2 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 3, 9:00 AM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1000 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2002 LOOKS LIKE WE ARE LOCKED INTO A RATHER COMPLEX...MUDDLED DISTURBED PATTERN WITH RELATIVELY WEAK SURFACE PRESURE GRADIENTS THROUGH MOST OF THE REMAINING WEEK. THE PERSISTENT ELONGATED TROUGH...EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM JUST OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA...IS PRODUCING A GENERALLY NORTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW ROTATION ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST NEAR VERO BEACH...WITH WEAK RIPPLES MOVING AROUND THE TROUGH. ONE IS CURRENTLY ROUNDING THE TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF WITH ANOTHER MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS GEORGIA...WHICH SHOULD ENHANCE SEABREEZE DRIVEN CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT FORECAST TRENDS HAVE ALL OF THIS WELL IN HAND...WITH POPS CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY...AND I WILL MAKE MAINLY COSMETIC CHANGES TO THE MORNING PUBLIC FORECAST PACKAGE. THERE CONTINUE TO BE NO MAJOR CONCERNS WITH FIRE WEATHER. THE WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN A BIT FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS...AS PRESSURES FALL TO THE NORTH IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING S/WV OUT OF GEORGIA...AND THIS TREND HANDLED WELL IN THE CURRENT MARINE FORECASTS. .TLH... .AL...NONE. .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. DUVAL
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:37 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few fences and a shed were blown over. A few trees were down. Reported by the Franklin County EMA.
A few chicken houses were destroyed. A few large trees were down. Reported by the Lafayette County Sheriff.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2002
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: 5306788, 5306789.