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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 25, 2023Coffee County, Dale County, Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 25, 2023, 4:03 AM CST for Coffee County, Dale County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 72 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 25, 2023, 4:03 AM CST (10:03 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2023, 5:15 AM CST
In force: 72 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL

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 25, 3:03 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 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 25, 1:33 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 1:33 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 25, 2:02 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jan 25, 2:59 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
359 AM EST WED JAN 25 2023

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

0358 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 SE SPRINGFIELD        30.16N 85.60W
01/25/2023  M41 MPH          BAY                FL   MESONET

            AMBIENT WEATHER STATION.

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DVD

Local storm report, Jan 25, 3:36 AM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
436 AM EST WED JAN 25 2023

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

0435 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 N MAGNOLIA BEACH      30.19N 85.73W
01/25/2023  M40 MPH          BAY                FL   MESONET

            GULF COAST STATE COLLEGE WEATHERSTEM.

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Local storm report, Jan 25, 3:41 AM CST, 22 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 25, 1:11 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		29 hr
Jan 25, 3:11 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jan 25, 4:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington	97 min
Jan 25, 4:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	15 min
Jan 25, 5:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	29 min
Jan 25, 5:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	16 min
Jan 25, 5:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Washington	90 min
Jan 25, 5:35 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jan 25, 5:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Washington	33 min
Jan 25, 6:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf	38 min
Jan 25, 6:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 2 more	59 min
Jan 25, 7:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson	29 min
Jan 25, 7:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Liberty	30 min
Jan 25, 7:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla	63 min
Jan 25, 7:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	74 min
Jan 25, 8:30 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 25, 8:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	30 min
Jan 25, 8:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	66 min
Jan 25, 9:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	64 min
Jan 25, 9:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon	17 min
Jan 25, 9:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Leon	10 min
Jan 25, 9:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	51 min
Jan 25, 10:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla	61 min
Jan 25, 10:25 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 25, 11:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Taylor	60 min
Jan 25, 12:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison, Taylor	61 min
Jan 25, 12:29 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jan 25, 2:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette	49 min
Jan 25, 3:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	42 min
Jan 25, 6:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Early, Randolph, Terrell	38 min
Jan 25, 7:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Baker, Miller, Mitchell	26 min
Jan 25, 8:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Mitchell	48 min
Jan 25, 8:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Dougherty, Irwin, Mitchell, Tift, Turner and 1 more	36 min
Jan 25, 11:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien	16 min
Jan 25, 12:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	44 min
Jan 25, 5:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	98 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.