Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Tallahassee, FL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1150 AM EDT Fri Jun 28 2013

.NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]...
Active weather should continue through the region during today and
tonight.  The main focus for today should be the ongoing
thunderstorms in North Florida into parts of southern Georgia, and
offshore over the Gulf.  Tonight, another MCS with possible damaging
winds could impact portions of our area.

Surface analysis from 13Z shows a very moist airmass, with dewpoints
in the mid-upper 70s across much of the area. Also, PWAT values
greater than 2 inches currently sit over North Florida and the
Gulf.  Also, in locations that have not already seen convection
develop and receive ample daytime heating, CAPE values could exceed
4000 J/Kg later this afternoon.  These factors point to widespread
thunderstorms continuing into the afternoon over parts of our CWA,
especially over our North Florida and southern Georgia counties.
The main threats from these storms will be heavy rainfall and
frequent lightning, with some potentially gusty winds in the
stronger storms.

Cooler temperatures aloft currently reside over the Mid-South
region, with the morning RAOB from BMX showing steep lapse rates of
8.3 C/Km in the 800-650 mb layer.  Favorable lapse rates extend into
our northwest counties and should persist through the late
afternoon/early evening, when another area of convection should
develop over southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia. This
convection could congeal into an MCS, as shown by the local CAM
models, and progress southward into the Florida Panhandle and
possibly Big Bend regions later this evening.  The main threats from
this feature will be frequent lightning and potentially damaging
winds, with heavy rain also possible in the stronger storms.

After midnight through the early morning hours, convection should
diminish in coverage over much of the region, but enough moisture
and dynamical support will remain to produce some scattered showers
and thunderstorms over north Florida, especially the coastal
regions, and over our marine regions of the Gulf as well.

Highs today should reach the low-mid 90s in areas that receive no
precipitation and breaks in the cloud cover through the afternoon
hours, but remain in the 80s in areas where precipitation and more
cloud cover persists. Muggy conditions will continue through the
night, with lows and dewpoints in the mid-70s across the CWA.

&&

.SHORT TERM [Saturday Through Sunday]...
The period will commence with a continued unusually high
amplification of the large scale pattern. This is highlighted by a
ridge from west coast to Ms River with high centered over 4
corners, and trough ewd into extreme wrn Atlc with axis just east
of local region so NW steering flow will prevail. Trough will
deepen overnight into Sat as shortwave digs from OH Valley into TN
Valley. At surface, low over NE states with cold front swd across
Nrn most AL/GA. South of front, dew points will hover in the mid
70s.

On Sat, the upper trough continues to dig SSW with local steering
flow shifting to W late in day. On Sun, as upper ridge retrogrades
further, abnormally deep Ern trough axis shifts further SWWD into
NRN Gulf with steering flow shifting to SWLY and with best
moisture shifting further Swd each day. This shift in steering
flow would cut off MCS development even further. Rather, it will
bring increasingly deep layer Gulf moisture Nwd and reactivate
Gulf Coast seabreeze which will move further onshore. Also,
deepening trough brings cold front to our doorstep by Sun where it
brings it into marine area (GFS) or stalls it over land (ECMWF and
NAM) keeping juicy unstable airmass over us. Will blend but lean
towards latter solution so will slow down front which keeps in
forecast longer. All this reflected in model soundings which deep
SW tropical plume from surface to H2 and PWATS in excess of 2
inches south of front. All this upper and lower dynamics, good
CAPE (i.e. at 18z Sat, GFS with 3200 j/kg SFC CAPE in SE AL/SW
GA/adjacent FL) but shear noticeably less impressive. This favors
at least strong if not pulse severe storms especially wet
microbursts. If seabreeze/ outflows and passing impulses come
together, more organized severe storms are possible. This pattern
also favors training of cells over what should be already
saturated grounds so locally heavy rain and flooding concerns are
a concern.

Will go with likely POPS for most of the area Sat and Sun, mid to
high sct POPs at night. With ample low level moisture and high
dew points it will feel very sultry. However this will be somewhat
tempered by ample cloud cover. Expect highs only topping out in
the upper 80s to near 90 on Sat and mid to upper 80s on Sun.
However the heat index each day will be in the mid to upper 90s on
Sat and the mid 90s on Sun.

