4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 17, 12:35 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 135 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003 .OVERVIEW...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PERSISTS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. IT IS CURRENTLY CENTERED IN THE APALACHEE BAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS AT MID LEVELS AND HELP TO STEEPEN LAPSE RATES. AT THE SURFACE, A COLD FRONT STRETCHES ACROSS NRN GA WITH SOME WEAK TROUGHING AHEAD OF IT INTO CENTRAL GA. TS ARE DEVELOPING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE ACROSS OUR SW GA ZONES AND ACROSS THE BIG BEND OF FL. LOOKING FOR PRETTY GOOD COVERAGE OF CONVECTION BY SUNSET. .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUN. EXPECT AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO SUBSIDE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. FIRST PERIOD POPS MAY BE TWEAKED BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. FOR FRI, ETA POPS LOOK BEST WITH FAVORABLE SEA BREEZE FLOW AND SOME CONTINUED WEAK UPPER SUPPORT. FOR SAT, LOW TO MID LEVEL MEAN FLOW WILL PICK UP A BIT, BUT SOME DRIER AIR WILL WORK INTO OUR FL ZONES FROM THE GULF WITH A FRONT NEARING OUR NRN ZONES. THESE FACTORS WILL EVEN OUT THE POP DISTRIBUTION OVER WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT FROM PURE SEA BREEZE CLIMATOLOGY. WITH PERSISTENT NW FLOW ALOFT, WOULD EXPECT AN OCCASIONAL MCS TO DIVE SEWD INTO THE SERN CONUS. HOWEVER, AS THE MEAN UPPER TROUGH AXIS IS OVER US, WOULD EXPECT MOST OF THESE TO REMAIN W OF OUR FORECAST AREA THROUGH SAT. BY SUN HOWEVER, THE MEAN TROUGH AXIS IS E OF US ALLOWING THE POSSIBILITY FOR AN MCS LOCALLY. THE NEW 12Z GFS SHOWS THIS HAPPENING ON SUN. HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT READY TO ACCEPT THE POTENT SHORT WAVE THIS MODEL DEPICTS AS THERE MAY BE SOME GRID SCALE FEEDBACK GOING ON. WILL NUDGE POPS BACK UP TO 50 FOR THIS DAY. AS FOR TEMPS, SEVERAL AREAS DIPPED INTO THE 60S THIS MORNING. FWC SHOWS THIS AT TLH FOR TONIGHT AND WILL TEND TO FAVOR THESE NUMBERS. AFTER THAT, A BLEND WILL BE FOLLOWED. .MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE 5 DAY PERIOD. LOOKING FOR GENERALLY SW TO W WINDS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUE. SINCE WE BELIEVE THE GFS IS OVERDONE WITH THE SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES SUN INTO MON, WILL REDUCE GFS WINDS TO ABOUT 15 KT OVER THE WATER. .FIRE WX...ONCE AGAIN, WE ANTICIPATE NO CONCERNS WITH LOW RH OR HIGH DISPERSION THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. .EXTENDED...MON THROUGH THU. GOOD AGREEMENT THIS MORNING AMONG THE MID RANGE MODELS. THE UPPER TROUGH IN THE EAST WILL DEEPEN AND BRING A FRONT DEEP INTO THE SERN STATES BY MIDWEEK. RAISED POPS FOR WED TO 50 AND WILL KEEP THIS SAME POP FOR DAY 7 THU AS WELL. IF THIS PATTERN HOLDS, LATER SHIFTS MAY BE ABLE TO BUMP THESE POPS EVEN HIGHER. DAYTIME MAX TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW CLIMO THROUGH THE PERIOD. ADJUSTED MAX TEMPS DOWN A COUPLE OF DEGREES. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 70 91 71 92 / 20 50 20 40 PFN 75 89 76 88 / 20 50 20 40 DHN 73 90 73 90 / 20 50 20 50 ABY 73 91 73 91 / 20 50 20 50 VLD 70 93 71 93 / 20 50 20 40 CTY 71 91 72 90 / 20 50 20 40 .TLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. 18-WOOL
GMZ750-755-770-775-ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131- 142>148-155>161-181000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EDT THU JUL 17 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 ARE EXPECTED TODAY...MAINLY FORMING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE SEA BREEZE DRIFTS INLAND OVER NORTH FLORIDA...AND WHILE THE HEAT OF THE DAY AND SOME UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MAY HELP STORM DEVELOPMENT OVER ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...BUT AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE. WITH ANY STORM...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOW. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 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
GAZ127-146-171845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 225 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003 AT 222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF SYLVESTER MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS 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. 12-WATSON
GAZ157-158-172015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 340 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003 AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THOMAS AND GRADY COUNTIES...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. 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. 10-BOLINSKI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous downed trees reported by the Madison County EMA.
Some downed trees and power lines reported by the Walton County EMA.
Nickel size hail reported by a local radio station.
Some downed trees and power lines reported by the Washington County EMA.
Several downed trees and power lines reported by the Jackson County EMA.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 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: 5334641, 5334880, 5334881, 5334882, 5334883.