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 20, 3:45 AM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
345 AM EST TUE MAR 20 2001
....THIS WILL BE SHORT AS WE JUST WENT INTO SEVERE WX MODE...
LATEST MSAS SHOWS LOW IN APALACHEE BAY CONTINUING TO DEEPEN AND JUST
ABOUT TO MOVE ONSHORE. A LINE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM JUST WEST OF TALLAHASSEE SOUTHWARD INTO
THE GULF. SPS IS CONCERNED WITH A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS ACTIVITY AND HAS ISSUED OF A TORNADO WATCH THAT WILL
INCLUDE MOST OF OUR BIG BEND COUNTIES AND ALL OF OUR GEORGIA
COUNTIES UNTIL 8 AM EST.
************ UPDATED*************
MODELS/ZFP: ALL SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH
THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL FEATURES. THE AVN AND ETA ARE NEARLY
IDENTICAL IN THE FIRST 24 TO 36 HOURS. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BEING THE
AVN IS A LITTLE WETTER ACROSS MY CWA WITH THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE
AND I WILL LEAN TOWARD THAT SOLUTION. CURRENTLY THE SQUALL LINE IS
SWEEPING THROUGH THE EASTERN BIG BEND AND WILL ADVANCE FURTHER INTO
OUR GA ZONES. WILL TAPER POPS TODAY FROM CHANCE SOUTH TO CATEGORICAL
NORTH. WILL HOLD ON TO CHANCE/GOOD CHANCE POPS THIS EVENING AS
SURFACE AND UPPER LOW ARE NEARLY STACKED JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF MY
CWA WITH DEEP WRAP AROUND MOISTURE OVER MY FA. AS BOTH LOWS PULL
NORTHEAST OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE GRADUALLY IMPROVING
CONDITIONS...BUT MAY SEE A LINGERING SHOWER OR TWO EARLY IN THE DAY.
FWC/MAV TEMPS ARE REMARKABLY CLOSE AND WILL FOLLOW.
MARINE: SCA CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS OUR LOCAL WATERS AND MAY NOT
SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT UNTIL WEDNESDAY.
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
TLH 62/43 63/43 442-
PFN 55/45 61/47 442-
DHN 53/41 59/44 752-
ABY 58/43 59/43 8531
VLD 63/45 60/44 6431
.TLH...
AL...NONE.
GA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 AM EST.
FL...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 AM EST FOR
GADSDEN...LEON...WAKULLA...
JEFFERSON...MADISON...TAYLOR...LAFAYETTE AND DIXIE
COUNTIES. SCA SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA OUT TO 60 NM.
SCA APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN OUT TO 60 NM.
BARRYFLZ016>019-027>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ700-701-755-775- 201300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 245 AM EST TUE MAR 20 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND FOR MOST OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THE ADJACENT WATERS...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN GEORGIA...QUITMAN...CLAY...EARLY...MILLER...SEMINOLE...RANDOLPH... CALHOUN...BAKER...DECATUR...TERRELL...DOUGHERTY...MITCHELL...GRADY... LEE...WORTH...COLQUITT...THOMAS...TURNER...TIFT...COOK...BROOKS... BEN HILL...IRWIN...BERRIEN...LANIER...AND LOWNDES. IN FLORIDA...GADSDEN...LEON...WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...MADISON...TAYLOR DIXIE...AND LAFAYETTE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS GIN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WOOL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees down on two transformer power lines caused scattered outages. Reported by the Pelham Journal.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, March 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5238003.