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 Nov 12, 10:00 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1000 AM EST FRI NOV 12 2004 .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG APALACHICOLA... CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AND PROGRESSING EASTWARD NEAR 20 MPH. TWO BANDS OF SHOWERS AND SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. FRONT AND ASSOCIATED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE PROGRESSING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH IMPROVING WX CONDTIONS ACROSS THE AREA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 100 AM EST FRI NOV 12 2004 .SYNOPSIS...SFC COLD FRONT SHOWS UP QUITE WELL EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH A THIN LINE OF CONVECTION JUST OUT AHEAD OF IT EXTENDING NE TO SW FROM W AL TO E LA. THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MAKE STEADY PROGRESS EASTWARD...BUT MAY BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN SOME AS THE SFC LOW ENCOUNTERS THE STUBBORN WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CAROLINAS. WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER OUR REGION...GENERALLY ONLY PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED THIS FAR...WITH SOME SIGNS OF NEW CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT BEGINNING OVER THE W FL PANHANDLE. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WINDS CONTINUE OUT OF THE E-SE AROUND 15 KTS. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && .SHORT TERM...SHOULD BE A FAIRLY STRAIGHT FORWARD FCST TODAY...AS THE SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS THE REGION. AT FIRST GLANCE THE MAV POPS LOOK A BIT ON THE HIGH SIDE...BUT WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY AND A MOISTURE SURGE BEING TAPPED FROM THE GULF...EXPECT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AFTER A POSSIBLE LINGERING SHOWER OVER THE SE BIG BEND THIS EVENING...EXPECT ANOTHER STRETCH OF DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH A COOLING TREND AS THE STRONGEST RIDGE OF THE SEASON BUILDS SE TOWARDS THE CWA. HIGH TEMPS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN IN THE 60S THROUGHOUT THE AREA ON SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM...CURRENT PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD AS SEASONAL OR SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN SEASONAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS OVER THE SHORT TERM AS DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN ON THE HIGH SIDE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && .MARINE...EXPECT A SHORT BREAK FROM THE RECENT SCEC AND SCA CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BOTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY AND INITIALLY BEHIND THE FRONT ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER...AS THE STRONG SFC RIDGE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST BUILDS FURTHER SE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH ANOTHER EXTENDED STRETCH OF ROUGH CONDITIONS LIKELY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 76 56 74 53/ 60 10 00 00 PFN 75 61 73 54/ 50 10 00 00 DHN 72 53 68 48/ 40 05 00 00 ABY 73 55 67 47/ 60 10 00 00 VLD 76 57 72 51/ 60 20 00 00 CTY 77 58 78 55/ 50 20 00 00 && GOREE CURRENT DISCUSSION GOULD PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 402 AM EST FRI NOV 12 2004 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-131000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 402 AM EST FRI NOV 12 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... A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE REGION FROM THE WEST TODAY...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN ITS ADVANCE. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. .RIP CURRENTS... ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE BEACHES... WIND...WAVE...AND TIDAL CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS TODAY. ONLY EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS SHOULD CONSIDER ENTERING THE 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. 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. 17-GOULD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down briefly and downed numerous trees just east of Hamburg. Reported by the Madison County EMA.
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