1 flash flood, 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 Jun 7, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 330 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2002 FORECAST CHALLENGE -- RAIN CHANCES. --SYNOPSIS-- EXTENSIVE SEABREEZE CONVECTION CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. HAVE SEEN PERSISTENT DEEP CONVECTION OVER OUR COASTAL WATERS AS WELL... PROBABLY DUE TO CONVERGENCE ALONG A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH AND UPPER JET SUPPORT ALOFT. LOWER THETA-E AIR ASSOCIATED WITH COOL WEDGE E OF THE APPALACHIANS IS FILTERING INTO OUR NE ZONES AT THIS TIME. --FORECAST-- MODELS INDICATE CURRENT DRYING TREND TO SPREAD FROM E-W SUNDAY. HAVE ASSIGNED POPS TO CORRESPONDINGLY INCREASE FROM E-W ON THIS DAY. FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...DEEP ELY FLOW SHOULD BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE CWFA. MODELS INDICATE THE DRIEST ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE ON MONDAY... THUS WENT LOWEST POPS ON THIS DAY. FOR EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK... EXPECT HIGHEST POPS TO BE OVER THE ERN FL BIG BEND ZONES...WHERE E COAST SEA BREEZE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REACH AND INTERACT WITH THE ERN APALACHEE BAY SEA BREEZE. FIRE WEATHER - NO CONCERNS. MARINE - NO HIGHLIGHTS. EXPECT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND WINDS TO BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER OVER ERN ZONES IN THE SHORT TERM. MODELS AGREE ON GOOD COOL/DRY ADVECTION OVER THE WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT...WHICH SHOULD KEEP WINDS UP. EXTENDED (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - WEAK UPPER TROUGH TO PERSIST OVER THE SE USA THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE PROGGED BY THE AVN TO STAY LIMITED. ALSO MEAN FLOW BELOW 700MB TO STAY E-NE AND LIGHT...WHICH FAVORS CHANCE POPS OVER OUR ERN BIG ZONES AND SLIGHT CHANCE OR LESS POPS ELSEWHERE. THE UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE PACIFIC NW IS PROGGED BY AVN/ECMWF/NOGAPS TO PICK UP THIS TROUGH BY SATURDAY. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PROGGED BY AVN/ECMWF TO BE JUST NW OF CWFA FRIDAY MORNING. GIVEN THE DEEP ASSOCIATED UPPER TROUGH...THE FRONT HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF PUSHING THROUGH OUR CWFA THAN THE PREVIOUS ONES. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... TLH 072/087 067/092 4322 PFN 073/083 070/085 4311 DHN 070/084 068/087 4422 ABY 069/085 066/089 3211 VLD 069/087 066/091 3211 .TLH... .AL...NONE. .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. TJT
GAZ147-148-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 558 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2002 AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT TALLAHASSEE INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER NORTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF ALAPAHA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF BERRIEN COUNTY...AND POSSIBLY EXTREME EASTERN LANIER COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM...VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MAJ
GAZ147-148-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 558 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2002 AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT TALLAHASSEE INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER NORTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF ALAPAHA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF BERRIEN COUNTY...AND POSSIBLY EXTREME EASTERN COOK COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM...VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MAJ
GAZ124>126-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 659 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2002 AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT TALLAHASSEE INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN TERRELL AND LEE COUNTIES...DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH INTO NORTHERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY. DURING THE PAST HOUR...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES WERE REPORTED. REPORTS FROM LEE COUNTY INDICATED SOME RURAL ROADS WERE UNDER WATER SOUTH OF LEESBURG. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES MAY STILL FALL...EXACERBATING THE FLOODING SITUATION. RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...INCLUDING THOSE LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. MAJ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Some rural and county roads were closed by floodwaters from four inches of rain in a two-hour period. Reported by the Lee County EMA.
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, June 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: 5300881.