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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 490, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 30, 2023Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2023, 5:57 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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: Jul 30, 2023, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2023, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Walton County, FL

The radar

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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 Jul 30, 2:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:34 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 5:34 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 5:36 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
636 PM EDT Sun Jul 30 2023

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

0542 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 NNE Mission San Luis  30.46N 84.32W
07/30/2023                   Leon               FL   911 Call Center

            Tree down at Ocala Rd and Rumba Way. Time
            estimated by radar.

&&

KGG

Local storm report, Jul 30, 5:44 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
644 PM EDT Sun Jul 30 2023

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

0620 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Pavo                    30.96N 83.74W
07/30/2023                   Thomas             GA   911 Call Center

            Several trees and powerlines down in Pavo.
            Time estimated by radar.

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KGG

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:51 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 5:55 PM CDT, 2 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
Jul 30, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	36 min
Jul 30, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	36 min
Jul 30, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	31 min
Jul 30, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	46 min
Jul 30, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	45 min
Jul 30, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	45 min
Jul 30, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	39 min
Jul 30, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	52 min
Jul 30, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		83 min
Jul 30, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	45 min
Jul 30, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla	40 min
Jul 30, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla	43 min
Jul 30, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	41 min
Jul 30, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Wakulla	39 min
Jul 30, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	56 min
Jul 30, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Leon, Wakulla	52 min
Jul 30, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	43 min
Jul 30, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon	40 min
Jul 30, 4:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Leon	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Suwannee	48 min
Jul 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	65 min
Jul 30, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon	46 min
Jul 30, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	34 min
Jul 30, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	49 min
Jul 30, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Jackson	39 min
Jul 30, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	48 min
Jul 30, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	62 min
Jul 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	45 min
Jul 30, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	28 min
Jul 30, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	41 min
Jul 30, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	46 min
Jul 30, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	45 min
Jul 30, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Jul 30, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	33 min
Jul 30, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	43 min
Jul 30, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	45 min
Jul 30, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	54 min
Jul 29, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Randolph	50 min
Jul 29, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Randolph	45 min
Jul 30, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Randolph, Terrell	43 min
Jul 30, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Irwin	26 min
Jul 30, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty	42 min
Jul 30, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Irwin	42 min
Jul 30, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Lee, Quitman, Randolph and 2 more	56 min
Jul 30, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	39 min
Jul 30, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Early	48 min
Jul 30, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Worth	39 min
Jul 30, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lee, Turner	51 min
Jul 30, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	46 min
Jul 30, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early, Quitman, Randolph	50 min
Jul 30, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Early	30 min
Jul 30, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Turner, Worth	51 min
Jul 30, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	50 min
Jul 30, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Mitchell	42 min
Jul 30, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	39 min
Jul 30, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	35 min
Jul 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lanier, Lowndes	47 min
Jul 30, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur, Grady	39 min
Jul 30, 6:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Lowndes	2 hr
Jul 30, 6:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Lowndes	112 min
Jul 30, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	39 min
Jul 30, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	40 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.