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 3, 1:20 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECT FORMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 220 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003 VISUAL SATELLITE HAS GOOD CLOUD STREETS OVER CWA WITH SW FLOW. WEAK SEA BREEZE DRIFTING INLAND & WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CONVECTION INITIATION ALONG WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES & SHORTWAVE ENERGY. 12Z TLH SOUNDING HAD A PRECIP WATER VALUE OF 1.94 INCH...LI OF -5.9...CAPE OF 3122 J/KG...& SW-W FLOW SURFACE TO 20K FT. IR SATELLITE IMAGERY HAS SHORTWAVE ROTATING IN THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH OVER CENTRAL AL & DEVELOPING CONVECTION OVER N GA TO AL. THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE E THEN NE...BUT WILL SPAWN CONVECTION BACK TO FL PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING. UP STREAM IN THE NW FLOW MORE SHORTWAVE ENERGY SEEN & THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. SURFACE ANALYSIS HAS A WEAK TROUGH IN A SIMILAR LOCATION WITH THETA-E GRADIENT HIGHER SOUTH...A BIT LESS TO NORTH. MIDDLE LEVEL STEERING FLOW WILL TAKE CONVECTION E-NE THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING. MESOETA HAS THIS FEATURE...TAKES IT NE TONIGHT...SETTLES THINGS DOWN OVERNIGHT WITH PATCHY LOW CLOUDS & FOG OVER PARTS OF CWA. ALTHOUGH THIS RUN...MODELS NOT DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE SE U.S AS MUCH AS PREVIOUS RUNS. CONSEQUENTLY...MODEL QPF & POP A BIT LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED...BUT STILL AROUND 50% EACH DAY TO EVENING. MIDDLE TO LATE WEEK...MODELS DEEPEN THE UPPER TROUGH MORE TO THE SOUTH & BRING SHORTWAVE ENERGY CLOSER TO THE CWA. WILL SEE POPS UP A BIT AS TEMPS SETTLE AROUND 90. .MARINE...WINDS MAY PICK UP TO THE 10KT RANGE LATE MON/TUES AND A TAD MORE WESTERLY. NO OTHER HIGHLIGHTS. .FIRE WX...RH VALUES REMAIN UP. NO CONCERNS .EXTENDED...NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. EXTENDED GFS/ETA & MRF DEEPEN THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EAST LATER IN THE WEEK...WHICH WILL KEEP AFTERNOON TO EVENING POPS AT LEAST AT 50% MOST OF CWA. TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER/MID 70S...WHILE HIGHS AROUND 90 INLAND AREAS...WHILE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 AT THE COAST. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 72 89 73 89 / 30 50 30 50 PFN 75 87 76 88 / 30 50 30 50 DHN 72 89 73 89 / 30 50 30 50 ABY 72 89 73 89 / 30 50 30 50 VLD 72 89 73 89 / 30 50 30 50 CTY 72 88 73 89 / 30 50 30 50 NOTE: EVENING POP MAY BE HIGHER THAN TONIGHTS POP .TLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. MCT
GMZ750-755-770-775-ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131- 142>148-155>161-041000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...BUT AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR ALL AREAS. SOME STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED STORMS...WHICH COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. 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. 10-BOLINSKI
FLZ011-013-032115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 437 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003 AT 337 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 17-GOULD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous downed trees on County Road 36 between Ozark and Echo reported by the Dale 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: 5377928.