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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 13, 2023Holmes County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2023, 4:13 PM CDT for Holmes County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2023, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2023, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 4:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Hinsons Crossroad, FLTree and powerline reported down on Douglas Ferry Rd.
Jun 13, 4:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Hinsons Crossroad, FLTree and powerline reported down on Douglas Ferry Rd.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2023-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 950 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
950 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

335 
WUUS52 KTAE 132113
SVRTAE
FLC059-131-133-132215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0252.230613T2113Z-230613T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
413 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2023

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Walton County in the Panhandle of Florida...
  Southern Holmes County in the Panhandle of Florida...
  Northern Washington County in the Panhandle of Florida...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 413 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles west of
  Bonifay, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Vernon, Chipley, Bonifay, Bradford, Ponce De Leon, Caryville,
  Wausau, Westville, Hinsons Crossroads, Brock Crossroad, Douglass
  Crossroad, Whitehead Crossroads, Five Points, Hulaw, Knox Hill,
  Smyrna, Spring Hollow, Poplar Head, Sylvania and Johnson
  Crossroads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3076 8601 3084 8560 3083 8560 3083 8552
      3056 8553 3062 8599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 266DEG 20KT 3072 8590 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

JCW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton57 min
Jun 12, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE80 min
Jun 12, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton47 min
Jun 12, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes51 min
Jun 12, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington28 min
Jun 13, 1:31 AM CDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Gulf, Walton21 hr
Jun 13, 12:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes48 min
Jun 13, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson26 min
Jun 13, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson62 min
Jun 13, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes49 min
Jun 13, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes68 min
Jun 13, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson67 min
Jun 13, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton73 min
Jun 13, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden29 min
Jun 13, 3:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton113 min
Jun 13, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington61 min
Jun 13, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton66 min
Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington65 min
Jun 13, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE37 min
Jun 13, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.