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Tornado Watch 292
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 14, 2023, 11:17 AM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; 45 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2023, 11:17 AM CDT (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2023, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 50 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 60%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 40%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
45 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Randolph | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 12:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Quitman, Randolph | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Randolph, Terrell | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Turner, Worth | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner, Worth | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Worth | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 3:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Lee | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Irwin | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 3:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Mitchell, Turner, Worth | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 80 min |
| Jun 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Terrell | 77 min |
| Jun 14, 4:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Worth | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Tift | 80 min |
| Jun 14, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 69 min |
| Jun 14, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 93 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
- Mesoscale Discussion 1036 Severe potential...watch possible
- Mesoscale Discussion 1040 Tornado watch 291...292
- Mesoscale Discussion 1042 Severe potential...watch possible
- Mesoscale Discussion 1043 Tornado watch 291...292
- Mesoscale Discussion 1044 Severe potential...watch possible
- Mesoscale Discussion 1047 Tornado watch 291...292
- Mesoscale Discussion 1050 Tornado watch 292
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1769 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa and 12 more | 113 min |
| Jun 14, 5:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mobile, Washington | 85 min |
| Jun 14, 9:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Chambers and 27 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:09 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Chambers and 32 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 26 more | 86 min |
| Jun 14, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Elmore, Greene and 8 more | 85 min |
| Jun 14, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 3 more | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Dale, Henry, Houston, Lee, Macon and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Escambia, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Clayton and 28 more | 116 min |
| Jun 14, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty and 6 more | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 2:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 11 more | 113 min |
| Jun 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 20 more | 6 hr |
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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.