1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jul 9, 7:34 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
834 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005
.SYNOPSIS...DENNIS CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN IN THE EASTERN GULF AS IT
MOVES NORTHWESTWARD. AS OF 7 PM...THE CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 26.1 N
AND 84.9 W...AND MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 947 MB. MAXIMUM WINDS
ARE AROUND 115 MPH. WE CONTINUE TO SEE BANDS OF PRETTY HEAVY PRECIP
MVG NW THROUGH THE AREA...WITH SOME HAVING THE POSSIBILITY OF
PRODUCING SOME BRIEF ISOLD TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS. THERE IS A
TORNADO WATCH OUT UNTIL 11 PM FOR OUR SE FL BIG BEND COUNTIES. POPS
TONIGHT WILL BE TAPERED HIGHER FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ALTHOUGH
EVERYWHERE WILL SEE POPS IN THE LIKELY RANGE. ACCUMULATIONS NEAR
THE COAST WILL LIKELY BE AROUND TWO INCHES BY MORNING...AND AL/GA
WILL LIKELY SEE ABOUT A HALF INCH ACCUMULATIONS ON AVERAGE. OF
COURSE ISOLD AREAS MAY SEE HIGHER AMOUNTS. BY TOMORROW MORNING WELL
SEE HIGHER AMOUNTS BEGIN TO AFFECT OUR WESTERN COUNTIES.
&&
.MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE OUT AT THE BUOYS
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HRS. THE EYE OF DENNIS IS STILL ABOUT 170
MILES SOUTH OF THE BUOYS AND THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF OUR COASTAL
ZONES...BUT WINDS AT THE APALACHICOLA BUOY ARE CURRENTLY EAST AT
35G45KTS WITH SEAS 17FT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SE BY
MORNING AS THE STORM MVS TO THE WEST OF THE COASTAL WATERS AND
INCREASE TO AROUND 50-60KTS IN OUR WESTERN COASTAL AREAS BY MIDDAY
BASED ON THE CURRENT TRACK. NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED TO THE CURRENT
FORECAST.
&&
.AVIATION...BANDS OF HEAVY SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHWEST
THROUGH THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD AS DENNIS CONTINUES IN ITS
NW TREK TOWARDS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. THESE STORMS WILL REDUCE
VIS AND CIGS TO BELOW IFR AND ALSO MAKE FOR SOME DANGEROUS FLYING
CONDITIONS WHEN COMBINED WITH THE INCREASING WINDS AT ALL
LOCATIONS. BY EARLY TOMORROW AFTN WE CAN EXPECTED WINDS TO BE
GUSTING TO AT LEAST 40KTS AT ABY...VLD AND DHN AND AT LEAST 50KTS AT
THE FL AIRPORTS.
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
GA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
FL...HURRICANE WARNING FLZ008-012-014-015-018-027-028 AND ALL
COASTAL ZONES.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FLZ034.
INLAND HURRICANE WARNING WEST OF APALACHICOLA RIVER
INCLUDING FRANKLIN COUNTY.
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING EAST OF APALACHICOLA RIVER.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
&&
MCNATTHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 525 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-101000- 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 525 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER WESTWARD... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER... ...AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES TODAY AND SUNDAY... .DAY ONE... HURRICANE DENNIS WILL CONTINUE HEADING NORTHWEST TOWARDS THE REGION TODAY AND SUNDAY. SEE THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT (HLS) FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AFTER DENNIS MOVES THROUGH BY MONDAY...A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING SEA BREEZE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... WITH THE APPROACHING SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. 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. 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 607 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 FLZ008>018-026-027-100005- BAY FL-CALHOUN FL-COASTAL WALTON FL-FRANKLIN FL-GADSDEN FL-GULF FL- HOLMES FL-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-WAKULLA FL- WASHINGTON FL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APALACHICOLA...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY... CALLAWAY...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...CRAWFORDVILLE...MARIANNA... MONTICELLO...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PORT ST. JOE... SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS...TALLAHASSEE AND VERNON 607 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... AT 610PM EDT... 510 PM CDT... NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INLAND ACROSS TAYLOR...WAKULLA AND FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE STORMS PRODUCED GUSTS TO OVER 35 MPH AT THE APALACHICOLA AIRPORT. BY 7PM EDT...6PM CDT THE STORMS AND WILL REACH PANAMA CITY AND PANAMA CITY BEACH...BLOUNTSTOWN AND BRISTOL... TALLAHASSEE AND MONTICELLO. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH INTO WASHINGTON...JACKSON.. AND GADSDEN COUNTIES AFTER 7PM EDT... 6PM CDT. 11-GOREE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 835 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 FLZ015>018-026>028-100234- FRANKLIN FL-GADSDEN FL-JEFFERSON FL-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-TAYLOR FL- WAKULLA FL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE... CRAWFORDVILLE...MONTICELLO...PERRY...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE AND TALLAHASSEE 835 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN OUTER RAIN BAND FROM HURRICANE DENNIS OVER THE SOUTHEAST FL BIG BEND...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. THIS BAND WILL SHORTLY AFFECT AREAS FROM TALLAHASSEE TO CRAWFORDVILLE AND POINTS WEST DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS BAND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 17-GOULD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 924 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 ALZ065>069-100254- COFFEE AL-DALE AL-GENEVA AL-HENRY AL-HOUSTON AL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...COTTONWOOD...DALEVILLE... DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA...ENTERPRISE...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... HEADLAND AND OZARK 924 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 AT 923 PM EDT(823 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN OUTER RAIN BAND FROM HURRICANE DENNIS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THIS BAND WILL MOVE FROM HOUSTON AND GENEVA COUNTIES INTO COFFEE...DALE AND HENRY COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES. THIS BAND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 8-JAMSKI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1037 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ121-123-125-127-129-142>148- 155>161-101200- BAKER GA-BAY FL-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- JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO...CALLAWAY... CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...DALEVILLE...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA...ENTERPRISE...FORT GAINES... FORT RUCKER...GENEVA...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON...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 1037 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING (700 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING). THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN ALABAMA...COFFEE...GENEVA...DALE...HENRY...AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...BAY...JACKSON... CALHOUN...GULF...GADSDEN...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA... JEFFERSON...MADISON...TAYLOR...DIXIE...AND LAFAYETTE. IN GEORGIA...CLAY...EARLY...MILLER...SEMINOLE... CALHOUN...BAKER ...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...MITCHELL...GRADY...WORTH...COLQUITT... THOMAS...TIFT...COOK...BROOKS...IRWIN...BERRIEN...LANIER...AND LOWNDES. 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. 17-GOULD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A roof to a large church and an adjacent building were damaged. Reported by the Brooks County EMA.
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