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Tornado Watch 294

June 14, 202326 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 14, 2023, 4:21 PM EDT for 26 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2023, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2023, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 26 counties

Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
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
90%

Warnings issued inside it

18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 4:44 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXCoffee31 min
Jun 14, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatJAXCoffee29 min
Jun 14, 6:19 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXAtkinson26 min
Jun 14, 6:45 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedJAXAtkinson30 min
Jun 14, 6:51 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXAtkinson24 min
Jun 14, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Screven43 min
Jun 14, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Effingham37 min
Jun 14, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson, Clinch37 min
Jun 14, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson32 min
Jun 14, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCandler, Evans, Tattnall33 min
Jun 14, 7:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSEffingham25 min
Jun 14, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton, Clinch, Ware47 min
Jun 14, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Screven30 min
Jun 14, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Long and 1 more31 min
Jun 14, 7:52 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCHSEffingham23 min
Jun 14, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham66 min
Jun 14, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXEchols29 min
Jun 14, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton33 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 687 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 4:07 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Stewart113 min
Jun 14, 11:26 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Berrien, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Cook and 12 more2 hr
Jun 14, 12:17 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Chattahoochee and 39 more6 hr
Jun 14, 2:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly and 22 more86 min
Jun 14, 2:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Clayton and 28 more116 min
Jun 14, 3:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty and 6 more55 min
Jun 14, 3:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 11 more113 min
Jun 14, 4:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt, Crisp and 13 more85 min
Jun 14, 6:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Brooks, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt and 27 more62 min
Jun 14, 6:41 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 19 more5 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.