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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 14, 2023Gadsden County, Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2023, 8:53 PM EDT for Gadsden County, Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 14, 2023, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2023, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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
Jun 14, 6:41 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 10 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 9.0

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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 Jun 14, 7:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 7:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:06 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:28 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:42 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:43 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:46 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:50 PM EDT, 3 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
Jun 14, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TAE	Gadsden, Jackson	47 min
Jun 14, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	41 min
Jun 14, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Wakulla	64 min
Jun 14, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jun 14, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison, Taylor	58 min
Jun 14, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		113 min
Jun 14, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor	74 min
Jun 14, 10:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington	84 min
Jun 14, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jun 14, 10:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	56 min
Jun 14, 10:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor	54 min
Jun 14, 11:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	65 min
Jun 14, 11:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Walton, Washington	43 min
Jun 15, 12:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Liberty	65 min
Jun 15, 12:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Jackson	23 min
Jun 15, 12:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla	35 min
Jun 15, 5:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	61 min
Jun 15, 8:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		60 min
Jun 15, 10:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	44 min
Jun 15, 10:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	49 min
Jun 15, 10:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	48 min
Jun 15, 11:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	52 min
Jun 15, 11:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	13 min
Jun 15, 12:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		83 min
Jun 15, 12:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Madison	2 hr
Jun 15, 1:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	3 hr
Jun 15, 2:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	2 hr
Jun 15, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	48 min
Jun 15, 4:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	4 hr
Jun 15, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	81 min
Jun 15, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lafayette, Taylor	76 min
Jun 15, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Jackson	56 min
Jun 15, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jun 15, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	74 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		83 min
Jun 15, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor	3 hr
Jun 15, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		53 min
Jun 15, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	51 min
Jun 15, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	54 min
Jun 15, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jun 14, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 2 more	59 min
Jun 14, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes and 2 more	61 min
Jun 15, 12:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole	42 min
Jun 15, 4:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	41 min
Jun 15, 5:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman	36 min
Jun 15, 6:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell	44 min
Jun 15, 6:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Mitchell, Tift, Worth	53 min
Jun 15, 6:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	47 min
Jun 15, 7:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lee, Turner	43 min
Jun 15, 8:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	38 min
Jun 15, 8:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell and 1 more	50 min
Jun 15, 8:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	47 min
Jun 15, 9:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	42 min
Jun 15, 9:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph	2 hr
Jun 15, 9:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	48 min
Jun 15, 9:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Terrell, Worth	46 min
Jun 15, 10:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	41 min
Jun 15, 10:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift	44 min
Jun 15, 10:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	53 min
Jun 15, 10:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Terrell	6 min
Jun 15, 10:53 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Terrell	3 hr
Jun 15, 10:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	51 min
Jun 15, 10:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Tift	32 min
Jun 15, 11:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Early	44 min
Jun 15, 11:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	43 min
Jun 15, 11:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Mitchell	39 min
Jun 15, 11:47 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early	3 hr
Jun 15, 12:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	43 min
Jun 15, 12:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	113 min
Jun 15, 12:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Thomas	119 min
Jun 15, 12:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Lee	58 min
Jun 15, 12:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	3 hr
Jun 15, 3:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas	4 hr
Jun 14, 11:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	37 min
Jun 15, 4:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry	47 min
Jun 15, 8:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee, Dale	34 min
Jun 15, 9:26 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	49 min
Jun 15, 9:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale	112 min
Jun 15, 10:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	2 hr
Jun 15, 11:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	49 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.