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 Jul 29, 1:21 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1255 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 .SYNOPSIS...WATER VAPOR/H5 COMPOSITE SHOWS S/WAVE TROUGH AXIS FROM NEW ENGLAND TO TN VALLEY. ANOTHER TROUGH WAS BEGINNING TO ENTER ND FROM CANADA. UPPER RIDGE IS CENTERED OVER NV. CLOSER TO HOME...A WEAK RIDGE ALOFT DOMINATES. THE SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS A WAVY FRONT FROM NC THRU TN TO OK W/ SEVERAL WEAK LOWS ALONG ITS LENGTH. A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDS FROM GOMEX ACROSS CNTRL FL PENINSULA & INTO WRN ATLANTIC. GOOD THERMODYNAMICS (CAPES 4000 J/KG & LIS TO -8) ALONG W/ GULF SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE TRIGGERING SCATTERED TSTMS OVER WRN HALF OF CWFA. THUS FAR NO SEVERE WX...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT SOME STRONG TSTMS THIS AFTN. TEMPS IN MID-UPPER 80S COMBINED W/ DEW POINTS IN 70S MAKING IT FEEL 10 DEGREES WARMER. PREVAILING WINDS WERE SWLY LESS THAN 10 KTS. .SHORT TERM...MODELS FAIRLY CONSISTENT W/ MID/UPPER RIDGE STATIONARY W OF ROCKIES WHILE A SIG MID/UPPER LOW DROPS SLOWLY SEWD FROM SRN CANADA INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS FEATURE WILL AMPLIFY THE TROUGH OVER THE ERN HALF OF CONUS. THE SURFACE FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE SRN PLAINS TO MID-ATLANTIC WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AS LOW PRESSURE WAVES AIDED BY DISTURBANCES ALOFT PROPAGATE ALONG THE BOUNDARY. HENCE...MODELS KEEP THE MAJORITY OF THE LIFT INVOF THE FRONT. THE MEAN 1000-700 MB FLOW WILL REMAIN SWLY 10 KTS (SEA BREEZE REGIME 4) EACH DAY. BOTH ETA/GFS SIMILAR W/ MODEL SOUNDING PWATS AVERAGING TWO INCHES & UNMODIFIED CAPES FROM 2500-3000 J/KG WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO NUMBERS. HENCE...WILL FORECAST HIGH CHANCE POPS EACH AFTN...DECREASING TO SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW CHANCE DURING THE EVENING...WHICH ARE IN LINE W/ AVERAGE MOS NUMBERS. TEMPS TO AVERAGE NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS W/ HIGHS UPPER 80S COAST TO LOWER 90S INLAND & LOWS IN LOWER-MID 70S. .MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS AS LIGHT SWLY WINDS & LOW SEAS WILL PERSIST THRU THE WEEKEND. .FIRE WEATHER...NO REQUIREMENTS. .EXTENDED (SAT-TUE)...LATEST GFS PROGS MID/UPPER TROUGH TO ADVANCE SLOWLY EWD TOWARD E COAST THEN STALL/AMPLIFY AS LOW OVER QUEBEC SAGS SWD INVOF LAKE ONTARIO ON TUE. THIS SOLUTION PROMISES A RARE EVENT FOR EARLY AUGUST...A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THE FRONT IS PROGGED TO EDGE INTO OUR NW ZONES TUE AFTN & THRU THE CWFA WED MORNING. WILL NOT JUMP ON THIS SCENARIO JUST YET. HAVE ACCEPTED CLIMO POPS THRU MON...FOLLOWED BY A SLIGHT DECREASE ON TUE. TEMPS WILL AVERAGE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMALS. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 72 90 72 90/ 20 50 30 50 PFN 78 89 78 88/ 20 50 30 50 DHN 73 89 73 89/ 20 50 30 50 ABY 73 90 72 89/ 20 50 30 50 VLD 73 90 72 91/ 20 50 30 50 CTY 72 88 72 89/ 20 50 30 50 .TLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. MAJ
GMZ750-755-770-775-ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131- 142>148-155>161-301000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH DAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SEA BREEZE. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH AND STALLS OVER SOUTH GEORGIA. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. .RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A LOW RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. 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. 22-BARRY
FLZ017-291930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 315 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH LEON COUNTY... TALLAHASSEE WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE TO STRONG STORMS OVER THE NEXT ONE HOUR. HEAVY RAIN OF AROUND ONE INCH... GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME PONDING OFF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL BE SEEN. 7-TREXLER
GAZ146-159-292100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 434 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 AT 431 PM EDT(331 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM COLQUITT COUNTY SOUTH ACROSS MUCH OF BROOKS COUNTY...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. 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. 18-WOOL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous downed trees and power lines on Highways 90 and 53 reported by the Madison County EMA.
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