3 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 Mar 17, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 145 PM EST MON MAR 17 2003 SURFACE LOW NEAR PNS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NE...WITH WARM FRONT OVER N FL. WARM SECTOR OVER N FL & THE COASTAL WATERS HAS BEEN THE LOCATION OF THE MOST INSTABILITY & TSTM DEVELOPMENT. THE UPPER LOW WAS OVER CENTRAL MISS. AREA 88D RADARS HAVE AREA OF SHOWERS & EMBEDDED TSTMS MOVING E-NE...& GOOD CHANCE TO LIKELY POP IN FORECAST. AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE STORMS HAVE BEEN DETECTED...BUT SPC HAS PUT CWA IN SLIGHT RISK REST OF TODAY & TONIGHT. LOOKS TO BE MARGINAL & COVERAGE WOULD BE LOW WITH LIMITING FACTORS. HAVE INCREASED EVENING & OVERNIGHT POP TO 30-50% WITH EXPECTED LIFT & FACTORS AS SURFACE & UPPER LOW LIFT NE ACROSS CWA. MODELS...ESPECIALLY THE GFS...HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON MAIN FEATURES AS SURFACE LOW & UPPER LOW EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MOVE E-NE TONIGHT. WILL SEE SOME SHOWERS & ISOLATED TSTMS MAINLY THIS EVENING...THEN SMALLER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MID-NIGHT. THEN ON TUESDAY...SOME DRYING IS SEEN IN MODELS AS MEAN RH GOES TO LESS THAN 50%. RIGHT NOW HAVE SMALL CHANCE IN ZONES...& MAY TAKE IT OUT. TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...SOUTH FLOW GRADUALLY INCREASES...BUT ENERGY & LIFT STAY OFF TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA. ON WEDNESDAY...SOME LIFT & INSTABILITY RETURNS TO THE CWA FOR A SMALL CHANCE AGAIN...BUT MAIN DYNAMICS FOCUSING OUT WEST WITH THE DEVELOPING UPPER & SURFACE LOW. WE WILL SEE A GRADUALLY INCREASE IN POP INTO THURSDAY AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. THEN THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH ON FRIDAY. THEN SOME DRYING INTO SATURDAY. MODEL TEMPS SEEM A BIT TOO WARM WITH EXPECTED CLOUDS & CHANCES OF RAIN...SO WILL GO LOWER END. MARINE: WINDS & SEAS REMAINING BELOW SCEC OR SCA. MAY GET CLOSE TO SCEC LATER TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW PUSHES NE. THEN IT APPEARS THEY WILL STAY DOWN UNTIL THURSDAY AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. FIRE WEATHER: RH VALUES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 35% THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... TLH 059 081 060 083 7223 PFN 062 079 064 079 6223 DHN 058 079 061 081 6223 ABY 057 079 061 081 7223 VLD 059 081 061 083 7223 CTY 062 082 062 085 6223 .TLH... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. MCT
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-181100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 805 AM EST MON MAR 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... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WILL BOTH LIFT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEMS MOVE NORTHEAST. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ONLY ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THE TRI-STATE REGION HIGHLIGHTED WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER MAY CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TO ADVISORY LEVELS ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. CURRENTLY...THE WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE RAIN FREE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT...DUE TO THE LIMITED POTENTIAL OF SEVERE STORMS. 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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several downed trees and power lines reported by Lowndes County 911.
Some downed trees and power lines reported by the Cook County EMA.
A few downed trees and power lines reported by the Berrien County Sheriff.
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, March 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: 5346730, 5346731, 5346732.