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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 589, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 9, 2023Clay County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 9, 2023, 8:50 PM EST for Clay County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
Dec 9, 2023, 8:50 PM EST (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Dec 9, 2023, 9:15 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Henry County, AL, Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-12-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Dec 9, 8:16 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 8:16 PM EST, 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 8:38 PM EST, 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
838 PM EST Sat Dec 9 2023

ALZ067-GAZ121-100215-
Henry AL-Clay GA-
838 PM EST Sat Dec 9 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HENRY AND
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EST/815 PM CST/...

At 837 PM EST/737 PM CST/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm near Fort Gaines, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Fort Gaines, Days Crossroads, Shorterville, Walter F. George Lock And
Dam, Walter F George Lake, Standleys Store, Otho, Watson Crossroads,
Double Bridges, Moores Crossroads, Ricks Place, Pecan, Garnersville,
Screamer, Coates, Bagby State Park, Thomas Mill Creek, Jones
Crossing, Bethel, and Cotton Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3178 8508 3177 8507 3178 8496 3172 8496
      3171 8495 3168 8495 3167 8493 3166 8493
      3152 8509 3163 8526 3177 8516 3176 8513
      3177 8512 3178 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 217DEG 34KT 3164 8512

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

21-HANER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 9, 8:42 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEWalton, Washington2 hr
Dec 10, 4:09 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEFranklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla5 hr
Dec 10, 4:33 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 min
Dec 10, 4:54 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 min
Dec 10, 5:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton45 min
Dec 10, 5:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington32 min
Dec 10, 5:47 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes28 min
Dec 10, 6:13 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Dec 10, 6:29 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Washington33 min
Dec 10, 6:46 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEHolmes, Washington17 min
Dec 10, 7:14 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Washington3 hr
Dec 10, 7:20 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson40 min
Dec 10, 7:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay46 min
Dec 10, 7:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden43 min
Dec 10, 8:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty55 min
Dec 10, 8:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 2 more93 min
Dec 10, 8:20 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Dec 10, 8:24 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEGadsden, Liberty21 min
Dec 10, 8:33 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty117 min
Dec 10, 9:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla90 min
Dec 10, 9:18 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEGadsden, Gulf, Liberty117 min
Dec 10, 9:42 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Dec 10, 9:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson85 min
Dec 10, 9:54 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Leon51 min
Dec 10, 10:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison57 min
Dec 10, 10:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Jefferson, Wakulla44 min
Dec 10, 10:41 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELiberty, Wakulla2 hr
Dec 10, 11:07 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE113 min
Dec 10, 11:26 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJefferson, Leon, Wakulla2 hr
Dec 10, 11:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor30 min
Dec 10, 12:51 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Dec 10, 1:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette44 min
Dec 10, 4:39 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor21 days
Dec 10, 4:45 PM ESTWind AdvisoryTAEBay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Taylor, Walton4 hr
Dec 10, 5:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison and 2 more91 min
Dec 10, 6:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison, Taylor61 min
Dec 9, 8:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEClay37 min
Dec 9, 9:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEQuitman20 min
Dec 10, 2:50 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEClay, Quitman25 min
Dec 10, 8:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole36 min
Dec 10, 9:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMitchell40 min
Dec 10, 9:08 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWorth52 min
Dec 10, 12:54 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee36 min
Dec 10, 1:11 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAECoffee, Geneva2 hr
Dec 10, 2:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Henry30 min
Dec 10, 2:22 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEDale, Henry38 min
Dec 10, 5:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee50 min
Dec 10, 7:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHenry40 min
Dec 10, 7:36 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEHenry22 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.