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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 3, 2023Calhoun County, Clay County, Early County, Georgia; Henry County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2023, 5:31 PM EST for Calhoun County, Clay County, Early County, Georgia; Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 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
Jan 3, 2023, 5:31 PM EST (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2023, 6:30 PM EST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 Jan 3, 4:02 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 4:02 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 4:13 AM ESTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton19 hr
Jan 3, 1:55 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Jan 3, 3:00 PM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryTAE19 hr
Jan 3, 3:13 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEDixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 2 more13 hr
Jan 3, 2:37 AM ESTFlood WatchTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph35 hr
Jan 3, 6:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Randolph, Terrell54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.