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 Sep 15, 1:52 AM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 252 AM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002 CURRENTLY: LATEST LOOP OF MSAS SHOWS TROPICAL DEPRESSION HANNA LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA WITH RADARS SHOWING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SW GEORGIA. CURRENTLY FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA DUE TO COPIOUS RAINFALL AMOUNTS SPILLING OVER THE REGION. MODELS/ZFP: IN THE UPPER LEVELS THE MODELS SHOW REMNANTS OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH T.D. HANNA MOVING ACROSS THE EXTREME SE STATES TODAY AS THE LONG WAVE TROF SLIDES ACROSS THE NE TIER OF STATES DRAGGING AN ELONGATED AND WEAK VORT LOBE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS...BUT BY LATE TODAY WILL EXTEND FROM THE OHIO VALLEY ACROSS THE MID MISS RVR VALLEY AND INTO TEXAS. AS THE LONG WAVE TROUGH SLIDES EASTWARD ACROSS THE NEW ENGLAND STATES AND INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS THE VORT LOBE CLOSER TO HOME BECOMES MORE EAST TO WEST ORIENTED...AND BY LATE MONDAY IS PROGGED TO LIE GENERALLY ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND INTO THE SRN PLAINS AND SHOULD BE VERY WEAK BY THAT TIME. AT THE SURFACE: TROPICAL DEPRESSION HANNA WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NNE AND AVN IS SHOWING THIS FEATURE OVER NRN AL/GA BY SUNRISE. ETA/NGM DONT HAVE A VERY GOOD HANDLE ON THE DEPRESSION...BUT BOTH MODELS DO SHOW HIGH MEAN RH VALUES (+70%) MOVING NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT OMEGA VALUES. MEANWHILE THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH CURRENTLY LIES OVER MO/AR AND INTO TX IS FORECAST TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO THE DIXIE STATES AND BECOME EAST TO WEST ORIENTED BY LATE MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY. MEAN RH VALUES WILL BE HIGHEST OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA TODAY...THEN WE WILL SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN MOISTURE ON MONDAY...BUT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES ON TUESDAY THE MOISTURE CREEPS BACK IN...WITH ETA SHOWING THE HIGHEST MEAN RH TO OUR NORTH. TODAYS POP FORECAST WILL BE A BLEND OF RADAR TRENDS AND GUIDANCE...SO WILL MAKE THE DECISION AT THE LAST MINUTE...BUT MY GUT REACTION IS FOR LIKELY/CATEGORICAL POPS OVER GA...LIKELY POPS OVER THE BIG BEND...AND GOOD CHANCE TO THE WEST. FOR MONDAY THRU TUES WILL NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE ZONES SINCE THE NUMBERS STILL SEEM REASONABLE WHEN COMPARED TO NEW GUIDANCE. (SEE SPECIFIC POPS NUMBERS BELOW). MARINE: S TO SW WINDS SHOULD BE AT SCEC LEVELS FOR TODAY...BUT THEN AS THE GRADIENT RELAXES LATE TODAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WINDS WILL BE WELL BELOW SCEC LEVELS. THEREAFTER WINDS REMAIN W-SW UNTIL TUESDAY WHEN WINDS SHIFT TO THE N-NW. FIRE WX: NO CONCERNS. EXTENDED (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY): CURRENT EXTENDED LOOKS GOOD...SO NO CHANGES PLANNED. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS (SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGES): TLH 089/071 090/071 6232 PFN 087/074 087/074 6232 DHN 087/073 090/072 5232 ABY 086/072 090/072 7242 VLD 086/071 089/072 8232 .TLH... .AL...NONE. .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. MOLLERE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A roof was blown off a house. A peanut shed and two mobile homes were damaged. Reported by the Seminole County EMA.
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