1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 9:10 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1010 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2002 LOCAL 88-DS ARE SHOWING MINIMAL CONVECTION...MAINLY OVER THE WATER. MORNING TLH SOUNDING INDICATES GOOD POTENTIAL FOR GREATLY INCREASED ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A PW OF 2.08...UNMODIFIED LI OF -8.9 AND UNMODIFIED CAPE OF 4344 J/KG AT MAX 91/73. MODIFICATION TO 89/71 GIVES AN LI OF -8.01 AND A CAPE OF 3329 J/KG. ALTHO WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN A RISK FOR SEVERE...AN UPDATE COULD CHANGE THIS. MARINE WINDS HAVE BEEN STEADY S TO SW AT LESS THAN 10 WITH SEAS LESS THAN 2 FEET. NO CHANGES PLANNED FOR UPDATE. .TLH... .AL...NONE. .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. AFD
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-242145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1251 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2002 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY... THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TODAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...AND A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...TO TRIGGER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA AGAIN TODAY. WHILE MOST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. FOR THIS REASON...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA IS CALLING FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. NEARLY EVERY STORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO THEIR AREA. FORMAL ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY IF MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 18-WOOL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees down across County Roads 450, 461 and 606 between Opp and Enterprise. Reported by the Coffee County EMA.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2002
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