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 2, 8:10 PM EST, 7 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 810 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2001 WL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE SE AL FROM EXPIRED WATCH BOX AND NO ADDITIONAL WATCH BOXES EXPECTED FOR THE CWA. 88-DS ARE INDICATING BULK OF STRONG TSTMS WILL TRAVEL NORTHWEST OF THE CWA. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE ALSO INDICATED DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS SW GA OVERNIGHT. TLH 00Z SOUNDING IS MISSING LOW LEVEL WINDS AND IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE FOR STRONG TSTM ACTION TONIGHT. SFC WINDS ARE A LIGHTER THAN NGM/AVN GUIDANCE BUT SHOULD INCREASE AS SFC LOW DEEPENS AND DRAWS CLOSER. .TLH... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. FOR A LIST OF COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS AND CONTRACTIONS...SEE OUR WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/TLH/CONTRACTIONS.HTML. MME
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A microburst caused F1 damage along a half mile path. Three mobile homes were destroyed. Two occupants inside one of the mobile homes were injured, one seriously. Six mobile homes were damaged. Some trees and power lines down. Reported by Mitchell County 911.
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