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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 13, 20236 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2023, 12:45 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
Apr 13, 2023, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2023, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baker County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 13, 6:40 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 13, 12:42 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2023-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 131 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 2023-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Apr 13, 11:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 11:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Apr 13, 12:04 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 11:34 PM EDTWind AdvisoryTAEFranklin, Gulf5 hr
Apr 13, 1:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Apr 13, 5:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE46 min
Apr 13, 5:53 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE67 min
Apr 13, 7:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay52 min
Apr 13, 7:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Washington33 min
Apr 13, 8:07 AM EDTWind AdvisoryTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington6 hr
Apr 13, 8:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE50 min
Apr 13, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty49 min
Apr 13, 8:38 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Wakulla52 min
Apr 13, 9:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty43 min
Apr 13, 9:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE62 min
Apr 13, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE55 min
Apr 13, 12:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie, Taylor56 min
Apr 13, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGilchrist52 min
Apr 13, 2:00 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE6 hr
Apr 13, 11:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGrady29 min
Apr 13, 11:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGrady, Mitchell51 min
Apr 13, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEThomas32 min
Apr 13, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty, Mitchell40 min
Apr 13, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELowndes43 min
Apr 13, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift, Turner and 1 more70 min
Apr 13, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill25 min
Apr 13, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee39 min

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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.