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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2023, 7:22 AM CST for Jackson County, Florida; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2023, 7:22 AM CST (13:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2023, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Houston County, AL, Jackson County, FL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 4, 2:59 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 987 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted.
641
WFUS52 KTAE 041322
TORTAE
ALC069-FLC063-041400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.230104T1322Z-230104T1400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
722 AM CST Wed Jan 4 2023
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
Northwestern Jackson County in the Panhandle of Florida...
* Until 800 AM CST.
* At 722 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southeast of Graceville, moving northeast at 40
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Cottonwood around 740 AM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Malone, Bascom, Jacob City, Grangeburg, Jacobs, Campbellton and
Sills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3109 8523 3098 8500 3097 8499 3083 8540
3090 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1322Z 227DEG 34KT 3090 8540
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
72-BUNKER1 follow-up statement
782
WWUS52 KTAE 041351
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
751 AM CST Wed Jan 4 2023
ALC069-FLC063-041401-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-230104T1400Z/
Houston AL-Jackson FL-
751 AM CST Wed Jan 4 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HOUSTON AND NORTHWESTERN
JACKSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 AM CST...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 AM CST for southeastern
Alabama...the Panhandle of Florida...and southwestern Georgia.
LAT...LON 3109 8523 3098 8500 3097 8499 3083 8540
3090 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 227DEG 34KT 3107 8518
$$
72-BUNKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 1:17 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 65 hr |
| Jan 4, 6:13 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jan 4, 6:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 59 min |
| Jan 4, 6:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 41 min |
| Jan 4, 7:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Washington | 95 min |
| Jan 4, 7:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 19 min |
| Jan 4, 7:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 7:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty, Walton and 1 more | 56 min |
| Jan 4, 7:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jan 4, 8:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 83 min |
| Jan 4, 8:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 58 min |
| Jan 4, 8:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 55 min |
| Jan 4, 9:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 89 min |
| Jan 4, 9:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 44 min |
| Jan 4, 9:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 97 min | |
| Jan 4, 10:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jan 4, 10:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 65 min |
| Jan 4, 11:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 43 min |
| Jan 4, 12:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 40 min |
| Jan 4, 12:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 55 min |
| Jan 4, 12:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 26 min |
| Jan 4, 4:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 46 min |
| Jan 4, 5:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 45 min |
| Jan 4, 5:35 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 115 min |
| Jan 4, 5:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry | 44 min |
| Jan 4, 5:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 41 min |
| Jan 4, 6:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry, Houston | 47 min |
| Jan 4, 7:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 47 min |
| Jan 4, 7:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 7:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 47 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.