1 flash flood, 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 11, 12:20 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 120 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 .OVERVIEW...SECONDARY IMPULSE ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROF CONTINUES TO FIRE ISOLATED STORMS ACROSS THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH THE SFC TROF BEGINNING TO SHOW EVIDENCE OF ITS PROGGED RETROGRESSION WESTWARD. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WINDS CONTINUE MORE UNIFORM OUT OF THE SW AT 5 TO 10 KTS. .SHORT TERM...LITTLE CHANGE IN THINKING FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGES...AS THE UPPER TROF OVER THE E IS STILL PROGGED TO FORM A CUTOFF LOW AND RETROGRADE QUICKLY SOUTHWESTWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH THE BERMUDA HIGH MOVING RAPIDLY WESTWARD TO TAKE ITS PLACE OVER THE SE U.S. BY THE END OF THE WEEK. AS THE RIDGE AND TROF BOTH MOVE WEST...THIS WILL INITIALLY PLACE THE TROF AXIS BACK OVER THE REGION WHICH WILL ACCOUNT FOR HIGHER POPS THROUGH MID WEEK. ONCE THE RIDGE GAINS A FOOTHOLD LATE IN THE WEEK...DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. ALSO...WILL CURRENTLY DISCOUNT THE GFSS CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK SFC LOW DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE CENTRAL GULF COAST ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WHICH IS TRANSLATING INTO ARTIFICIALLY HIGH POPS FROM THE MAV OVER W PORTIONS OF THE CWA. WITH MORE UNIFORM SW FLOW BETWEEN 1000-700 MB TODAY...EXPECT THE SEA BREEZE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...BUT STILL ANTICIPATE THE TROF TO BE THE PREDOMINATE FACTOR. IN ANY EVENT...MODIFYING THE 12 UTC ETA FCST SOUNDING FOR TLH TO T=89, TD=72, YIELDS A PW=1.75 AND A CAPE=3483 J/KG...WHICH SHOWS SIGNIFICANT DESTABILIZATION FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. .MARINE...EXPECT GENERALLY UNIFORM CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL WATERS...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH ONE GROUP. MAY SEE SOME TIGHTENING OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT LATE IN THE WEEK AS A TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE E. .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. .EXTENDED...CURRENT PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD...NO CHANGES ANTICIPATED. PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 89 72 87 73/ 40 20 50 20 PFN 89 75 87 75/ 30 20 50 20 DHN 90 72 88 72/ 30 20 50 20 ABY 89 71 87 71/ 40 20 50 20 VLD 90 71 88 71/ 40 20 50 20 CTY 88 72 87 71/ 50 20 50 20 .TLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GOULD
GMZ750-755-770-775-ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131- 142>148-155>161-111000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 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... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT AND IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WHICH EXTENDS NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT A FEW STRONG STORMS COULD FORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL GRADUALLY BUILD WESTWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...EVENTUALLY SHIFTING THE PERSISTENT TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST OF OUR REGION. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A GRADUAL WARMING TREND AND DECREASE IN AFTERNOON SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE BEGINNING BY MID-WEEK. .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. 17-GOULD
GAZ125>127-110615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 126 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 AT 124 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL DOUGHERTY COUNTY GEORGIA AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. IT WILL LIKELY CROSS ALBANY INCLUDING THE AIRPORT...BRUSH SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY AND MOVE INTO WESTERN WORTH COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 24-BLOCK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Four inches of rain in less than three hours flooded a portion of Highway 20 where a foot of water covered the highway. Reported by the Walton County EMA.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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