Tallapoosa | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Orange, Putnam and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brevard, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Lake, Marion and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Broward, Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach, Saint Lucie | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atkinson, Baker, Berrien, Calhoun, Clinch, Coffee and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 54 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Bibb, Bleckley, Bulloch, Candler, Chattahoochee and 31 more | 115 min |
| Apr 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Bibb, Bleckley, Candler, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 23 more | 89 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.