2 lightning, 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 24, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 230 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2004 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A FRONT LIES ACROSS NORTHERN AL AND GA. A LONE THUNDERSTORM IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS HAS BEEN THE ONLY IMPACT OF THE TROUGH. MOST LOCATIONS HAVE STARTED TO REACH INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S DUE TO THE LACK OF CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING...BUT SLOWLY A CU FIELD HAS DEVELOPED. DEWPOINTS HAVE ALSO REMAINED IN THE MID 70S WHICH HAVE ALLOWED HEAT INDICES TO CLIMB TO THE MID TO UPPER 100S IN A FEW LOCATIONS. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST TONIGHT AND THE FRONT WILL SAG INTO THE AREA. A SURFACE LOW WILL FORM ALONG THIS FRONT TOMORROW AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS ALSO IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...ADDING INSTABILITY FROM THE LOW AND SUFFICIENT HEATING RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ON THE RISE FOR THE START OF THE WEEK. MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF A TAD WITH POPS AS MOST OF THE ENERGY WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA. YET LIKELY CHANCES OF RAIN ARE FORECAST ON MONDAY AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. THE LOW WILL SLOWLY TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST KEEPING A BOUNDARY OVER THE CWA INTO MONDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LONG TERM FORECAST REMAINS CONSISTENT. RAIN CHANCES ON TUESDAY ARE IN THE LIKELY RANGE AS A BOUNDARY WASHES OUT ACROSS THE AREA AND THE PARENT LOW MOVES INTO THE NORTHEAST. THEN CHANCE POPS IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AS FLOW REMAINS S TO SE THROUGH THE REGION. TEMPS WILL MODERATE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER AND RAIN TUESDAY...AND BY THE END OF THE WEEK TEMPS SHOULD WARM A TAD TO THE LOW 90S FOR MAX TEMPS AND LOW 70S FOR MIN TEMPS. && .MARINE...NEAR SHORE WINDS HAVE BECOME ONSHORE AS THE SEA BREEZE KICKS IN...WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS REMAIN NORTH. THEY SHOULD SLOWLY BACK AROUND TONIGHT AS THE A TROUGH MOVES WESTWARD. WINDS & WILL SEAS REMAIN LOW THIS WEEKEND. GENERAL LIGHT FLOW BECOMES MORE W-SW OVER WEEKEND. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 75 91 74 90 / 30 50 40 60 PFN 77 90 76 87 / 30 50 40 60 DHN 75 91 74 88 / 30 50 40 60 ABY 75 91 74 89 / 30 50 40 60 VLD 74 91 73 90 / 30 50 40 60 CTY 73 91 73 89 / 30 50 40 60 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && BOLINSKI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 544 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 2004 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-250945- 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- 545 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 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 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE THREE STATE AREA TODAY. OVERALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE HIGH...WITH THE THREAT OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER REMAINING LOW. ALSO SOME AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S...AND COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY...WILL CREATE HEAT INDICES FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 104 DEGREES. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND 90 TO THE LOWER 90S THROUGH THE PERIOD...WHICH WILL PRODUCT HEAT INDICES IN SOME LOCALS FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 104 AT TIMES. ALSO THE CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...DUE TO A STALLED BOUNDARY OVER THE AREA...AND SOME SEA BREEZE AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACTION. THE OVER THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN LOW. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ONLY ISOLATED TO AT TIMES SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 7-TREXLER
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:28 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck and partially destroyed the front west chimney of the opera house. A computer and phone modem jack were damaged. Reported by the Monticello News.
A 29-year-old woman suffered minor burns when lightning struck the water on the west end of Panama City Beach.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 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: 5415332, 5415333.