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 Jan 19, 1:35 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 135 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2002 CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR DATA SHOW THE CLOUDS HAVE PROGRESSED EASTWARD SLOWLY THIS MORNING...AND NEAREST SHOWERS ARE STILL A COUPLE OF COUNTIES AWAY TO THE NORTH OF MY AL COUNTIES. THE COLD FRONT IS DRAPED ALONG THE E TX COAST THEN EXTENDS TOWARD THE TN VLY. CURRENTLY IN MY CWA NO VIS RESTRICTIONS AND NO CEILINGS BELOW 250. STILL SLY FLOW BUT NO LONGER LIGHT...WITH MOST SITES REPORTING WINDS GUSTING 20-30 KTS. AREA TEMPS RANGE 68-65 WITH DEW POINTS GENERALLY IN THE 60S. ONE CONCERN IS THAT WE MAY HAVE ENOUGH HEATING TO GENERATE SOME STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE TIMING WILL BE OFF...THE MOISTURE AND THE DYNAMICS WILL LAG THE MAX HEATING JUST ENOUGH TO PREVENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. DISCUSSION: MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WITH TWO MAJOR SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...RESULTING IN NEAR ZONAL FLOW OVER THE CWA BY 60 HR. MODEL SURFACE FORECASTS ARE SIMILAR WITH AVN PUSHING THE LEADING COLD FRONT THROUGH BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ABOUT 6 HOURS FASTER THAN THE ETA/NGM. BEST UPPER DYNAMICS WILL STAY WELL TO OUR NORTH. DRIER AND COOLER AIR BUILDING SOUTH TO FL STATE LINE BRIEFLY ON SUNDAY BEFORE FRONT BEGINS TO LIFT BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT...WITH MORE RAIN CHANCES WITH A SECONDARY FRONT MOVING THROUGH ON MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THIS FRONT AND SLIDE EASTWARD... ALLOWING ABUNDANT MOISTURE RETURN AND MORE RAIN CHANCES ON WEDNESDAY TO START THE EXTENDED. CONTINUE TO PREFER THE FASTER AVN MODEL. THE ETA REALLY SEEMS TO OVER DEVELOP A SURFACE LOW OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST ON MONDAY AND OVERDO THE ASSOCIATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. RAPID TRANSIT OF SYSTEM AND WEAKER DYNAMICS OVER CWA SHOULD HOLD RAINFALL ACCUMS GENERALLY TO A QUARTER INCH OR LESS...WITH ISOLATED THREE-QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. MODEL TEMP GUIDANCE IS CLOSE...WILL BLEND. IN GENERAL MIN TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AND MAX TEMPS NEAR NORMAL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WILL KEEP 6 ZONE GROUPINGS TO ACCOMMODATE TIMING OF FRONTAL PASSAGE. FIRE WX: NO CONCERNS. MARINE: OFFSHORE BUOYS SHOW WINDS AND SEAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN WATERS...ARE STARTING TO INCREASE AS THE FRONT PLODS EASTWARD. LATEST 42039 REPORT WAS 15 TO 20 WITH 3.6 FT SEAS. EXPECT WINDS AND SEAS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY...THEN RAPIDLY DECREASE BEHIND THE FRONT BY MORNING. WILL NEED TO EXPAND SCA TO EASTERN WATERS TONIGHT. EXTENDED: WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...RAIN CHANCES RETURNING FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS RETURN FLOW OFF THE GULF SATURATES THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THEN BEHIND THE FRONT... COOLER CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW AND INCREASED WINDS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... TLH 47 63 50 65 5035 PFN 48 60 52 63 4035 DHN 43 57 48 61 4023 ABY 43 60 48 60 5024 VLD 47 62 48 64 5025 .TLH... .AL...NONE. .GA...NONE. .FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY PANHANDLE WATERS. AFD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees down on County Roads 323 and 606, as well as Highway 125. Reported by the Coffee County Sheriff.
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