1 hail, 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 May 8, 1:31 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 231 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 .SYNOPSIS...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY RUNS THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OUR CWA THIS AFTN. THIS FEATURE IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND AS THE TEMPS HAVE WARMED...SHRA AND ISOLD TSRA HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG IT AND HEAD EASTWARD. WE ARE SEEING SOME STORMS THE PAST HOUR OR SO THAT COULD INDICATE A HAIL THREAT...CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE MIGHT SEE AN ISOLD STORM OR TWO WITH DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL THIS AFTN AND EVNG. MAY ALSO SEE A FEW STORMS THAT PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS. SO FAR...THIS THREAT IS RATHER LIMITED AND SPC HAS INDICATED THAT THEY BELIEVE A WATCH IS NOT WARRANTED AT THIS TIME. && .SHORT TERM...A SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER ARKANSAS SHOULD PASS OVERHEAD TONIGHT...KEEPING SOME OF THE CONVECTION GOING ALONG THIS WEAK BOUNDARY. WILL INCLUDE CHANCE POPS THROUGH JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN ACTIVITY SHOULD BE WANING DOWN A BIT TOWARDS MORNING. WEAK WINDS AND HIGH MOISTURE LVLS NEAR THE SFC WILL AGAIN CONTRIBUTE TO ANOTHER FOG/LOW CLOUD SITUATION TOMORROW MORNING. BOUNDARY WILL SHIFT TO OUR NORTH BY TOMORROW MORNING AS WELL IN RESPONSE TO A SFC LOW DVLPG OVER OK. HAVE TAPERED POPS TOMORROW AFTN FROM SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE WATERS TO 40% UP NORTH IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS FEATURE. ETA KEEPS US MUCH DRIER AND PREFER THE GFS SOLUTION FOR THIS TIME FRAME. THIS SFC LOW WILL MOVE NE TUES NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AND DRAG A FRONT TOWARDS THE AREA MIDDAY THURS. TEMPS WILL REMAIN RATHER STEADY (BUT STILL ABOVE CLIMO) THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WITH LOTS OF CLOUD CVR AND RAIN CHANCES. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... CLOSED H5-H2 LOW OVER GREAT LAKES WITH SLIGHTLY AMPLIFYING TROUGH EXTENDING INTO THE SE STATES. INITIAL COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWA ON THU WITH DEEPEST MOISTURE ACROSS NRN ZONES. IN WAKE OF FRONT...FRI-SUN...DRYING AND BIT COOLER. WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGE MAINLY OVER FL AND SRN GA. TEMPS WILL BE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL THU... ESPECIALLY AHEAD OF FRONT IN FLA THEN AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DURING FRI-SUN. AS HIGH BEGINS TO DRIFT EAST ON MONDAY WELL AHEAD OF NEXT MID-CONUS DEVELOPING SYSTEM...TEMPS BEGIN TO EDGE BACK UP. && .MARINE...LIGHT WINDS CONTINUE OFFSHORE AND EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SPEEDS DO START TO PICK UP ON WEDNESDAY AS THE NEXT FRONT APPROACHES. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT THROUGH THE WATERS LATE THURS THROUGH EARLY FRI... SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTH BY FRI MORNING. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .AVIATION...A WEAK STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH GEORGIA...AND CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INTO THE EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST LATE. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN QUITE MOIST THROUGH THE LOWER LEVELS...AND WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT A REPEAT OF WIDESPREAD MVFR TO IFR VSBY AND LIFR CEILINGS AGAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AGAIN ON TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 66 87 67 88 / 40 30 20 30 PANAMA CITY 70 83 70 82 / 40 30 20 30 DOTHAN 66 85 68 85 / 20 40 30 40 ALBANY 65 84 66 85 / 30 40 30 40 VALDOSTA 66 84 65 85 / 50 40 20 30 CROSS CITY 67 87 66 88 / 30 30 20 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. LONG TERM...BLOCK AVIATION...DUVAL REST OF DISCUSSION...MCNATT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 523 AM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ750-755-770-775-090930- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 423 AM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 /523 AM EDT MON MAY 8 2006/ THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED EARLY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA TODAY DRIFTING SOUTH BY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BUT THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. AREAS OF FOG WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL AGAIN DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH PERHAPS A BRIEF RESPITE IN THE UNSETTLED WEATHER. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL EARLY IN THE FORECAST...THIS COULD RESULT IN SEASONABLY COOL WEATHER FOR NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE. 24-BLOCK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel size hail reported just north of Madison on State Road 591 by the Madison County EMA.
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