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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 27, 20244 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 2024, 1:26 PM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 81 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 27, 2024, 1:26 PM CST (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Jan 27, 2024, 2:47 PM CST
In force: 81 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 27, 1:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Jan 27, 11:32 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 11:32 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:45 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 27, 12:24 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 27, 12:51 PM CST, 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1251 PM CST Sat Jan 27 2024

ALZ066>069-FLZ009-011-271945-
Dale AL-Henry AL-Geneva AL-Houston AL-Holmes FL-Jackson FL-
1251 PM CST Sat Jan 27 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN DALE...SOUTHWESTERN
HENRY...EASTERN GENEVA...CENTRAL HOUSTON...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND
NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM CST...

At 1251 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles north of Hartford to 6 miles east of
Geneva to 10 miles northeast of De Funiak Springs. Movement was
northeast at 30 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...
Graceville, Headland, Dothan, Fort Novosel, Taylor, Midland City,
Kinsey, Slocomb, Cowarts, Newton, Webb, Pinckard, Malvern, Rehobeth,
Grimes, Avon, Esto, Napier Field, Madrid, and Noma.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3090 8582 3098 8569 3108 8561 3123 8560
      3135 8568 3138 8548 3135 8531 3121 8527
      3104 8535 3096 8544 3092 8557
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 239DEG 26KT 3120 8567 3101 8577 3082 8599

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

97-OLIVER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 26, 7:47 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 3 more	13 hr
Jan 27, 11:52 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Walton	113 min
Jan 27, 12:40 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jan 27, 1:00 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Holmes, Walton	2 hr
Jan 27, 1:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	119 min
Jan 27, 1:34 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jan 27, 1:37 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		44 hr
Jan 27, 2:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson, Washington	44 min
Jan 27, 2:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	55 min
Jan 27, 2:38 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty	52 min
Jan 27, 2:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla	93 min
Jan 27, 3:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden, Jackson	38 min
Jan 27, 3:33 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jan 27, 4:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	28 min
Jan 27, 4:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	44 min
Jan 27, 4:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison, Taylor	56 min
Jan 27, 5:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	40 min
Jan 27, 5:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	61 min
Jan 27, 4:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Thomas	39 min
Jan 27, 4:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty	51 min
Jan 27, 4:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks	50 min
Jan 27, 5:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	54 min
Jan 27, 10:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva	45 min
Jan 27, 12:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Geneva	51 min
Jan 27, 12:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	54 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.