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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 12, 20234 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 2023, 6:36 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 12, 2023, 6:36 PM EST (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Lee County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 12, 3:36 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 12, 4:51 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 4:51 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 12, 5:45 PM EST, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 5:56 PM EST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
556 PM EST THU JAN 12 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSW LAWRENCEVILLE     31.63N 85.28W
01/12/2023                   HENRY              AL   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS
            THE NORTHERN PORTION OF HENRY COUNTY, NORTH
            OF ABBEVILLE. 1 HOME WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

&&

KGG

Special weather statement, Jan 12, 6:02 PM EST, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 6:03 PM EST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
603 PM EST THU JAN 12 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0602 PM     TSTM WND GST     BLACKWELL FIELD A/P     31.43N 85.62W
01/12/2023  M49 MPH          DALE               AL   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            49 MPH GUST MEASURED AT KOZR (43 KT).

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 6:06 PM EST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
606 PM EST THU JAN 12 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
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            ..REMARKS..

0603 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SW HEADLAND MUNICIPAL 31.35N 85.32W
01/12/2023  M63 MPH          HENRY              AL   PUBLIC

            MEASURED WIND GUST OF 63 MPH.

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 6:12 PM EST, 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 3:11 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	28 hr
Jan 12, 3:13 AM EST	Wind Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	19 hr
Jan 12, 2:30 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Jan 12, 3:44 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		91 min
Jan 12, 4:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	36 min
Jan 12, 5:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	42 min
Jan 12, 6:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	45 min
Jan 12, 6:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	58 min
Jan 12, 6:52 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		113 min
Jan 12, 1:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	44 min
Jan 12, 1:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Randolph	46 min
Jan 12, 4:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman	52 min
Jan 12, 5:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman	27 min
Jan 12, 5:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	45 min
Jan 12, 5:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	51 min
Jan 12, 5:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lee, Terrell	43 min
Jan 12, 6:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph	45 min
Jan 12, 6:19 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early	26 min
Jan 12, 6:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 3 more	48 min
Jan 12, 12:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale, Henry	47 min
Jan 12, 12:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	34 min
Jan 12, 12:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry	43 min
Jan 12, 1:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Henry	28 min
Jan 12, 3:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TAE	Coffee	47 min
Jan 12, 3:49 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	26 min
Jan 12, 4:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry	40 min
Jan 12, 4:13 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	32 min
Jan 12, 4:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	32 min
Jan 12, 5:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	29 min
Jan 12, 6:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.