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Special Marine Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 30, 2004

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special marine warning at Apr 30, 2004, 1:10 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2004, 1:10 PM EDT (17:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2004, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

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 Apr 30, 10:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 10:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 5:49 AM EDT, 7 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
549 AM EDT FRI APR 30 2004

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750-
755-770-775-010949-
BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA-
CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL-
GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL-
INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL-
LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA-
MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA-
THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA-
549 AM EDT FRI APR 30 2004

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA TODAY AND
INTERACT WITH A WEAK WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND/OR AFTERNOON SEABREEZE
TO GENERATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW
STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...
GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND
YIELDING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED MAINLY AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY CROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY
PROVIDING CONTINUED INSTABILITY. IN ITS WAKE...HIGH PRESSURE AND
DRIER AIR SHOULD FILTER IN THROUGH MIDWEEK.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...AND SPOTTER
ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

THEE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. SWIMMERS AND BEACHGOERS
SHOULD REMAIN VIGILENT IN IMPACTED AREAS.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS.

24-BLOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton43 min
Apr 29, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton46 min
Apr 29, 10:44 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Washington31 min
Apr 30, 7:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor22 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Florida, 2004Every special marine warning in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.