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 6, 12:30 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 130 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2002 THE REMNANTS OF THE OLD MCS THAT PUSHED ACROSS SOUTHERN GA HAS WEAKENED...BUT STILL CANT RULE OUT SOME CONVECTION DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING WITH FACTORS PRESENT OVER AREA. BEST CHANCES MAY BE WITH LIMITED SEA BREEZE INTERACTION...NOW STARTING TO FORM ALONG THE COASTS. WILL OF COURSE KEEP SOME POP IN EVENING FORECAST. AT THE SURFACE...WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH SEEN IN WIND PATTERN & THETA-E PATTERN OVER CENTRAL GA TO NORTHERN AL. MESOETA CONTINUES TO DEPICT OMEGA LIFT & QPF WITH THIS FEATURE AS IT PUSHES W-SW...THEN SETTLES THINGS DOWN AFTER SUNSET. THEN SUNDAY MORNING HAS NEXT IMPULSE IN NE FLOW PUSHING ACROSS SOUTHERN GA & NORTH FL...REACHING COASTAL AREAS AROUND SEA BREEZE INITIATION TIME. MONDAY MUCH LESS ACTIVE IN MESOETA OVER CWA WITH STRONGER EAST FLOW. MODELS CONSISTENT WITH DEPICTION OF TROUGH OVER SOUTHERN GA...WITH SHORTER RANGE HANDLING CURRENT REMNANTS DRIFTING THROUGH AREA BEST. NEW ETA/AVN & NGM NOT SHOWING SYSTEM THE MESOETA HAS FOR SUNDAY... BUT DO SHOW A LOWERING OF CONVECTION POTENTIAL ON MONDAY. APPEARS BOUNDARY WILL STALL THEN DRIFT BACK NORTH AS WARM FRONT SUNDAY. AVN IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH QPF FIELDS OVER AREA. AT THE SURFACE...EAST FLOW BEGINS TO INCREASE OVER CWA...WHICH NORMALLY KEEPS SEA BREEZE CONVECTION CONFINED TO THE COASTAL AREAS. IS WILL GENERALLY KEEP PRECIP WATER VALUES AROUND 1.5 INCHES OVER AREA... WHICH IS ON THE LOW SIDE FOR ACTIVE SEA BREEZE CONVECTION. LI ALSO RANGES FROM -1 TO -5...WHILE CAPE VALUES 1000-2000J/KG. TYPICAL VALUES FOR JULY OVER NORTH FL. WITH A BIT OF UPPER RIDGING...TEMPS ARE EXPECTED REMAIN 90 TO 95 INLAND...NEAR 90 AT THE COASTS. POP CHANCE WILL BE IN 30-50% RANGE...WITH MAINLY AFTERNOON TO EVENING CHANCES. DID SEE SOME PATCHY FOG LAST NIGHT...BUT NOT EXPECTING ENOUGH TO PUT MENTION IN FORECAST. FIRE WX: NO HEADLINES TODAY. POSSIBLE WATCH ON SUNDAY WITH HIGH DISPERSION VALUES EXPECTED OVER FL. MARINE FORECAST: NO HEADLINES. WINDS & SEAS REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. WILL PICK UP SOME SUNDAY & MONDAY WITH INCREASED EAST FLOW. MAY THEN SEE SCEC. EXTENDED: NO CHANGES. MOSTLY AFTERNOON TO EVENING CHANCES OF CONVECTION. LOWS IN 70S...HIGHS IN LOWER 90S. AVN HAS A EASTWARD MOVING WAVE TO PUSH ACROSS THE FL STRAITS...BUT STAYS WELL SOUTH OF CWA. PRELIM NUMBERS... TLH 71 92 72 93 3333 PFN 73 88 74 89 3333 DHN 73 92 73 93 2222 ABY 72 91 72 92 3333 VLD 72 92 72 92 3333 .TLH... .AL...NONE. .GA...NONE. .FL...FIRE WX WATCH FOR HIGH DISPERSION INDICES ON SUN. MCT
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-070130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 345 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2002 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...THEN IT WILL STALL ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THIS THROUGH WILL COMBINE WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION IN THE CAROLINAS, AND A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS GEORGIA, TO PRODUCE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE PEACH STATE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA, BUT A NORTHEAST STEERING FLOW MAY BRING A FEW AS FAR SOUTHWEST AS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. IF THIS OCCURS, THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS. ONLY ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP TODAY ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. 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. 7-TREXLER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several downed trees and power lines reported by the Calhoun County Sheriff.
A few downed trees and power lines. A roof was blown off a shed. Reported by the Turner County Sheriff.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, 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: 5306855, 5306856.