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 Aug 16, 2:05 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 305 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 .OVERVIEW...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RUC ANALYSIS SHOW MID LEVEL TROUGHING ALONG THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS WITH A VORT MAX OVER THE TN VLY. PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY AND MUGGY CONDITIONS PREVAIL... WITH DEWPOINTS AS HIGH AS 82...BUT GENERALLY IN THE MID 70S. NO SIGN OF EAST COAST SEA BREEZE YET TO KICK UP EARLY EVENING CONVECTION LIKE YESTERDAY. MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR...CURRENT CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL AL/GA WILL DROP SOUTHWARD INTO MY CWA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THIS UPPER IMPULSE MOVES INTO THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. .SHORT TERM...GOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN PREVIOUS MODEL RUN AND THIS RUN... WHICH CONTINUES TO SHOW MAIN AXIS OF UPPER TROUGH MOVING OVER THE ATLANTIC BY MIDNIGHT...LEAVING BEHIND THE PACKET OF ENERGY REFERRED TO ABOVE. ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS ADDITIONAL TROUGH AXIS SWINGS AROUND THE UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN CANADA MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE OHIO AND TN VLYS TOWARD OUR CWA...WE WILL CONTINUE OUR TREND OF ACTIVE EVENING CONVECTION. TLH 12Z SOUNDING SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MORE STABLE THAN 24 HOURS AGO. MODEL SOUNDINGS KEEP PWS IN THE 1.8 TO 2.0 INCH RANGE...LIS -4 TO -6...CAPES GENERALLY 2000 TO 2500 J/KG...TRENDING SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MORE STABLE. SPC SHOWS NO RISK OF SEVERE FOR OUR AREA. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED HAVE KEPT CHANCE EVENING POPS DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. .MARINE...NO HEADLINES. .FIRE WEATHER...NO HEADLINES. .EXTENDED...NO CHANGES. UPPER TROUGH OVER EASTERN U.S. WILL SHOW WEAK TROUGHING OVER CWA WITH S-SW SURFACE FLOW. SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY POSSIBLE IN NW FLOW WILL WORK TO ENHANCE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE CONVECTION. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 71 92 72 91 / 30 40 30 40 PFN 75 90 75 90 / 20 40 30 40 DHN 72 90 73 91 / 30 40 30 40 ABY 72 91 72 91 / 30 40 30 40 VLD 72 91 71 92 / 30 40 30 40 CTY 71 89 72 91 / 30 40 30 40 .TLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. 16
GMZ750-755-770-775-ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131- 142>148-155>161-171000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...COMBINED WITH THE HEAT OF THE DAY...AND IN PLACE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SEA BREEZE INTERACTION MAY ALSO OCCUR. THE THREAT FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTH TODAY AND SUNDAY...AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THE MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. ALSO A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL SAG TO ALABAMA AND GEORGIA...AND WILL HELP DEVELOP ISOLATED STORMS...AS WELL AS SOME SEA BREEZE FORMATION IN THE AFTERNOONS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ONLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS LOW. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
440 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM WOODVILLE FL WIND DAMAGE
08/15/03 LEON TV CABLE AND PHONE LINES
DAMAGED FROM DOWNED TREES
OVER SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.GAZ120-122-124-126-127-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 534 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE SOUTH INTO RANDOLPH... TERRELL AND LEE COUNTIES. PEOPLE AROUND LEESBURG...DAWSON...AND CUTHBERT SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 48-TURNAGE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several downed trees west of U.S. Highway 431 reported by the Henry County EMA.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, August 2003
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: 5377934.