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Tornado Watch 67
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 12, 2023, 12:04 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama; 23 counties in Florida; 49 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2023, 12:04 PM CDT (17:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 73 counties
Houston County, AL, Baker County, FL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 50%
Warnings issued inside it
19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Seminole | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas, Tift, Worth | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Tift, Worth | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Washington | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Jeff Davis | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 47 min |
| Mar 12, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Wayne | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lanier, Lowndes | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Echols, Ware | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 41 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 12, 3:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Marengo, Sumter, Washington | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 9:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 6:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Bay, Columbia, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson and 8 more | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 1:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ben Hill, Coffee, Colquitt, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Telfair and 3 more | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Ware | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.