1 lightning, 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 Jul 11, 9:00 AM EST, 8 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1000 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 CURRENTLY: HIGH PRESSURE IS DOMINATING THE CWA LEAVING SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR. 12Z SOUNDING WAS MODIFIED FOR 93/72. MOISTURE IS LOWER THAN NORMAL WITH THE MODIFIED SOUNDING PW AT 1.48 INCHES. THE CAPE IS RELATIVELY HIGH AT OVER 3500 J/KG...BUT THE DRYNESS WILL BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR TO LOWER POPS BELOW SEA BREEZE CLIMATOLOGY BY 10 TO 20 PERCENT FOR FLORIDA ZONES. THE COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL KEEP POPS AT 50 PERCENT FOR THE GEORGIA ZONES. MARINE: FORECAST LOOKS GOOD...SO NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE. .TLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. AFD/ACH PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS ********************************************************************* AT THE SURFACE...MOIST...WARM & UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA...WITH A WEAK TROUGH DRIFTING TO CENTRAL AL/GA WHICH HAS DEVELOPED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS & TSTMS. DECREASING TREND HAS BEEN NOTED LAST FEW HOURS. NOT EXPECTING TROUGH TO MAKE IT MUCH FARTHER SOUTH TONIGHT. SHORT RANGE MODELS HOLD IT IN GENERAL LOCATION INTO FRIDAY. 00Z TLH SOUNDING HAD A PRECIP WATER VALUE OF 1.87 INCHES...LI OF -8.4...CAPE OF 3888 J/KG....& WITH A S-SW FLOW SURFACE TO 15K FT. MOST OF THE MOISTURE IN THE LOWEST LEVELS SURFACE TO 800 MB. WILL SEE SOME LOW CLOUDS & PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING LIKE PREVIOUS MORNINGS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MENTION IN FORECAST. CURRENT INFLUENCE OF CLAUDETTE MINIMAL...& WOULD ONLY BE SOME POSSIBLE INCREASE OF SWELLS & WAVE HEIGHTS IN THE COASTAL WATERS...BUT DISTANCE FROM N FL WILL SHOW MINIMAL AFFECT. DID SEE SOME SEA BREEZE YESTERDAY...BUT CONVECTION COVERAGE WAS 20-30%...& WAS LATE DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS OVER THE AREA. UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY...WITH A LIGHT SW-W FLOW EXPECTED. MODELS TODAY CONTINUE TREND OF WEAK TROUGH TO NORTH OF CWA...WHILE RIDGE BUILDS A BIT SE OVER NC FL TO COASTAL WATERS. OVER AL & SW GA THE WIND WILL BE A BIT MORE WEST. THIS WOULD EQUATE TO A LOWER POP OVER AL & SW GA...WHILE 30-50% OVER N FL. BUT WITH WEAK TROUGHING OVER AL & GA...AS WELL AS SOME PVA & OMEGA LIFT...30-50% ALSO BEST FORECAST. THEN TONIGHT & INTO SATURDAY...THIS LIFT WEAKENS BUT DOES DRIFT FARTHER SOUTH OVER THE CWA. CLAUDETTE CONTINUES WEST...BUT DOES SEND A CIRRUS SHIELD BACK TO CWA. COLD FRONT TO NORTH STALLS WELL NORTH OF CWA...& A W-S FLOW CONTINUES. PRECIP WATER VALUES & RESIDUAL INSTABILITY REMAINS IN PLACE...WITH SEA BREEZE CONVECTION MAIN FACTOR. TEMPS REMAIN AROUND 90 TO THE LOWER 90S...WHILE LOWS IN THE 70S. MARINE FORECAST: WINDS & SEAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SCEC. ...C-MAN/BUOY OBS TRENDS IN LINE W/ CURRENT FORECAST. NO CHANGES EXPECTED. FIRE WEATHER: RH VALUES REMAIN HIGH. NO HEADLINES. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EXTENDED FORECAST: NO CHANGES. TLH 94 72 92 72 / 30 20 40 20 PFN 91 75 90 75 / 30 20 40 20 DHN 91 73 91 73 / 40 30 50 20 ABY 93 72 91 72 / 40 30 50 20 VLD 94 72 92 72 / 30 30 40 20 CTY 92 72 92 72 / 20 20 40 20 MCT
GMZ750-755-770-775-ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131- 142>148-155>161-121000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 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 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THEY WILL FORM ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT AS IT DRIFTS INLAND OVER NORTH FLORIDA...AS WELL AS ALONG A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...BUT A FEW COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIP SOUTH OF THE AREA AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS FRONT SHOULD STALL AND THEN DISSIPATE NORTH OF THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...MOIST ONSHORE WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL HELP GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS PERIOD. RAIN CHANCES WILL THEN DECREASE SUNDAY AND MONDAY BEFORE THE NEXT BOUNDARY APPROACHES YIELDING A BETTER CHANCE OF STORM ACTIVITY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. OVERALL THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOW. 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. 7-TREXLER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
440 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 AM DEKLE BEACH FL WATERSPOUT
07/11/03 TAYLOR WATERSPOUT SIGHTED
OFFSHORE BY COUNTY EM.
0200 PM KINSEY AL WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 HOUSTON NUMEROUS TREES AND SEVERAL
POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a city utility power substation on the northeast side of Tallahassee. Nearly 5,000customers were without power. Damage to the substation was severe, and forced city electric crews to establish a mobile substation. Reported by the Tallahassee Democrat.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5334888.