1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 15, 2:30 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 230 PM EST THU MAR 15 2001 EARLY MORNING SQUALL LINE HAS PUSHED EAST OF CWA WITH WEAK COLD FRONT SLOWLY ENTERING SW GA & THE FL BIG BEND. WELL DEFINED IN THETA-E GRADIENT & SWITCH TO A MORE WEST WIND. THIS BOUNDARY MAY STILL DEVELOP AN ISOLATED SHOWER...BUT THIS WILL BE VERY LIMITED & WILL PROBABLY LEAVE OUT IN FORECAST. IR SATELLITE HAS UPPER LOW PUSHING TO SRN MO & NRN AR. THERE REMAINED SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY IN SRN STREAM...BUT DRIER ATMOSPHERE & FOCUS WILL PUSH TO NE & NE FL. WILL KEEP SOME HIGH CLOUDS TONIGHT WITH UPPER FLOW OVER CWA. MODELS CONSISTENT TO PUSH SURFACE LOW TO NE TO CAROLINAS WITH BOUNDARY STRETCHING OUT OVER N FL. FLOW BECOMES PARALLEL WITH OVER W-SW FLOW INTO N FL...AL & SRN GA. STRONG SURFACE LOW IN CENTRAL PLAINS WILL TAKE A SLOW MOVE TO E-NE...& IT REINFORCES A W-NW FLOW INTO CWA ON FRI. IT ALSO PROVIDES DRIER AIR OVER AREA. SURFACE RIDGING PATTERN SETS-UP THROUGH FRI INTO SAT. THEN LATE SAT TO SUN...MODELS ARE FORECASTING THE STALLED BOUNDARY OVER NC FL TO LIFT NORTH AS WARM FRONT & SPREAD SOME SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY IN COASTAL AREAS. SHORTWAVE ENERGY IN SRN STREAM RIDGES UP THIS BOUNDARY TO HELP FORCE SHOWERS. MODEL QPF & POP FORECASTS ALSO INDICATE IT. WILL GO WITH MORE CAUTION APPROACH. THIS CARRIES INTO NEXT WEEK WITH CHANCES OF PRECIP IN FORECAST. THEN BY TUE 12Z SHORTWAVE ENERGY OFF FL E COAST FORMS SURFACE LOW. WILL USE BLEND OF MODEL TEMPS. MARINE: CURRENT BUOY DATA SUPPORTS SCA...SO WILL KEEP IT INTO TONIGHT. LATE TONIGHT...W FLOW SHOULD BRING IT DOWN TO SCEC. FIRE WEATHER: FIRE WEATHER WATCH INLAND FL COUNTIES. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... TLH 057 076 048 068 1011 PFN 060 072 051 067 1011 DHN 055 070 046 065 1011 ABY 056 073 046 066 1011 VLD 058 077 050 068 2011 .TLH... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...SCA DESTIN-APALACHICOLA-SUWANNEE RIVER OUT TO 60 NM. MCT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1045 AM EST THU MAR 15 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED PART OF THE TORNADO WATCH OVER PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THE ADJACENT WATERS...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ014-016-017-026-GAZ129>131-146>148-157-158-151600- BEN HILL-BERRIEN-COLQUITT-COOK-GADSDEN-GRADY-GULF-IRWIN-LEON-LIBERTY- THOMAS-TIFT- 1045 AM EST (945 AM CST) THU MAR 15 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...BEN HILL...BERRIEN... COLQUITT...COOK...IRWIN...THOMAS AND TIFT. IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND IT INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF GADSDEN...GULF...LEON...AND LIBERTY. TALLAHASSEE IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH. THERE REMAINS A SMALL CHANCE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM. FLZ015-018-019-027>029-034-GAZ159>161-GMZ755-775-151600- BROOKS-DIXIE-FRANKLIN-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-LANIER-LOWNDES-MADISON- SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA OUT TO 20 NM-TAYLOR-WAKULLA- THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN THE WATCH UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON: IN FLORIDA.....FRANKLIN...WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...MADISON...TAYLOR... DIXIE...AND LAFAYETTE. IN GEORGIA...BROOKS...LANIER...AND LOWNDES. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MCT
FLZ015-018-019-027>029-034-GAZ159>161-GMZ755-775-151805- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 100 PM EST THU MAR 15 2001 THE TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST FOR ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE REST OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA. THERE REMAINS A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTH GEORGIAS...THE COASTAL WATERS OFF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THE COUNTIES OF MADISON...TAYLOR...DIXIE...AND LAFAYETTE. MCT
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A mobile home off Governor Hill Road was damaged when winds torn off its roof and walls. Reported by the Dixie County Advocate.
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