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 May 1, 11:45 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1245 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 .SYNOPSIS...GOES WATER VAPOR ANIMATION SHOWED DEEP MID/UPPER TROUGH AXIS FROM UPPER MIDWEST TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. BULK OF ACTIVE CONVECTION HAS BEEN CONFINED TO OUR W/NW...FROM WRN GULF THRU THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TO AL/WRN GA. A SMALLER AREA OF ACTIVE CONVECTION ...ASSOCIATED W/ THE FL E COAST SEA BREEZE...WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL FL. THE LOCAL SOUNDING WAS RATHER MOIST (PWAT 1.53) & UNSTABLE (LI -6) W/ LIGHT-MODERATE S/SW FLOW TO 400 MB. A FRONTAL SYSTEM EXTENDED FROM THE WRN OH VALLEY TO LA. IT WAS MUGGY W/ AREA TEMPS IN THE LOW/MID 70S & DEW POINTS AROUND 70. OVER THE LOCAL WATERS...SE WINDS VARIED FROM 6-12 KTS W/ 2-3 FT SEAS. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY-TUESDAY)...NO SIG CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS AS BOTH ETA/GFS ARE CONVERGING ON A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE FOR WRN ZONES LATER THIS AFTERNOON & ERN ZONES TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN TODAY WILL BE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. SURFACE DEW POINTS AROUND 70 & CAPES FROM 1000-1500 J/KG MAY BE REALIZED DURING THE PERIOD OF MAX HEATING...ESPECIALLY OVER ERN ZONES. OUR CWFA WILL BE ON THE W SIDE OF A 30-40 KT 850 MB SWLY LOW-LEVEL JET & RIGHT/REAR QUAD OF 100+KT UPPER JET SWINGING EWD ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH. THE ONLY MITIGATING FACTORS WILL BE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS FROM UPSTREAM CONVECTION LIMITING DIURNAL HEATING & DEEP-LAYER MOISTURE/LOWER MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. SPC HAS THE ENTIRE CWFA IN A SLIGHT RISK TODAY & WILL KEEP ENHANCED WORDING BUT LIMIT COVERAGE TO A FEW SEVERE STORMS W/ LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THE FIRST PERIOD POP GRIDS ARE IN LINE W/ AVERAGE MOS POPS. WILL MAKE MINOR TWEAKS TO THE SECOND & THIRD PERIOD POP GRIDS. PRECIP SHOULD GRADUALLY END FROM W TO E TONIGHT & MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS MONDAY WILL MOVE INTO THE SERN STATES TUESDAY. IT WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT...& DRIER. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY)...THE BROAD SCALE MID/UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT E FROM THE PLAINS TO THE GULF STATES BY LATE IN THE WEEK. THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL SET UP RESIDENCE OVER THE NRN GULF PROVIDING A MOSTLY DRY WLY FLOW OVER THE CWFA. TEMPS WILL WARM GRADUALLY W/ SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL READINGS EXPECTED FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. && .MARINE...A LIGHT-MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO OFFSHORE TONIGHT WRN LEGS & AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR ERN LEGS AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THRU THE COASTAL WATERS. EXPECT WINDS/SEAS TO INCREASE TO CAUTION LEVELS BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT WRN LEGS & MONDAY FOR ERN LEGS. MODERATE TO GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TOWARD THE WATERS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS UNTIL TUESDAY WHEN RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR OUR FL ZONES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 79 59 76 46/ 80 60 20 00 PFN 77 59 76 54/ 80 50 10 00 DHN 77 55 75 49/ 80 40 10 00 ABY 79 57 75 48/ 80 60 20 00 VLD 81 60 76 48/ 70 60 30 00 CTY 82 65 79 50/ 60 60 40 00 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && MAJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 555 AM EDT SAT MAY 1 2004 CORRECTION TO REMOVE WORDING THAT PREVENTS COLOR ACTIVATION OF THE WEB PAGE. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-020958- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- 555 AM EDT SAT MAY 1 2004 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... THE LOCAL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH A SEA BREEZE DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG OR POSSIBLY SEVERE...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT FORECAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH ON SUNDAY HELPING TO DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHTTIME HOURS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. AFTER THE FRONT EXITS...HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH EXERCISE CAUTION LEVELS ON TUESDAY BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND 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. 24-BLOCK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor residential, vehicle and equipment damage as well as downed trees and power lines just south of Clowers Crossroads. Reported by the Coffee County EMA.
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: 5398293.