Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Hinsons Crossroad, FL | Tree and powerline reported down on Douglas Ferry Rd. |
| Jun 13, 4:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Hinsons Crossroad, FL | Tree 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
JCWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 80 min | |
| Jun 12, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 1:31 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 21 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 68 min |
| Jun 13, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 73 min |
| Jun 13, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 3:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton | 113 min |
| Jun 13, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 37 min | |
| Jun 13, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 23 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.