3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 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 Apr 29, 7:55 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 855 PM EDT THU APR 29 2004 .DISCUSSION... THE 00 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS SOUTHEAST FLOW OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WITH A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. A MOISTURE GRADIENT IS ORIENTED FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST AND ROUGHLY BISECTS OUR FORECAST AREA. MOST OF THE RAIN THAT IS OCCURRING IS ALONG AND WEST OF THIS BOUNDARY WHERE THE AIRMASS IS MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND UPPER AIR OBS SHOW A POTENT LITTLE SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH INTO SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE. THERE IS ENOUGH Q-G FORCING...DEEP LAYER MOISTURE...AND INSTABILITY EXTENDING DOWN FROM THIS SHORT WAVE TO DRIVE THE DEEP CONVECTION OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS WEST OF OUR AREA HAVE HAD SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS ON RADAR. THE 00 UTC KTLH SOUNDING HAS SHOWN A MARKED INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...AND COULD SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT FORCING. THE CAPE IS NOT VERY HIGH THOUGH AND DEEP LAYER VERTICAL WIND SHEAR IS LACKING...SO I DONT THINK THERE WILL BE MUCH OF A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ANY SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE ISOLATED AND PROBABLY LIMITED TO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. FOR THE EVENING UPDATE I WILL PROBABLY ADJUST THE POPS UP A LITTLE IN THE WEST. I PLAN TO LOWER THE WINDS AND SEAS ON THE CWF UPDATE BASED ON RECENT TRENDS AND THE LATEST RUC. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 135 PM EDT THU APR 29 2004 .SYNOPSIS...SURFACE ANALYSIS HAS SE-S FLOW OVER THE CWA WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TO THE EAST. MOISTURE IS GRADUALLY INCREASE OVER THE CWA WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO 60S. MESOETA & IR/VSBY SATELLITE IMAGERY...HAS A GOOD DEPICTION OF THE UPPER SHORTWAVE OVER THE GULF DEVELOPING ISOLATED SHOWERS & TSTMS. FLOW WILL TAKE THIS ENERGY OVER THE CWA LATER TODAY & TONIGHT. WILL KEEP 30-40% TONIGHT WITH THIS FEATURE. && .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY). GFS CONTINUES TO OVER DEVELOP OMEGA-BOMB IN THE GULF...ETA SOLUTION APPEARS TO HANDLE BETTER. CHANCE POP OVERNIGHT WITH THIS SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING NE OVER CWA. THEN FRIDAY & SATURDAY ARE TRANSITION DAYS WITH SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN STREAM & WILL KEEP 30-40% POP IN THE FORECAST...& MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON & EVENINGS WITH HEATING HELPING TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. && .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY). ON SUNDAY THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES & RAIN & TSTMS CHANCE WILL BE 40-50%...COULD GO TO LIKELY AS WE GET CLOSER TO SUNDAY WITH ANY ADDITIONAL ENERGY. COLD FRONT SHOULD DRIFT THROUGH THE CWA BY MONDAY MORNING...BUT GFS HAS SHOWN TO BE TOO FAST & WITH IT SHOWING SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING IN THE GULF ALSO A BIT SUSPECT. WILL KEEP SOME POPS INTO MONDAY TO HEDGE ON TIMING OF COLD FRONT & NW FLOW. SEVERE THREAT REMAINS LOW AT THIS TIME. && .MARINE...WINDS & SEAS CAME UP A BIT EARLY IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS TODAY & SCA NOW IN EFFECT. THIS SHOULD REMAIN UP WITH THE GOOD EAST FLOW...WHILE SCEC OVER THE NEAR SHORE INTO FRIDAY. THE GRADIENT RELAXES A BIT ON FRIDAY SO SCEC WILL PROBABLY WORK ALL AREAS. THIS SHOULD BE THE CASE THROUGH SUNDAY...UNTIL THE COLD FRONT NEARS THE CWA & BEHIND THE FRONT ON MONDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...RH LEVELS REMAIN UP UNTIL TUESDAY NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 63 81 64 81 / 40 40 30 30 PFN 65 80 67 80 / 40 30 30 30 DHN 63 81 65 80 / 40 30 30 30 ABY 63 81 64 80 / 40 40 30 30 VLD 63 80 65 81 / 40 40 30 30 CTY 65 82 66 83 / 40 40 30 30 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && CURRENT DISCUSSION...FOURNIER PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...MCT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EDT THU APR 29 2004 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-301000- 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- 600 AM EDT THU APR 29 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). NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL ADVANCE ACROSS THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY). A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST OVER THE WEEKEND AND MOVE THROUGH MONDAY. UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES TO OUR EAST...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND BEACHES. A RIP CURRENT IS A STRONG NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH THROUGH THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...WADE SIDEWAYS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU ARE OUT OF ITS PULL. TO ESCAPE...RIDE THE CURRENT OUT BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TO SHORE OUTSIDE THE NARROW CURRENT. .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. 22-BARRY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous downed trees, with some falling on vehicles and houses. Roofs were blown off several mobiles homes and barns. One barn was destroyed, with several others knocked off their foundations. Reported by the Walton County EMA.
Nickel size hail reported by the Walton County Sheriff.
Penny size hail reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter in Ponce De Leon.
Nickel size hail reported by a trucker on Interstate 10.
Several downed trees and an overturned vehicle reported by Washington County 911.
A weak tornado briefly touched down and damaged the city hall. Trees and power lines were also down. Reported by the Westville mayor.
Tree tops snapped off and a roof blown off a house near Highway 73. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 2004Warnings in Florida, April 2004
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: 5390432, 5390435, 5390434, 5390433, 5390351, 5390350, 5390436.