&&

.LONG TERM [Sunday Night through Thursday]...
Unseasonably deep upper trough is forecast to continue slowly
retrograding through the middle of next week, keeping most of the
forecast area under the influence of a moist and unsettled
southwesterly deep layer flow. At the surface, a relatively
stationary frontal boundary will remain in place, roughly
bisecting the forecast area from northeast to southwest early in
the period, before sliding back to the west by the middle of the
week. Areas to the east of this boundary will have the greatest
potential for heavy rain, with lighter amounts expected west of
the boundary. Exactly where this boundary is on a day-to-day basis
remain uncertain, so have kept the PoP gradient somewhat broad,
with the highest PoPs (60s-70s) in the east and lower PoPs
(30-40s) in the west.

&&

.AVIATION [Through 12Z Saturday]...VFR to commence the day, then
VCTS 13z-17z all but VLD then there is higher confidence in
prevailing 17z-03z thunderstorms at TLH and VLD, with MVFR
CIGS/VSBYS in any heavy rain or with stronger storms. Otherwise
VFR conditions will prevail thru 12z except for brief MVFR in any
heavier rain.

&&

.MARINE...
Light Southwesterly flow over the waters is forecast to gradually
increase into the weekend as a frontal boundary approaches from the
north, and the Bermuda high strengthens over the western Atlantic.
This may lead to cautionary conditions well offshore by sunrise Sat
and everywhere during the day, Brief Advisory level conditions are
possible Wrn waters on Sat  spreading to Ern waters  Saturday night.
Thereafter, moderate southwesterly winds are forecast to continue
into early next week. Divided CWF into nearshore and offshore to
account for higher winds and seas offshore.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Average to above average summertime moisture levels will keep Red
Flag conditions out of the forecast for the foreseeable future.
Above average rain chances are expected through the weekend.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
As upper level troughing digs into the Sern U.S., we will enter a
wet pattern. Expect a rainy weekend with around 2-2.5" of rainfall
across the forecast area with locally higher amounts where showers
are heaviest. While this is over a more widespread area than we've
been seeing lately, it is over the course of a 3 day period, and
there are currently no area rivers that are in flood or action
stage. No area rivers are anticipated to reach flood stage at this
time. Some storms with locally higher rainfall amounts may cause
flooding of urban and/or low-lying areas.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Tallahassee   92  74  89  72  89 / 80  50  70  50  60
Panama City   84  79  87  78  86 / 80  50  60  40  50
Dothan        94  75  91  72  90 / 60  60  60  40  40
Albany        93  73  91  72  89 / 60  60  70  50  50
Valdosta      95  75  89  73  89 / 60  40  70  50  60
Cross City    90  75  89  73  89 / 80  40  60  50  60
Apalachicola  87  79  87  78  85 / 80  50  60  40  60

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...None.
GA...None.
AL...None.
GM...None.

&&

NEAR TERM...Godsey/Lahr
SHORT TERM...Block
LONG TERM...Camp
AVIATION...Block
MARINE...Godsey/Lahr/Block
FIRE WEATHER...Godsey/Lahr/Block
HYDROLOGY...Moore/Block

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
208 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

GAZ144-145-281900-
MITCHELL GA-BAKER GA-
208 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BAKER AND MITCHELL
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

AT 204 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWTON BY 215 PM EDT.
  CAMILLA BY 240 PM EDT.
  BACONTON BY 245 PM EDT.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT (8 5 0)
9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3138 8400 3112 8401 3131 8448 3142 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 284DEG 17KT 3134 8437

38-GODSEY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
225 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

GAZ143-155-156-281915-
MILLER GA-DECATUR GA-SEMINOLE GA-
225 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
DECATUR...MILLER AND NORTHEASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

AT 224 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DONALSONVILLE...OR NEAR
ENTERPRISE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT (8 5 0)
9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3119 8454 3100 8454 3103 8486 3116 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 277DEG 19KT 3108 8477

38-GODSEY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
244 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

GAZ129-146-147-281930-
TIFT GA-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
244 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLQUITT...NORTHERN COOK AND TIFT COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

AT 243 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR OMEGA...OR NEAR EXCELSIOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OMEGA BY 250 PM EDT.
  LENOX BY 330 PM EDT.

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT (8 5 0)
9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3135 8344 3130 8344 3127 8340 3123 8343
      3126 8351 3128 8360 3133 8366 3143 8366
      3151 8363 3142 8337 3140 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 299DEG 11KT 3137 8360

38-GODSEY