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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 12, 20235 counties in Georgia; Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 2023, 7:15 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. 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: Jan 12, 2023, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2023, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

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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, 6:46 PM EST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 6:46 PM EST, 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 12, 6:03 PM EST, 1 hour 12 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).

&&

KGG

Local storm report, Jan 12, 6:06 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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

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

&&

KGG

Local storm report, Jan 12, 6:12 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 6:59 PM EST, 16 minutes before

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

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JONES CROSSING          31.64N 84.97W
01/12/2023                   CLAY               GA   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREES DOWN ON SR-266 BEFORE BETHEL CHURCH
            RD.

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KGG

Local storm report, Jan 12, 7:01 PM EST, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 7:09 PM EST, 6 minutes before

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

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

0534 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W PACHITLA            31.75N 84.73W
01/12/2023                   RANDOLPH           GA   PUBLIC

            A FEW TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN
            ACROSS THE COUNTY.

&&

KGG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 7:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson	38 min
Jan 12, 7:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	66 min
Jan 12, 8:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	45 min
Jan 12, 8:18 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		117 min
Jan 12, 8:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	52 min
Jan 12, 8:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	44 min
Jan 12, 8:53 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		67 min
Jan 12, 9:28 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 12, 10:08 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 12, 10:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	46 min
Jan 12, 10:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	31 min
Jan 12, 11:24 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		53 min
Jan 12, 11:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	33 min
Jan 13, 12:07 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		83 min
Jan 13, 12:09 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	36 min
Jan 12, 7:19 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	26 min
Jan 12, 7:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Turner, Worth	61 min
Jan 12, 7:38 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	37 min
Jan 12, 8:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Tift, Worth	17 min
Jan 12, 8:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Mitchell and 3 more	36 min
Jan 12, 9:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	27 min
Jan 12, 9:07 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook	53 min
Jan 12, 9:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas	64 min

Nearby

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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.