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Special Marine Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 22, 2023

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special marine warning at Jan 22, 2023, 6:57 AM EST. It was in force for 63 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 22, 2023, 6:57 AM EST (11:57 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2023, 8:00 AM EST
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.0 in
Wind: 34.0 mph

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at Jan 22, 6:56 AM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 6:56 AM EST, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 22, 5:23 AM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
523 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023

FLZ007>010-012-108-112-221115-
Coastal Bay FL-Central Walton FL-Holmes FL-Inland Bay FL-
South Walton FL-North Walton FL-Washington FL-
523 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Bay,
Walton, Holmes and western Washington Counties through 615 AM EST/515
AM CST/...

At 523 AM EST/423 AM CST/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southeast of
Florala to Valparaiso. Movement was northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Vernon, Santa Rosa Beach, De Funiak Springs, Bonifay, Eglin Air Force
Base, Union, Liberty, Live Oak, Freeport, Ponce De Leon, Caryville,
Westville, Ebro, Oakwood Hills, Cluster Springs, Whitehead
Crossroads, Villa Tasso, Cerrogordo, Blue Mountain Beach and Gritney.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3039 8639 3038 8633 3042 8631 3039 8626
      3038 8612 3039 8611 3042 8614 3043 8612
      3044 8616 3047 8613 3046 8619 3050 8620
      3048 8622 3046 8639 3092 8639 3096 8593
      3094 8558 3064 8566 3027 8599 3035 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1023Z 246DEG 43KT 3091 8623 3050 8652

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

72-BUNKER

Special weather statement, Jan 22, 6:17 AM EST, 40 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 22, 5:23 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Walton	52 min
Jan 22, 6:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	58 min
Jan 22, 6:29 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		31 min
Jan 22, 7:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington	43 min
Jan 22, 7:56 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		94 min
Jan 22, 8:03 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty	42 min
Jan 22, 8:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty	47 min
Jan 22, 9:30 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Jan 22, 10:56 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	49 min
Jan 22, 11:31 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	119 min
Jan 22, 11:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf, Leon	59 min
Jan 22, 12:23 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla	67 min
Jan 22, 12:26 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	2 hr
Jan 22, 12:57 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon, Wakulla	33 min
Jan 22, 1:03 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		57 min
Jan 22, 2:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Jackson	44 min
Jan 22, 2:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf	46 min
Jan 22, 3:01 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		59 min
Jan 22, 3:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty	65 min
Jan 22, 4:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	65 min
Jan 22, 4:24 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	86 min
Jan 22, 5:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson	51 min
Jan 22, 5:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	76 min
Jan 22, 6:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	62 min
Jan 22, 6:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	47 min
Jan 22, 7:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lee, Terrell	42 min
Jan 22, 7:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Turner, Worth	33 min
Jan 22, 8:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Worth	29 min
Jan 22, 2:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	54 min
Jan 22, 3:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker	39 min
Jan 22, 3:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur, Grady, Mitchell	43 min
Jan 22, 4:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Grady, Thomas, Tift	55 min
Jan 22, 4:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Brooks, Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas	63 min
Jan 22, 5:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook	30 min
Jan 22, 5:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas and 1 more	54 min
Jan 22, 5:13 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	32 min
Jan 22, 5:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TAE	Berrien, Cook	38 min
Jan 22, 5:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	60 min
Jan 22, 5:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Berrien	15 min

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Sources

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