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NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 26, 10:15 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1015 AM EST MON JAN 26 2004 .SHORT TERM...BUSY WITH WEATHER THIS MORNING. HAVE UPDATED THE PUBLIC FORECASTS TO INDICATE NEW TORNADO WATCH BOX. OTHERWISE FORECASTS LOOK GOOD...EXCEPT FOR ONE BIG FLY IN THE OINTMENT..A WEDGE OF COLD AIR THAT HAS MANAGED TO PUSH SOUTHWEST INTO OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES...THE TEMPERATURE AT ALBANY DROPPED FROM 56 TO 42 IN 3 HOURS AND THE TEMPERATURE AT BLAKLEY DROPPED FROM 68 TO 55 IN AN HOUR. UPDATING AFTERNOON FORECASTS TO REFLECT THIS. BIG QUESTION REMAINS HOW MUCH FURTHER SOUTH WILL THE PUSH EXTEND TODAY. && .MARINE...WHILE WINDS AND SEAS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA REMAIN A BIT LOWER THAN EXPECTED...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING SO WILL LEAVE FORECAST AS IS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CHANGES NEEDED. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...TORNADO WATCH EXTREME SOUTHEAST UNTIL 3 PM CST. GA...TORNADO WATCH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UNTIL 4 PM EST. FL...TORNADO WATCH EASTERN PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND UNTIL 4 PM EST. && DUVAL -----------PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS------------------------------- .SYNOPSIS...LATEST MSAS SHOWS THE STRONG COLD WEDGE CONTINUES TO PUSH DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS...DRIVING UPPER 20S TEMPERATURES AS FAR SOUTH AS GEORGIA. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES RISE OVER A SHORT DISTANCE INTO THE 40S TO 60S BEFORE REACHING THE COAST WHERE SOME LOCATIONS ARE STILL AROUND 70. THE SAME STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS (FOR THIS TIME OF NIGHT) ARE ALSO RAISING DEWPOINTS...RH VALUES OF 100 AND FOG ARE SHOWING UP AT SOME LOCATIONS. LOCAL RADARS ARE SHOWING A WEAK LINE OF SHOWERS TRAINING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...DROPPING A HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN ON SOME SPOTS. && .SHORT TERM...MODELS SHOW A STRONG SHORTWAVE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY SUNRISE. AS THE DEEPENING TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY...MOST OF THE ASSOCIATED ENERGY WILL REMAIN WELL TO OUR NORTH. HOWEVER...ENOUGH IS EXPECTED TO STAY SOUTH TO PERSUADE SPC TO ISSUE A SLIGHT RISK FOR MY ENTIRE CWA (SEE SWODY1 FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION)...WITH TORNADOES THE MAIN CONCERN. A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET JUST TO OUR NW...STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE 70S AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE BROUGHT IN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS COMPLETE THE PICTURE. MODELS INDICATE A SQUALL LINE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL GULF AROUND MID-DAY AND MOVE EASTWARD. ETA AND GFS ARE IN CLOSER AGREEMENT ON POPS THIS RUN. FOR TODAY BOTH SHOW LIKELY/CATEGORICAL FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST BIG BEND...DECREASING GRADUALLY TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR TUESDAY. AS THE SURFACE LOW LIFTS TO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION BY MID-DAY TUESDAY...IT WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH MY CWA TUESDAY MORNING AND ALLOW SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD BACK OVER THE AREA. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A PACIFIC HIGH (NOT AN ARCTIC) TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS WILL PLUNGE INTO THE UPPER 20S INLAND...NEAR FREEZING AT THE COAST...ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AS SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW IN BACK OF THE RETREATING HIGH PRESSURE CENTER INCREASES MOISTURE LEVELS AHEAD OF ANOTHER APPROACHING COLD FRONT. && .LONG TERM...NO CHANGE TO EXTENDED. && .MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER CURRENTLY OVER ARKANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY...DEVELOPING A SQUALL LINE TO THE SOUTH AND PULLING IT THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SQUALL LINE COULD BE SEVERE. A STRONG COLD FRONT TONIGHT WILL USHER IN STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DECREASE FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO REQUIREMENTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 72 50 59 27 / 80 50 10 00 PFN 71 49 56 29 / 80 40 10 00 DHN 70 47 54 27 / 90 30 10 00 ABY 69 50 56 27 / 90 40 10 00 VLD 72 55 62 29 / 70 60 10 00 CTY 74 59 65 30 / 60 60 20 00 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && 16
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 556 AM EST MON JAN 26 2004 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-271056- 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- 557 AM EST MON JAN 26 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 TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE PLUS LIBERTY AND GADSDEN COUNTIES. A COMPLEX FRONTAL SYSTEM IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...PRECEDED BY A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE GENERATION OF TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SEAS ARE CREATING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OFF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL GO THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY MORNING...ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD BACK OVER THE REGION AND BRINGING THE RETURN OF COLD MORNING TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S CAN BE EXPECTED FOR INLAND AREAS...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING CLOSE TO THE COAST. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY...BRINGING OUR NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF RAIN. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SOME OF THE STORMS TODAY MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. .RIP CURRENTS... STRONG SOUTHERLY ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH SWELLS WILL COMBINE TODAY TO YIELD A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF FLORIDAS PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. 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. ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. WATCH YOUR CHILDREN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS...JETTIES...AND UNGUARDED BEACHES. 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. 16-DYE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1005 AM EST MON JAN 26 2004 ALZ068-261520- GENEVA AL- 1007 AM EST MON JAN 26 2004 AT 1005 AM EST(905 AM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GENEVA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF WEAKENING...AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THIS STORM WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 AM CST. NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ON THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 12-WATSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1050 AM EST MON JAN 26 2004 ALZ066>069-FLZ007>019-026>028-GAZ121-123-125-127-129-131-142>148- 155>161-262100- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA-CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA- COASTAL WALTON FL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-DALE AL-DECATUR GA- 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-LANIER GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA- MADISON FL-MILLER GA-MITCHELL GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-THOMAS GA- TIFT GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- 1050 AM EST MON JAN 26 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON (300 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON). THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN ALABAMA...GENEVA...DALE...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN GEORGIA...CLAY...EARLY...MILLER...SEMINOLE...CALHOUN...BAKER... DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...MITCHELL...GRADY...WORTH...COLQUITT...THOMAS... TIFT...COOK...BROOKS...IRWIN...BERRIEN...LANIER AND LOWNDES. IN FLORIDA...WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...BAY...JACKSON... CALHOUN...GULF...GADSDEN...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA... JEFFERSON...MADISON AND TAYLOR. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 22-BARRY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A resident reported several trees and a light pole blown down in her front yard.
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