2 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 28, 12:00 PM EST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 100 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2003 .OVERVIEW...WEAK SFC RIDGING CONTINUES OFF OF THE SE U.S SEABOARD ...WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND CONVECTION ALREADY SURGING NW UP THE EAST COAST OF FL IN RESPONSE TO THE WEAK TROPICAL WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. OVER THE CWA...SKIES CONTINUE GENERALLY MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY...EXCEPT NEAR THE COAST WHERE THE SEA BREEZE IS BEGINNING TO BECOME CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE FL BIG BEND. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WINDS CONTINUE OUT OF THE E-SE AROUND 10 KTS...WITH SOME EVIDENCE OF A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING. .SHORT TERM...WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE FL PENINSULA AND MOISTURE FROM IT SURGING NORTHWESTWARD...IT LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY DISTURBED NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ARE IN STORE FOR THE CWA...WITH SOME DRIER AIR WORKING IN ACROSS THE REGION FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE WAVE EXITS AND THE RIDGE TO THE EAST MAKES ANOTHER PUSH WESTWARD. FOR POPS...CURRENT PLAN IS TO HAVE GREATEST CHANCES TO THE S AND E ON FRIDAY...THEN SHIFT THEM TO THE N AND W FOR SATURDAY. .MARINE...DO EXPECT WINDS AND SEAS TO INCREASE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT FEEL THE GFS IS A BUT OVERDONE ON THE SFC WINDS. THUS...EXPECT A GENERAL 10 TO 15 KTS WILL BE SUFFICIENT. .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. .EXTENDED...AS THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OFF OF THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA GRADUALLY BREAKS DOWN EARLY NEXT WEEK...CONDITIONS APPEAR IN PLACE FOR THE PERSISTENT UPPER TROF TO RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE EASTERN U.S. BY LATE IN THE WEEK. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN GRADUALLY INCREASING POPS AND LOWERING MAX TEMPS FOR THE CWA. WILL ALSO BE KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON TD #10...BUT AT ITS CURRENT TRANSLATIONAL MOTION...ANY POTENTIAL EFFECTS FROM IT OVER OUR REGION WILL BE WELL BEYOND DAY 7 OF THE CURRENT FCST. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 74 89 73 90 / 20 60 30 40 PFN 75 88 75 88 / 20 60 30 50 DHN 74 90 73 88 / 20 50 30 50 ABY 73 90 73 91 / 20 50 20 40 VLD 72 90 72 91 / 20 50 20 40 CTY 73 89 73 91 / 20 50 20 40 .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>161-290945- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 545 AM EDT THU AUG 28 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... HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE AREA WEATHER. MOST STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL NOT BE SEVERE. HOWEVER... A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS COULD RESULT IN NUISANCE FLOODING OR MINOR WIND DAMAGE IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING WILL REMAIN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WEATHER HAZARDS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... 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. 48-TURNAGE
ALZ067-282245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 623 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2003 AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY...MOVING NORTHWEST 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. 18-WOOL
GAZ125-282330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 701 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2003 AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DOUGHERTY COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 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. 18-WOOL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a 300-foot emergency communications tower, which knocked the primary and backup 911 systems offline for 20 hours. Reported by the Albany Herald.
A home was gutted by fire as a result of a lightning strike. Reported by the Berrien County-Nashville Press.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, 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: 5377997, 5377936.