Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Tallahassee, FL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
253 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

.SYNOPSIS...ACTIVE WEATHER GOING AT THIS TIME ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA WITH SOME STORMS PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL
HAIL. NO REPORTS OF ANYTHING SEVERE JUST YET. AREA RADARS NOW
SHOWING MAIN LINE OF ACTIVITY MOVING EAST OF TALLAHASSEE AND
APPROACHING OUR EASTERNMOST ZONES. LOOKING BACK TO THE WEST WE ARE
SEEING A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE.

SHORTWAVE TROF NOW MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA PROVIDING SOME
LIFT...BUT BEHIND THE MAIN LINE OF CONVECTION UP IN SE ALABAMA...NOT
TO MUCH IS GOING ON JUST YET. THIS MAY CHANGE LATER THIS EVENING.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT).
MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN SOMEWHAT DECENT AGREEMENT ABOUT THE
SYNOPTIC FEATURES...BUT DIFFER IN THE DETAILS. THE GFS AND
NAM BOTH SHOW THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA AND POSSIBLY CLEARING A VLD TO PFN LINE BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.
EVEN IF THE FRONT DOESNT GET THROUGH...IT IS LIKELY NOT MUCH WET
WEATHER WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY AS WE WILL BE BETWEEN TWO STORM
SYSTEMS. IN FACT...I WAS TEMPTED TO GO WITH A DRY FORECAST IN MY
EASTERN ZONES...BUT DECIDED TO GO WITH AN AVERAGE OF THE MAV/MET MOS
WHICH YIELDS AROUND 20 PERCENT. TEMPS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE TWO.

AS WE MOVE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...THE NAM/GFS BOTH SHOW INCREASING
MOISTURE FROM THE WEST AND FOR THIS REASON THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO
KEEP IN SOME SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS...ESPECIALLY WESTERN SECTIONS. THE
LAST IN A SERIES OF WAVES WILL BE MOVING OUR WAY AND WILL LIKELY BE
IMPACTING US ON SUNDAY.

FOR SUNDAY...BEST CHANCE OF POPS WILL BE IN OUR NORTHERN ZONES.
THERE HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A BIG SHIFT IN THE MODELS TODAY IN THAT
MOST OF THE UPPER SUPPORT AND DYNAMICS NOW APPEARS TO BANK NORTHEAST
INTO THE UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY. THIS IN TURN MEANS THAT THE
COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO
PASS THROUGH THE AREA AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP POPS
UP SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE GA ZONES TO AROUND 40 PERCENT AND THEN 30
POPS ELSEWHERE. WILL SEE RAIN STARTING TO COME TO AN END WESTERN
SECTIONS AROUND DAYBREAK ON MONDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY). RAIN CHANCES WILL END FROM
WEST TO EAST MONDAY AS THE FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH EXIT OUR CWA. WEAK
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION TUESDAY...WITH WEST-EAST RIDGE
AXIS POSITIONED FROM THE NE GULF ACROSS CNTRL FL INTO THE WRN
ATLANTIC FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. THIS PATTERN PROMOTES A
MOIST SWLY FLOW FAVORABLE FOR SCATTERED MAINLY AFTN/EVE CONVECTION.
ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...A CLOSED LOW OVER UPPER MIDWEST PINWHEELS
THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WITH ASSOCIATED TROUGH DEEPENING OVER THE
ERN STATES. THIS WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO OUR CWA AT THAT
TIME...BUT IT APPEARS IT WILL HANG UP OVER OUR FL ZONES ON FRIDAY.
ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE PERIOD.

&&

.MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. OUTSIDE OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS AND SEAS WILL LIKELY BE BELOW CAUTION CRITERIA
UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL INCREASE
WINDS AND SEAS TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND 4 TO 5 FEET. WINDS AND SEAS
WILL DECREASE AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES ON MONDAY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...NO FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS ANTICIPATED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WAYS.

&&

.AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING BY DARK AT ALL TERMS...WITH
SOME LOW STRATUS COMING IN WITH IFR CONDITIONS LIKELY AT ALL TERMS
TOWARD MORNING. FOG MAY ALSO BE A PROBLEM AT THE TERMS AND WILL GO
WITH 1/2SM AT TLH AND 2 TO 3 SM ELSEWHERE. FOR TOMORROW...VFR
CONDITIONS RETURN BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE 18Z TAF
CYCLE WITH RAIN CHANCES TO LOW TO MENTION.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE  65 87 67 86 / 40 20 30 40
PANAMA CITY  71 84 71 82 / 30 30 30 50
DOTHAN       64 86 66 82 / 30 30 40 50
ALBANY       63 85 66 84 / 40 20 40 60
VALDOSTA     64 86 66 85 / 40 20 30 50
CROSS CITY   64 87 65 87 / 30 20 20 20

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
FL...NONE.

AVIATION/FIRE WX...WATSON
PUBLIC/MARINE...GODSEY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
505 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ750-755-770-775-061000-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-
IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL EXTENDING FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
405 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 /505 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006/

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO NORTH TEXAS WILL
DRIFT SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA AND GEORGIA BY THIS EVENING.
THIS FRONT WILL LIFT AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS
TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...MAINLY FROM SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE PANHANDLE
BEACHES. PERSONS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER ONLY IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCED
WITH SWIMMING IN THE SURF. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...MOVE ACROSS
THE CURRENT IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA ON
SATURDAY. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAVE WILL DEVELOP ON THE FRONT TO
THE WEST AND PULL IT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ON SUNDAY AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES...AND EVENTUALLY MOVES THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY.
A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE AREA TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. A MOIST ONSHORE FLOW WILL INTERACT WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES
ALOFT AND THE SEA BREEZE TO DEVELOP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY THE END
OF THE WEEK...ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DIXIE
STATES DRAGGING A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE AREA. WHILE NO WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE WEB SITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE.

8-JAMSKI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
109 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

FLZ016-017-051815-
GADSDEN-LEON-
109 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR GADSDEN AND LEON
COUNTIES...

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

AT 108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF TALLAHASSEE...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TALLAHASSEE BY 115 PM EDT.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO
PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

12-WATSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
127 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

GAZ157-051815-
GRADY-
127 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

AT 125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PELHAM TO WHIGHAM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PELHAM TO 9 MILES WEST OF CAIRO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS
ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

38-GODSEY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
206 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

FLZ018-051830-
JEFFERSON-
206 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

AT 159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES EAST OF WOODVILLE...OR 16 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SAINT MARKS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

ALSO...NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH
THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES
NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

12-WATSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
216 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

GAZ127-129-051900-
TIFT-WORTH-
216 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR TIFT AND WORTH
COUNTIES...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TY TY...OR 9 MILES EAST OF SYLVESTER...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TIFTON BY 235 PM EDT.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

ALSO...NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH
THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES
NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

12-WATSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
237 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

FLZ019-051915-
MADISON-
237 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR MADISON COUNTY...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MADISON BY 300 PM EDT.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO
PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

12-WATSON